Is your self perception of time management skills linked to your stress levels?
For SMEs poor time management skills can impact on stress levels causing key staff or business owners to become ineffective.
I took part in a fun little quiz about time management skills and shared it via my facebook page. If you wish to have a go you’ll find a link dated 25th July 2013 here:
https://www.facebook.com/Reflectionscoaching
A conversation with a client gave me some food for thought. Her idea is that being over organised and managed can cause you stress rather than avoiding it. So whilst creating a to do list can be a fantastic means of getting this tasks organised and all in one place, placing too much emphasis on having to achieve everything on that to do list in a short space of time can be the root cause of high stress levels.
I call this perceptional stress because its your perception rather than the reality of the situation that causes the stress.
So this week’s lesson is deliberately short and sweet. When creating your to do list be realistic about what you can achieve in a single day, work out what’s really important and place a realistic timescale for achieving it. Everything else will wait.
What causes you stress and how do you deal with it?
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