{"id":17312,"date":"2021-10-24T13:37:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T21:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=17312"},"modified":"2022-10-11T11:41:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T19:41:01","slug":"skills-360-time-management-1-prioritizing-and-scheduling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2021\/10\/24\/skills-360-time-management-1-prioritizing-and-scheduling\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills 360 &#8211; Time Management 1:  Prioritizing and Scheduling"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17312-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.84-Time-Management-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.84-Time-Management-1.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.84-Time-Management-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/360.84POD\/index.html\" title=\"Business English 360 - Time Management (1)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/360.84-LESSON-management-english-time-management-1.jpg\" alt=\"Business English Skills 360 - Time Management (1)\" width=\"1500\" height=\"651\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/360.84-LESSON-management-english-time-management-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/360.84-LESSON-management-english-time-management-1-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/360.84-LESSON-management-english-time-management-1-600x260.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/360.84-LESSON-management-english-time-management-1-768x333.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-english-360\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Business English Skills 360<\/a> podcast for today&#8217;s lesson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/management\/\" title=\"Management Lessons\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">time management<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When we talk about \u201cmanagement\u201d and \u201cmanagers,\u201d we\u2019re usually thinking about managing people. And that involves many different skills. But all these skills are useless if the manager can\u2019t manage his or her own self. So good management starts with good self-management. And an essential part of self-management is managing your time effectively, which in turn depends on effective scheduling. <\/p>\n<p>So, as a manager, how do you set a schedule that works? Well, that starts with prioritizing. You can think of tasks on two dimensions: importance and urgency. The first key to good time management is avoiding things that are neither urgent nor important. That includes daily distractions, trivial tasks, and anything minor that simply wastes time. The second key is to minimize things that seem urgent but are not important. A lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/meetings\/\" title=\"Meeting English\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">meetings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-writing\/\" title=\"Email English\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/telephoning\/\" title=\"Telephone English\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">phone calls<\/a>, and interruptions fall into this category.<\/p>\n<p>[tp no_translate=&#8221;y&#8221;]<strong>Lesson Resources: <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/360.84POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lesson Module<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/360.84QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quiz &amp; Vocab<\/a> | <a 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