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Hi, I failed to manage my time......how can I prioritize my work best?  help me.

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OronD
OronD Answered:

1.  List all what you have to do (each day).
2.  Estimate the time for each one.  
3.  Errange it in 4 culomns:
     a.  Urgent and important.
     b.  Urgent but not important.
     c.  Not urgent but important.
     d.  Not urgent and not important.
4.  Start working in the order (from a to d)
     and from the most consuming time to
     to the less consuming time.
5.  Be efficient (don't waste time !). 

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Sraboni
Sraboni Answered:

Prioritizing your tasks is the core of proper time management.  With good prioritizing skills, you finish the urgent tasks first, the ones that would cause a crisis if left unfinished.  Several techniques for prioritizing your work are:

1.    Define your tasks by goals.
2.    Make a list.
3.    Use a calendar scheduler.
4.    Analyze the tasks and identify the top priority.
5.    Beside each item on the list, write down its actual due date.
6.    Consider the consequences.
7.    Give tasks a deadline.
Source: http://www.time-management-use.com/how-to-prioritize.html

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Cris Baker
Cris Baker Answered:

To manage your time, and to prioritize your work, you first need to decide your priorities.

If keeping your job to enable you to buy food and pay the rent is a priority, then you next ask yourself how best can you keep your job? You might perhaps answer - "by doing it well!"

And now you have a reason to prioritize doing your job well.  But notice that the real reason is hidden behind the job.  It often boils down to wanting the results that doing it will bring.

But without asking yourself such questions about your priorities, and then answering them, you'll drift on, continually at the mercy of whatever activity catches your fancy at any moment in time.

This can be stressful, so you may wish to check out how to reduce stress here.

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Cindy Hess
Cindy Hess Answered:

Many of us are prey to time-wasters that steal time we could be using much more productively. What are your time-bandits? Do you spend too much time 'Net surfing, reading email, or making personal calls? Tracking Daily Activities explains how to track your activities so you can form a accurate picture of what you actually do, the first step to effective time management.

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Kanchan Gupta
Kanchan Gupta Answered:

Time Management is critical to any business process. Do you work for a small or mid-sized company? Also, which time management software does your company use to keep track of project tasks? The best way to prioritize your work is to understand the value of individual project tasks, and allocate them work-hours on priority basis. At the same time ensure that you gauge project status such that you can effectively anticipate time allocation. We've been using ms project management software to manage time for all our employees.

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