What are your daily habits for managing time and developing yourself?

Start each day with a clear task. It's worth spending a few minutes at the end of each workday to write down your first task for the next day. Ideally something < 2 hours long that you are reasonably confident you can accomplish. Remember: ambiguity is the enemy of productivity.

The key to a productive day is a productive night. Make sure to go to bed early and plan the day ahead. This will help you to get up, ready to start the day. Another habit is to make sure you learn something new everyday. That will help your personal development significantly. Also make sure to take out time for yourself, meditate and journal. This will help you stay calm in the present and be grateful for what has happened and for what will happen in the future. Lastly, I’ll say it’s important to make sure you complete the top 3 important tasks on your to do list. This will make sure that you have a productive day rather than a busy one.

One thing which I have started doing and have seen good results is to have a clear repetitive schedule for each day. Having a schedule with a specific time mentioned helps you subconsciously know where you are supposed to be and what you are supposed to do at that time. It tales away the dilemma of what to do next. You can start off with large chunks of time in the beginning and then start breaking them down to the hourly or even half hourly levels.

Break large tasks into small, specific to-dos. Checking them off reduces anxiety and gives a sense of accomplishment, fueling motivation

One thing I have found helpful while planning ahead is to break this tasks into calendar reminders this goes a great deal to help bring some schedule to your day

It's great to have learning goals. But as meetings pile up and people need you, your ability to learn may be pushed aside. That's unfortunate. But consider this. Even in your ordinary daily acts, there is a possibility for learning.

Bite-sized learning from Apps like DuoLingo or Khan Academy can help you build a skill over time. If you prefer a low-tech option, exercise or word/math puzzles are also great for brain-training.

I always believe in the principle of learning something new everyday. The day you stop learning will be the day when you will stop growing. I have an habit of reading 10-15 mins in the morning, listening to podcasts while doing household chores and this habit helps to make mornings less stressful and at the same time helps me learn new things. Managing time means you inculcate and link good habits to your daily routine chores to enable you to complete them without fail

While I agree, this in itself can become overwhelming. I read a lot, but I'll go a couple of weeks without reading much of anything and then decide I need to "read 15 min a day!" When I try forcing that, I go for a few days before I miss two days in a row and then *that* is now stressing me out... I think the better plan is to have one or more books and/or one or more other types of learning content available and know that when I have 15min to kill, you have a selection of useful content to look at.

I keep a word a day calender and I have a couple of phone apps that I plug into when I have down time, I also am an avid reader.

I've found that the default nature of the mind is to focus on things that are not completed. This can make you feel disheartened. Therefore, reflecting on the smallest achievements or events of the day can be helpful and motivating in building the right kind of resilience.

According to the popular Zeigarnik effect, humans tend to focus more on unfinished tasks rather than the ones that are done and dusted. Most of my self reflection springs from the unfinished tasks that are lying around me. Reflecting on reasons why a task is left unfinished and how many of these reasons were in my control is what makes me more self aware leading me towards self - improvement.

Adding a weekly preview is a great step in reflecting on what works and what isn't. If you can reserve 20 minutes between Friday and Monday morning for this practice, here are some helpful questions to ask: - What were 3-5 wins from my week? - What progress did I make on my Weekly Goals? - What worked? What didn't? Why? - When did I do what I said I would do (honor time blocks?) When did I lose focus? When did I have the most and the least energy? - What will I Keep, Improve, Start or Stop Doing for the following week?

Every moment of the day provides an opportunity for self-reflection. Here's an easy way to start: 1) Ask yourself how you spent the past hour, 2) Identify what didn't go so well, 3) Describe what you'd do differently in the next hour.

Delegation is another skill I've picked up over the past few months. I've identified what my team is good at, and based on their competencies, I have started delegating work. I've more time to focus on the bigger picture. Also, they are happy doing what they are best at. Delegation has helped me manage my time better, rather than doing everything on my own and getting frustrated.

Delegate!! Thats the only way as you would always want your plate to be full. Identify the "low hanging fruits" task in your bucket and have them delegate. Inorder to do this you would need to believe in people and stand With them when they fail. One phrase I always use when I do this is "we are in this together"

It's important to become comfortable with delegation. The next time you're tasked with an assignment or item, stop for a moment and ask yourself, "Is this something I should do myself, or should it be delegated?" Delegation is like a muscle; you have to work it on a regular basis to become better at it.

Delegation is not just about offloading work; it is about STRATEGICALLY allocating responsibilities to the right people to enhance efficiency, foster growth, and achieve the (organization's) goals. To put it simply, FOCUS on aligning everyone to their ZONE OF GENIUS or GROWTH to optimize time. Just because you can do it doesn’t mean you should do it. Where can people do or learn with ease to leverage time vs taking longer to do it.

