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TIME-Manage It Or Lose It!

By Josette Veltri • Find who has dealt with At the end of the day, take time to reflect on your
this problem and what can be choices – the resourceful ones you want to repeat and
We all have a to-do list learned from them unresourceful ones you want to learn from.
that we follow that helps us • Start from the end, the A good way to get a good night’s sleep is to recognize
complete the tasks at hand. solution or the achievement and tomorrow’s time is yet to be distributed.
But, not everyone has a plan to then work backward Learn to turn off the auto-pilot button and become
manage their time. Abraham Practice checking in with a meaningful specific, not a wondering generality. (Zig
Lincoln reminds us if we yourself throughout the day and find ways to reward yourself Ziglar)
only have 60 minutes, take 40 in words or actions. In 1937, Behavioral psychologist B.F. Every day we receive a free gift of 86,400 seconds.
minutes to plan. Skinner, introduced the Reinforcement Theory that showed The importance of how we plan to spend our gift of time
Time is a free commodity positive reinforcement leads to repeating desired behavior. In cannot be overstated. We either learn to manage our
that cannot be borrowed, simple terms, don’t wait to celebrate your wins – big or small – time or it will slip through our fingers. You decide.
bought or saved. It is a commodity that is distributed equally to recognize, validate and appreciate what you have accomplished
every person. Time is often taken for granted and many times so far. (simplypsychology.org) Josette Veltri, a Boca Point resident, is a certified
wasted. It is a resource that keeps on keeping on until our demise. At all cost, avoid multi-tasking. New studies suggest that educator and coach on loss and transition. Her purpose,
There are no favorites with time. Everyone receives 86,400 multitasking causes us to make more mistakes, retain less to assist clients heal and move forward so they can go
seconds each day and it is a precious commodity that needs to information, and change the way our brain works. To stress from I Can’t to I Can, One Step at a Time. She can be
be managed. We can choose a time management plan that works less and accomplish more focus on one thing at a time. (health. reached at josette@nextstepnewstart.com (https://www.
for us or not, but either way, at the end of the day, 86,400 seconds clevelandclinic.org) linkedin.com/in/josettejveltri/.) 
will be spent.
There are many good to great ways to manage our time and
keep us motivated to complete the tasks at hand. The following
are only a few that have been proven successful:
De-clutter and get organized. Studies have shown
disorganization and clutter strongly affect our management of
time. If you tend to hoard, procrastinate or have difficulty letting
go of ___, follow the Four D principle – (1) Delete the old
bookmarks no longer needed, (2) Discard the outdated files,
tools, clothes, shoes, etc., (3) Delegate and (4) just Do it.
Prioritize your schedule and learn to say NO. Remember, not
everything is important and not everything is yours to do. “The
difference between successful people and really successful people
is that really successful people say no to almost everything.”
Warren Buffett
Complete the most difficult tasks within your energy zone.
Your energy zone is the time of day when you feel unstoppable.
For some it may be early or mid- morning, for others, it may be
early afternoon or late day.
Begin the day with a self-motivating practice. Inc.com,
reports Bill Gates sharing the following techniques for solving
problems:

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