Top 5 Best Time Management Tips

The best time management tips are not productivity "hacks."

They are primarily choices that influence the way you think and behave. Using these 5 practical tips will steer you in a direction that allows you to be more in control of your life. 

1 - Pay Yourself First

Following the Golden Rule of time management creates more balance and freedom in your life. Call it personal growth, call it power hour, whatever you want to call it. Start with 5-10 minutes... start with just one day a week... then gradually work your way up. 

2 - Invest in Assets

You can bring buckets or you can build a pipeline. There may be no discernible difference at first, but you'll eventually come to realize that assets are well worth the time invested. As often as possible, invest your time in people, places, and activities that will yield a long-term benefit that pays dividends. 

3 - Balance Inputs & Outputs

Results come in two forms, inputs and outputs... what you take in and what you give out. To stop procrastinating and get everything done that you need to do, your pH balance should be at least 50/50. But if you really want to move the needle in your life and achieve all of the goals on your vision board, your balance should be close to 20% inputs and 80% outputs. Of course this depends on your personality and specific circumstances but ultimately you will feel a bigger difference the more you are focusing results on outputs. 

4 - Change Your Mind

In other words, change the way you think about time. Before you can improve your time management, you must first know what it is and why it's important. You need to understand your relationship with time, otherwise known as your time orientation. Time is just a feature of the mind, so if you can change your mind in ways that enables you to be more productive, you'll be off to a good start. Stop trying to manage the external things and instead try focusing more on the internal things that you actually can control. 

5 - Use the Freedom Formula

To really get sh*t done, the most valuable tool you have is the Freedom Formula. 

This formula is your ultimate recipe for long-term success through time management. Master the Foundational Five skills of time management and apply them to whatever goals you have, and you have learned the 20% you need to know to achieve 80% of the results.