The topic of this paper is a book summary and analysis of The 10 Natural Laws of Time and Life Management: Proven Strategies for Increased Productivity and Inner Peace by Hyrum W. Smith. Time management is a critical issue and is the cause of much stress and pressure in people’s lives. To control your time is to control your life. If you can learn to implement the 10 "natural laws," which the author defines as "fundamental patterns of nature and life that human experience and testing have shown to be valid. They describe things as they really are, as opposed to how we think they are or how we wish they were." (Smith, 1994, p. 12) Then you will gain control of your life and be more productive and be truly satisfied with your accomplishments.
The book is separated into two parts each containing five natural laws. The first part is about managing your time to achieve personal productivity and the second part is about managing your life to satisfy your basic human needs.
Part 1. Managing Your Time
Law 1: You control your life by controlling your time According to Hyrum Smith, the real objective of any time management program is to achieve inner peace. Organizing the things in your life that are most important to you is the first step to successfully managing your time. Many people get hung up on trying to manage the events in their life but they have no control over the events and they become discouraged. Other people look forward to the future thinking that they’ll have
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Time as a precious resource requires proper planning at the time of spending on various things. The proper planning of time is called Time Management by which the right time is allocated to the right work. Author of the present paper attempted to find out the effects of time management on other variables and attributes of peoples. For this purpose, a number of prominent studies undertaken between 1990 and 2010 were analysed. More or less, all studies which were reviewed reported salubrious effect of time management on the stress level.
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In this activity, you’ll explore how you could improve your present self management system. By becoming more effective and efficient in the use of time, you’ll complete a greater number of important actions and maximize your chances of attaining your goals and dreams.
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This newspaper article by Sue Shollenberger, describes what it's like to have a frantic life full of responsibilities. It talks about a man who has multiple things to do with the little time he has. The man tries to find a way to organize all of his activities and responsibilities. But what people don't realize is that matter how you try to time manage your schedule,
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In 1989, Stephen Covey's book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People started a landmark revolution in how we think about time and life management. In this book, Covey presents seven principles for developing effectiveness in our private and public lives. By developing these habits, one moves from being dependent on other people to being and acting independently. Then we learn how to move to the more advanced state of interdependence and successful Cooperation. As a part of the seven habits. Covey introduces important and powerful techniques of time management under the habit of "Put First Things First." It is necessary to understand (and Practice) all seven habits so that the
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In the words of Dawson (2004), "time management is all about taking control of your own time." In seeking to help adult learners regain control of their time, Dawson comes up with a number of effective time management strategies. Some of these strategies are highlighted herein. To begin with, Dawson (2004) recommends that one drafts a list of all those activities whose timing cannot be altered. These activities which Dawson refers to as "non-negotiable" activities could include attending lectures, private study and other important undertakings such as picking
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