Trusting your instincts and trusting yourself is probably where the 21st Century Time Management approach is unique and most different from other time management systems. This is where you bring your He♥rt to your time management system.
Trusting your instincts means you don’t worry about how all the formal parts of the system come together. I could go into fine detail about how to use the system. But what I have noticed is that most people have a very good intuitive sense of priorities, sometimes much better than your conscious thinking.
that once you make sure you are spending consistent time on the important areas of your life, you will intuitively spend time on the tasks that are best for you.
The way this works is that you use your weekly plan to keep your focus on the most important things in your life. Your weekly plan also gives you some structure, in that you know at any point in time, what is the most important task for you to be doing right now. Then the other tasks get done in the remaining time. You will never get all of your tasks done. You will never “catch-up” with everything. BUT, what will happen is that things that are right for you do to, will get done.
When I say right for you, I mean that the task benefits you in some way. Often this will be about how you feel or about building relationships with others or about having fun – right for you doesn’t have to mean doing something that you don’t like or that is hard or that you should do. In fact, I suggest that tasks you find hard or think you should do have a deeper message for you. It’s possible the task is not really important to you right now, OR there is a conflict with your values, beliefs and goals. (Coaching can be a great help in these situations – see http://www.timecreationcoaching.com for more information)
People get caught up believing that have to do the tasks on their list.You don’t have to do anything in this part of the 21st Century Time Management process. Just use your weekly plan and in between the big stuff, do whatever feels right. The right task often comes to mind in the
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The key is to trust yourself. And this is where the weekly plan is a major help.
You know you can trust yourself, because you know that all you really important tasks, values and goals will be done – they are in your plan. Remember your plan only has the highest priority tasks in it AND you have made sure that your weekly structure fits your capacity – that means you know you can do all the tasks on your plan.
Knowing the BIG STUFF is taken care of means that you can trust yourself to intuitively select the other tasks to spend your time on. Page 26 86 Nelson Rd Box Hill Vic 3129 03 9849 1723 fax 03 8640 0535 Time Management Success is about