Scheduling Ideas

Managing our time is a challenge that many of us face on a daily basis. Conventional wisdom on the subject of time management usually tells us to figure out what we need to do and make sure to put all tasks and activities into our weekly or daily planners.

While that advice certainly appears to hold true; in reality, it does not always seem to work out for us. For example, a salesperson may block out several hours in the morning to make phone calls to leads, only to reach voicemails. When the clients call back, it might be when training time was on the salesperson's schedule. Taking the call then means having to reschedule training into an already jam-packed schedule.

A better way to fine-tune your schedule to truly ensure you maximize your time is to really think not just about getting things into your planner, but to get them in there at a time that will bring the best results. Let's say the salesperson I mentioned above sells insurance for both residential and commercial clients. It may make more sense, instead of trying to reach all clients in the morning, to reach business clients in the morning, but to reach residential clients in the early evening.

Bascially, this approach not only gets our activities onto our schedules, but takes into account outside factors that could impact our execution of these tasks. This can take a bit of trial and error, but getting into the habit of looking at how to optimize your schedule planning will really pay off for you in terms of your overall productivity.