Everyone wants to be a conquerer and do everything by themselves. But we tend to forget that each one of us has only 86400 seconds / 1440 minutes / 24 hours a day to do everything we can and we want to do. A wise way to conquer the day is to delegate things. One way is to outsource your tasks to experts who can do them better than you and in much lesser time. Another way is to rely on automated tools and apps that can help you with your tasks. It is a great idea to delegate things, but, one should carefully plan to what extent they can delegate tasks so as to avoid awkward situations like becoming free of work with nothing to do at all or becoming an enquiry position to clear doubts of those who have been delegated tasks.

Put yourself first in your schedule. Instead of trying to "find time" in your schedule, physically pencil in regular time for yourself in your planner or calendar. This should be on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. This ensures you'll actually have the time necessary to unwind, relax, and rest.

Physical and Mental wellbeing seldom find way in our daily schedule of tasks unless we have a specific goal to achieve. More often than not, we tend to incline towards such activities only after experiencing burnout, stress or other severe issues. Instead including activities related to our well being in our daily schedule can keep us active during the day, make transitioning from one task to another smooth and pave way for a learning attitude.

Taking care of oneself is not selfish, albeit it should be considered as an prerequisite to taking care of others, Fill your bucket first and then empty it. A healthy habit of exercising, journaling, meditation, yoga first thing in the morning gives a serotonin boost which is needed to kickstart your day

It is critical to focus on ourselves in this world where we are all running around with so many priorities. First take out that 1 hour (generally mornings) for yourself. 30 mins of exercise, 15 mins of reading (can be a book or newspaper), 15 mins of meditation / pranyama. Second eat early in evenings and sleep minimum 7-8 hours. Third and hardest keep your mind devoid of disturbances while going to bed, not easy but lack of sleep, cranky eating and getting up late and running easily catches because of our mind.

Remember these celebrations shouldn't necessarily be something big, it should always be your own way of celebrations. Start with something small example getting yourself your favourite candy, ice cream e.t.c

You can support and encourage others by celebrating their successes, and achievements as well. Last week, one of the members of my LinkedIn community sent me a heartfelt message that he cleared the interview and got a job because he learned practical concepts from my posts and articles. I celebrated his success by giving him my best wishes and had a blueberry cupcake for myself in the evening to feel grateful and content. So, celebrate others' success along with yours.

Acknowledge your progress throughout the day. Even seemingly small time management actions should be recognized and appreciated. Arriving on time, submitting work in a timely fashion, rescheduling meetings with sufficient lead time should be acknowledged and appreciated.

Acknowledge and celebrate the small wins and consistent progress and commitment. This helps to keep you focused on efforts rather than outcome, building up confidence (self-trust & self-esteem) and momentum to continue your efforts and take bigger actions toward your goals.

* Prioritizing tasks and classifying them according to their degree of urgency and importance. * Establish specific, clear and measurable goals for short-term and long-term achievements. * Allocate an hour a day to learning and watching motivating videos, taking short breaks between each achievement. * The most important thing is to exercise daily and organize my meals.

A good routine developed consistently becomes like a 2nd nature and you don't have to worry about remembering the habits any more, they come to you naturally, the more you invest in self care habits, the more you will be ready to show the world your true capacity and tackle any problems that you may encounter in the day because you are already ahead of everyone in habit formation.

My routine is to always "make before you manage" Every morning, I set aside time to write. Before opening up my inbox or checking social media feeds and all the voices in the world mean that I can no longer hear my own. Create before you administrate. It's served me well. H/T to Tim Ferriss I believe for the original quote

??Identifying the different paths in my life in which I would like to accomplish tasks (religious aspect - development) ?? I set myself what I want to develop and how I will develop in it and how to make that part of my day ??Define tasks accurately, instead of reading a book, write read 10 pages. ?? I don't start my day unless I know what tasks are (written them in advance) ?? Linking tasks together (I will watch a podcast episode after reading the book) ?? I reward myself after the commitment to accomplish tasks

Managing our time as a daily practice can be exhausting, not to mention the issues that come with it. Issues like - feeling trapped in the vicious cycle of routine - not taking enough breaks while doing tasks - coming across sudden surprise tasks that can overturn your complete plan for the day - not knowing how to get back to a task after an uncalled break or distraction One way of tackling these issues is to observe your daily routine keenly and account for surprises, free time, and ample breaks. Including them in your daily schedule will not only give you a realistic time management goal to achieve but also motivate you enough to look forward for the day ahead.