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Acclaimed author Stephen Covey told us that one of the seven habits of highly effective people is the ability to manage time correctly. People look at the management of time from different perspectives and there are lots of misconceptions associated. Some of the myths associated with time management are:

1. The assumption that “plenty of time” is available and you can put something off indefinitely. Never accept this position, as each block of time has an effective value which must be adhered to. If you have something to do and are assuming that you will have “plenty of time” left for this later, you may be forgetting to heed the requirements of “Murphy’s Law.” Always get something out of the way, if you have it scheduled.

2. Assuming that you can’t handle every thing that you have to do. How is it that some people appear to breeze through everything that they have to complete, but that you have way too much “on your plate?” You simply need to organise your time in such a way that you can allocate according to correct priorities. Everything will fit in.

3. Being “so busy” that you should reallocate some of these tasks to another time. We all tend to live in the “here and now” and as such tend to subconsciously place additional value on the time at this very moment. In truth, each block of time available to you is of equal importance and you need to stop procrastinating.

4. Believing that we don’t have to do something now, as it is not important. Time management requires us to come up with a plan and to stick to it. No matter how trivial the task may seem when your mind focuses on it, if you have already scheduled and prepared your plans correctly, it is important that you tick each task off and complete every project in full. Unless you do this, you just cannot be ultimately efficient.

5. Believing that you can never reschedule anything. From time to time there will definitely be reasons why you must reschedule, so you have to realise this. Additional information or external triggers could come to bear on the project that you are working with, necessitating a reschedule while you get information pertinent to the problem, or for any other variety of reasons. You can always reschedule, but not if you’re just procrastinating, believing that it’s not as important to finish this task as you originally thought, and so on.

As such, online time management tools can focus your approach to achieving your time management goals. The highly effective people that we hear about are using time tracking software to ensure that they are “on point.” You will hear many myths on this subject to confuse you and should discount them. In our modern society, time management software will show you how efficient you are being in your daily life. When Covey talked about those highly effective people, remember that the key word was “highly.” You cannot do anything by halves, especially when it comes to the management of time.