Time Management Course : Lesson 5_Rob Rawson

Ok, we’re really making some progress! What you have done so far is to every day make a list of the top few things you are focusing for the day and work from this list. We also made a list of everything that is on your mind, and using this complete list organized it into a list of just action steps.

You should be continuing to make a list of your top few things you want to do for the day, if you’re not, don’t beat yourself up! Just start doing it (make the list right now).

Today is elimination and simplification day.

The goal for today is to eliminate unnecessary steps in what you are doing and eliminate whole sections of your life that are not really that important.

So here’s the exercise: Think of something you can eliminate from each of these categories.

First what is something you do many days and you probably could stop doing because it’s not really that important to you. Here are some ideas: watching the news on television, taking unnecessary trips in your car, doing your washing (could someone else do it?). Once you have determined what it is, take a dramatic step that will indicate that you are eliminating this from your life, for example throw out your television! Yes, it’s nice to say “I’m not going to watch so much TV” but the reality is that you probably will keep doing so unless you take some drastic action.

Second is there an entire area of your life that you could eliminate? Is there something that you are kind of doing out of obligation, but you don’t feel that it’s really that important.

Third take a look at all the travel time in your life and look at how to make this time either more efficient or eliminate it. What can you do whilst travelling? (for example can you make business calls or get in contact with your friends). Also, how can you eliminate some of the travel in your life. For example can you visit the supermarket only once per week with a list of everything you need for the week.

Lastly, think what is causing you the most stress in your life right now, and ask yourself what could you eliminate from your life or from your expectations about how life should be that will reduce or eliminate your stress.

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Reference :

-http://www.TimeManagement.com