- They assign specific time frames and deadlines for doing things and sticks to them. When they start on a work, they rarely stop until it is finished, doing the most difficult things first thing in the morning. Phone calls and mails are done in one lump of time. Breaks and easier jobs are usually done on times that they know they are least effective. The Free Time If you have followed the computation, you are left with 55 hours for the week that you can use. If you allocate 4 hours each day for socializing and doing other personal things like jobs, attending extra curricular activities, writing letters, checking on e-mail etc you will still have 28 hours for the week that could be spent further on study periods or your personal time. Assigning work time frames for each task, even if it is not so realistic at first can give you a good idea later on regarding the a more realistic approach. The idea is to start it off and stick it out. Be flexible. It always happen that when you are trying to do a good job or start on a significant one that will have a drastic effect, sooner or later something crops up to derail your effort. The greatest time stealer between the phone, the visitor, the prolonged break, the e-mail and the chit-chat is the never ending "do you have a minute?" approach. Whenever possible say no. Allow a time each day that is dedicated to projected time lost. - Find out why you are wasting time and have a realistic plan not to fall into the same pattern. It is the ability to tackle the task at hand with enough focus and not let up until satisfied with the result. People who have been honing their time management skill for a while develops the ability to foresee possible problems that may arise and start planning at handling them before it does. Time management skill is either acquired through experiences or learned from formal settings but whatever the case may be, time management skill involves planning, and sticking to it. Being tied down so much to work because there is no other option results to so many negative repercussions, one of which is the inability to really do the things that one would enjoy most. The routine of waking up each morning knowing that one would go back to the same work and workplace. Stressing the self out with the tasks at hand.