I:     The first key to time managing is to establish a specific goal. The whole purpose of time managing is to achieve as many goals as you can in little time, since goals mean success. You need to write down 4 to 10 goals you mean to achieve this year, pick out the main goal, and prioritize them based on it. Then you make several detailed plans according to your goals, and, very importantly, stick to them.

II:    The second key to time managing is to make an overall list of everything to do this year, and start subdividing them. 1, Annual goals to quarterly ones, and make a list of what to do every quarter; 2,Quarterly goals to monthly ones, and recheck them every start of a month in case some unexpected event takes place and you need to make changes in time; 3, On every Sunday, list everything to do next week; 4, List what you need to do tomorrow every evening.

III:   Third key to time managing: "20:80" law. Use 80% of your time to do the 20% most important things, and to do so you must have a clear idea of what's the most crucial and productive goals to you. There is what you would call urgent and critical things when it comes to time managing. But which to choose first? Certainly, the most urgent and critical ones. Those are often some sudden troubles, unexpected disasters, matters that cannot wait to be solved. It usually means you are doing poorly on time managing if you find yourself facing those things on a daily basis. The successful ones often spend most time doing things that are most important but not urgent, which are so called highly productive matters, while normal people do the most urgent but not important ones. You must learn to turn important matters urgent, and then you'll start doing things productively right away.

IV:   The forth key to time managing is to have at least half an hour to an hour of "no disturbing" time. If you can have an hour totally to yourself, lock yourself up in your room and start thinking about stuff or doing what you feel is important, then this one hour can worth more than a day's work, sometimes even three.

V:    The fifth key to time managing is to be consistant with your sense of worth, not in contradiction. You have to specify your personal sense of worth. If you don't, you will have a hard time finding out what's important to you and your time allocation will be poor. The essence of time managing is not about managing time, it's about allocating it. You will never have enough time to do everything, but you do have time to do the most important things to you.

VI:   The sixth key to time managing: to do the most effective things every second you've got. Figure out the most effective things to you if you are to do your job well, make a list, and allocate time to get them done.

VII:  The seventh key to time managing is sufficient authorization. Figure out which of the things in your current life can be authorized to others, write them down, start authorizing them to the right people, and you have a better efficiency.

VIII: The eighth key to time managing: finish the same kind of things in one time. If you are doing paperwork, then spend a period of time doing only that; If you are thinking, take some time just to think; If you are to make phone calls, make all of them when you have enough time. When you do something repeatedly, you get good at it, hence the better efficiency.

IX:    The ninth key to time managing: make a "time log". Make a detailed list of how much time did you spend doing what every day: brushing your teeth, taking a bath, getting dressed in the morning, riding a bus, appointments with your clients. Take notes of time consumptions every day, of what you did, and you'll find out what time did you waste. You can only make changes when you find the source of those wasted time.

X:     The tenth key to time managing: time is bigger than money. Use your money to exchange for others' successful experiences, and very importantly, learn from the best. Take a care when you make the choice of whom you communicate with, since it'll save a lot of time. Supposedly, you are with a person who spent forty years to achieve his success. If you make friends with ten of those people, you would have acquired four hundred years of experience now, wouldn't you?