From the course: Time Management Tips

Helping others improve their time management

From the course: Time Management Tips

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Helping others improve their time management

- What if you are in complete control of your time management? Perhaps you learned how to control from a system, or maybe just from birth you were a focus master. You have all these people around you who struggle with time management. How do you help them? Here are a few things to avoid and a few things to do as you help other people grow in that skill. First, avoid assuming that your system, your way of doing things, fits everyone else. Your way of doing things is built for you. Giving it to other people is like handing an eyeglass prescription to someone else and saying, here try this on. It worked for me. Instead, do recommend a course for people that is flexible. For instance, my Time Management Fundamentals course here on the library is designed for someone who's struggled with time management. I was once diagnosed as off-the-charts ADHD. It's designed for people who are equally disorganized. This way they're using something that is flexible and adaptable to their needs. Also avoid expecting perfection. Many people struggle with time management. It's one of the biggest challenges of our day. We want to be patient as people learn how to improve it. I have small children. I didn't make fun of them when they started to stumble and fall when they first started to learn how to walk. In the same way, you can focus on progress. As people make little improvements in their time management system, you want to encourage them and let them know that they're on the right path. Time management is a skill that can be learned. The key is to learn correct principles, and then customize them to your situation. I'm living proof that even the most disorganized person in the world can become an expert in time management.

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