George Sandford 

Guide to time management

1. What is time management?

Time management is all about how you manage your time. Of course, time is immovable and runs at the same pace for everyone so time itself cannot be managed, only our use of it.

Time management is really about managing yourself and your life overall. There are many different aspects of time management such as managing paperwork, telephone calls, meetings, interactions with others, prioritising, setting goals and meeting deadlines and, creating an effective work-life balance so that your work commitments do not destroy your family life. It isn’t easy but luckily, BEM is on hand to show you how to do it and in English too!

Immovable

Can not be moved

Runs

Moves, passes

Pace

Speed

Aspects

Parts, dimensions

Paperwork

Documents, files

Interactions

Contacts and conversations with others

Prioritising

Deciding which things are most the important

Work-life balance

Managing the conflicting demands of work and home

Destroy

Wreck, ruin, damage beyond repair

On hand

Here, available

Glossary

management – zarządzanie

immovable – nieruchomy

to run – mijać

pace – tempo

overall – ogólnie, całkowicie

aspect – aspekt, punkt widzenia

paperwork – robota papierkowa

interactions – wzajemne relacje

prioritising – wyznaczanie priorytetów

meeting deadlines – dotrzymywanie terminów

effective – efektywny, skuteczny

work-life balance – równowaga pomiędzy obowiązkami w pracy i w domu

commitments – zobowiązania, obowiązki

on hand – dostępny