The Creative ways to ace Time management and Deliver more than You ever Did!

You must have already heard about Time management in Agile or any other business model. At work, there are many things come at a time and you can’t give all your energy and support for all the accomplishments. Despite knowing about work prioritization to manage time, we fall flat in implementing of the behaviors and executing the practices. Here’s the list of organizational behavior changes you need to have as a change agent to choose what you must do now and what you should leave for later:

Don’t say YES to everything

Many of us have an eagerness to give the immediate response. That’s how we express ourselves, especially at working space. Once we get some task assigned, we don’t actually use our brain to think “If the work is important to do now or not.” It’s not just you or me, there are tons of developers, analysts, coders, managers, leads out there who are prone to this.

Why do we do this? I am really sure all of you check the box “I’m not a robot” in Google reCAPTCHA to prove yourself as a human, not a bot. Contrary to that, in companies, we behave like working robots once the inputs are given. The reason is simple - that’s how we are - that’s how we have been always. We do it because we are just too faithful and gentle, making it impossible to say NO. This needs to be stopped! It may conflict with our brain that is customized with the long-term regular actions and reactions. But it's an ideal opportunity to stop.

I know you always try to take actions as an admirable employee or team member but before that think as an individual. With years of experience, you know the difference between “Must do now” and “Can do later”. We are already self-managed and self-organized. So, we should be confident enough to decide and separate the things according to the urgency level.

Back to Action after regular Rewind & Reflect

taking_time1-1.jpgIt's generally not possible to think vividly about your previous day work and the present situation. At any rate not in the working environment where you have a million things in pending. Thus, I use a little piece of my extra time to do a rewind of the overall work. I have been continuously doing this, so it has become a habit. In a taxicab while coming back to home or the 30 minutes before sleep, I review every one of the things. Surprisingly, it helps me a considerable measure.

Initially, you will only see the big achievements or the blunders you have done. But after a continuous self-reflection, you will realize the reasons or actions behind each event additionally the pointless steps ( you would have avoided generally because that’s not like you). This helps me to lot to think about the coming day and the work I need to concentrate on.

Don’t hover over! Quit, if necessary

Sometimes projects get delayed or work gets rescheduled. Or the team decides to go for more innovation and learning to do the work efficiently. In these cases, we must need to drop the work immediately. In Agile, we have regular reporting and meeting sessions (Stand ups) which give a transparency over the system and clarity over work. As I have said before, besides workplace, you should also do the regular self-evaluation of your work.

Watching over the Organizational goals

At first look, a significant number of the tasks seem to be essential to you. However, if you investigate properly, you will see that a considerable amount of them are not necessary now as per your organizational goals. As a change agent, you must always keep in mind that your actions and responses affect your organization’s system and vision. Wasting your time in doing the optional (right now, not important) is not something you can afford for.

Picking one at a time


In my Agile blogs, many times I have mentioned prioritizing by picking less volume of work at a time. To know more about this read:

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Rely on your Instincts

When unexpected tasks fall on our shoulders, we often get panicked and take wrong decisions. Well, that’s because we don't have room to prepare or schedule the work in that hasty circumstance. Still, I would say think and decide if it is really necessary to put the task on your “must-do” list. In these scenarios, recall your objectives and rely on your instincts. Trust me, your instinct that comes from your vast experience wouldn't betray you.

The Social Virus

Many times we start to do a work with lots of determination yet wind up in doing something else. It happens because the distractions that our digitalized world has brought up. WhatsApp notifications, FB messenger pop-ups, Subscription alerts many things that keep coming in computer/mobile.

What's more, a number of us don't have the desire to avoid the situation since we can't envision our lives without these. There are people with strong addiction towards social sites and net surfing. So they like drifting on one tab to another, browsing, investing much energy on the web. I wouldn't say it’s bad but there’s a thing called limit. Time sits tight for nobody, and most certainly not for you too.. Work wouldn’t get less if you ignore, rather it will keep piling up.


This it for today. Ciao! See you next week…


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