Conclusion

When all is said and done, the art of time management is really the art of decision-making. It’s the courage to choose what actions you are going to take, when you are going to take them, and how you will get them done. It’s about choosing your most important life goals and prioritizing accordingly.

In the day-to-day world of business, these choices happen as part of managing your workflow. Entire books, systems, and programs have been created on the topic, though in essence the idea is elegantly simple:

• Things enter your world from your voice mail, e-mail, snail mail, other people, and your own brain.

• You capture those things in a variety of places, including your to-do lists, in-basket, e-mail, files, and so forth.

• You decide ...

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