Time management

Time management in concrete terms.

From Sabine Walter

Mark Twain put it in a nutshell: "If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would ever get done". In our experience, time management is a perennial topic in further education and guidebooks. And: It is the topic that very few people manage to deal with to their personal satisfaction in the long term.

Perhaps you recognise yourself when you read the first lines and the question creeps into your head: "What does it take to make it work?" And the voice continues to whisper: "I would like to be the master of my time. I would like to get off the hamster wheel and go through life more relaxed and self-determined."

Essential for managers - time management expertise

The good news: it's possible! And it works permanently if you develop on two levels:

1. Create structure
2. Dissolve the patterns in your cells that keep torpedoing a relaxed daily routine.

To create structure, David Allen's method "How I get things done" offers a very good basis. Here are the essential tips at a glance:

1. Do things that only take 2 minutes immediately.
2. You write down the rest. And everything, really everything - professional and private.
3. For each task to be done, realistically estimate the time it will take you to complete it. Add 25% buffer.
4. Schedule all these tasks in your calendar. This way you can see directly whether your time is even sufficient for all the tasks.
5. If not: leave things out, hand them in, delegate, move the deadline, make it 80%-ish instead of 150%-ish.
6. Plan travel times, also between meetings.
7. Start and end meetings on time.

To implement these tips successfully in the long term it is important to dissolve the patterns that prevent you from doing so. This can be done with the help of the neuroscientific body coaching.

What is behind it? Neuroscientific body coaching uses various methods of brain research. Among other things, coaching dissolves neuronal networks and structures that hinder our personal development.

This means that in this coaching we work on the causes why you find time management so difficult. Do you find it difficult to say no? Do you find it difficult to focus and concentrate on the important things? Are you a master of perfection?

There are many patterns that prevent us from moving through the day at an appropriate pace and still being successful. If we sustainably dissolve these patterns, we can stay true to our time management and get things done, even when things are busy.