Manage your Time, Manage your Life.
As you journey into year 2025, I have a piece of advice for you.
If you are wise enough, Make good use of it, if you are not, don't bother to read this till the end.
You see, TIME is the only thing God gave every human Impartially, both Male and female, Rich and poor.
We all have the same 24hours in a day. Same as 365 or 366 days in a year. But our results and productivity are not the same.
Why?
TIME MANAGEMENT.
You need to Increase the value of every Single hour you spend this year.
Managing your Time is about Managing your Life.
Note these:
Being Busy, doesn't make you valuable. You can be busy, doing nothing.
A Focused fool, will accomplish more than a Distracted Genius.
Try your best not to be distracted this year.
I know you have your plans and goals for the year already, but if you are distracted, You will achieve nothing.
One of your Time eaters are things that sounds Legitimate, but you're not supposed to be doing.
This year, also learn to delegate. You shouldn't be doing everything yourself.
Trust me, it doesn't cost that much. You can make use of your relationships.
As a creator or a business owner, Your little Cousin can be in charge of responding to your emails, replying to your Comments or other little tasks while he interns with you.
Ensure you spend your time and energy on what gives you the highest level of Productivity.
Do away with scrolling mindlessly on social media without a purpose.
Avoid Amebo or unnecessary chats that are not worth your time.
Here is a Quadrant you can also apply to your Life. It is called:
Eisenhower matrix.
β’ What is urgent and Important, do it now.
β’ What is not urgent and Important, schedule it for later or decide on it later.
β’ What is urgent but not Important, Delegate it.
β’ What is not urgent and not Important, Eliminate it.
Prioritise what you do this year based on Importancy and Urgency.
You can also apply this rule as well, it is Called "The 2 Minutes Rule"
If a Task can be done in 2 minutes, do it now.
A task like laying your bed, or trashing your bin, you can do it in 2 minutes, so do it now.
Guard your Time this year, don't waste it. Be productive and Embrace Growth.
Growth is gradual and Procedural.
This reminds me of this Quote that says "Rome was not built in a day"
But here is the Complete version of the Quote "Rome was not built in a day, but Building blocks were laid every single hour"
What does that tells you?
Finally, Remember that you are in a competition with your old self, and in no competition with nobody.
Have a Productive year 2025.
Tosin Odede....βοΈ
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