{"id":353,"date":"2013-04-04T09:39:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T09:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scqa.hult.edu\/en\/news\/hult-labs\/2013\/april\/etienne-garbuglis-26-time-management-hacks-are-worth-a-read\/"},"modified":"2019-07-12T12:42:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T12:42:54","slug":"26-time-management-hacks-are-worth-a-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/26-time-management-hacks-are-worth-a-read\/","title":{"rendered":"“26 Time Management Hacks” Are Worth a Read"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve all been there: a big project, presentation or assignment looms before you, as incomprehensibly massive as Mt. Everest and just as daunting. You know you\u2019ve got to start climbing, er, start working. But where\u2019s the best place to start? And what\u2019s the best way to use the time you have?<\/p>\n

Unless you\u2019ve taken a really great time management class, or have had the drive to teach yourself how to be an expert (not most of us), then you\u2019ve probably had to figure out (or are still figuring out) your own set of time management best practices. And maybe you\u2019ve done so by figuring out through trial and error which ones did not work out. At all.<\/p>\n

But what if you had a cheat sheet?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where Etienne Garbugli\u2019s\u00a0 \u201c26 Time Management Hacks I Wish I\u2019d Known At 20<\/a>\u201d comes in. Re-posted by BusinessInsider, the clever slide show covers setting priorities, deadlines, and breaking down a seemingly insurmountable mountain of a goal into achievable, smaller pieces. Interspersed among the minimally designed slides of advice are bits of ready-to-use wisdom, like \u201cThere\u2019s always time. Time is priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Garbugli isn\u2019t the only one dispensing pithy counsel on how to make the most of your work time so you are super efficient and making a star-studded impact. He\u2019s also included crisp and concise tips from other professionals that are useful in a variety of contexts.<\/p>\n

One piece of advice Garbugli offers in the beginning seems basic: \u201cWork is the best way to get working. Start with short tasks to get the ball rolling.\u201d That may seem perfectly apparent, but how many of us \u2013 either fueled by caffeine, anxiety, or just plain drive \u2013 attempt to immediately hack away at a big task first thing, rather than ease into it? \u201cEasing\u201d helps us build focus and momentum, and we require both in order to make the kind of satisfactory headway on a project that gives us the renewed vigor to dive in deep the next day, and the next \u2013 until we\u2019re done.<\/p>\n

One of the most attention capturing slides features two very simple graphs. The first one is titled \u201cMulti-tasking like a big shot,\u201d and is followed by four common tasks (well, three, plus one important sentiment) in no particular order:<\/p>\n