Getting To Work On Time

For some people getting to work on time is a struggle.  There are many reasons for this and only the person who has a hard time knows their personal battle with tardiness.  

Being chronically late whether it is 3-5 minutes or possibly 10, has a negative reaction not only on your supervisor and/or boss, but your co-workers who arrive on time everyday (your being chronically late probably upsets your co-workers more than you realize). 

Who would you give the gold metal to for attendance the person who arrives 5-10 minutes early to make sure they are ready to start when the doors open or the person who is running in the back door when the bell rings or a few minutes after? 

You may not think being a couple of minutes late makes a big difference but it does, not only to those you work for and with, but also to you.  How?  Getting to work a little early allows you time to prepare for the day, by giving you those extra few minutes to mentally prepare for whatever will be coming your way. 

Where by running in the back door as the clock strikes 8, you are not prepared to begin your job at 8, you are sliding in as work has already begun.  

Preparing for work the night before can help you get this head start.  Many people set their alarm clock ahead 15-30 minutes to make sure they have plenty of time to get up and get ready and out the door in plenty of time to arrive to work a few minutes early.  It also will help to set a goal time that you need to be on the road. 

By leaving a bit early you feel much better, it gives you time to think, enjoy your ride to work and not be rushed. Being rushed is no way to start your day and it is stressful. 

By arriving a bit early and being ready to begin your work on time it shows your employer/supervisor that your job matters to you and you want to do your best.  Remember it is the early bird that catches the worm!

For more tips on getting to work on time see the link below.

Tips From Career Advice

Does Your Personality Influence How You Manage Your Time?

Time management is one of the top “hot topics” in today’s work management arena.  With so many things on our plate each day how do we fit it all in?   First we must remember that we cannot “really” manage time as the seconds will continually tick away no matter what.  What we can do is to “really” manage what we do with our time.  If managing your time is something that you struggle with you might want to take a look at your personality type for some helpful insights into why.  If you are someone who is a perfectionist, then you will probably never feel that you manage your time exactly right.  You will always fall short of your perfect expectations.  Or if you are someone who is an over-committer, always wanting to please others, how will you ever have enough time to do everything you have committed yourself to?  When you understand how your personality can affect how you manage your time, it will help you to be able to work more realistically within the constraints of your personality type. 

A flip side to this that can be very insightful to managers is to take a look at your staff’s personalities when dealing with them on timelines and their own workload. For example I had an employee that was sweet, great with our patients, but she was a chatter bug and this not only interfered with regards to her managing time, but it also interfered with everyone else in the office being able to manage their time too.  I brought this to her attention, although she did see the issues her chattering caused and promised she would try to cut back on her talking, she did say “this is who I am and I cannot change who I am” and she did not. 

I don’t think that we really need to change our personality as much as we need to find that balance of being able to manage our personality and its affect on our being able to manage time.  I do hope this young lady eventually learned this lesson, I don’t know because she did continue to allow her “personality” to influence how she was able to manage her time at work.

“One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Tina Del Buono, PMAC

Got Time? Make The Most Of It

“Everyone has his day, and some days last longer than others.”  Winston Churchill

Wow, what a day….It seemed as though it was never going to end and not only for me but my co-workers felt that same way.  It was hardly 10:00 a.m. and we were wondering if lunch was coming soon.  Then once it did we all went out together and knew once we got back to the office it was going to start all over again, which it did.  We tried to figure out why this day felt so different from yesterday, or the day before, but there was no real difference in what we were doing, it was just that the day seemed to drag on.  I am sure you have experienced days like this also.  It is a strange event to say the least.  But we decided since we all felt that same way we were going to make the best of it. 

Behind On Your Work? It’s Time to Catch Up

Life in our office has been pretty busy to say the least for the past few months, with the challenges of going to a new electronic medical record software, employee schedule changes and several Holidays with time out of the office.  To sum it up for me, I  have a few of those proverbial little piles on my desk waiting for me to attend to their needs.  But everyday there seems to be more important things that get my attention and I am having a hard time finding block time to get through these stacks, I am sure you know what I am talking about.  I knew that I could not put off getting to these stacks any longer and took some time this weekend to think back to what I have learned about prioritizing and time management to find the answer to get me going. 

Focus On Distractions For Positive Outcomes

Have you ever met someone who just seems to be able to get everything they need to done and then some? Do you ever wonder what their secrete is? They have mastered the ability to focus on the tasks at hand and then to follow them through to completion. Now that really doesn’t sound like it should be so hard, so why is it?

Tips to Regain an Extra Hour Every Day

By: Jesus C. Vazquez, PMAC

There is never enough time in the day to accomplish all the things we set forth to do. We end the day feeling tired, drained and confused and unaccomplished. “If only the day had an extra hour….” is usually followed by a statement of something we wish we could’ve done. We then go to sleep, wake up and do it all again day after day. Our lives are filled with rushed tasks, getting your work done and helping others throughout the day takes priority over some of our important to do items, goals and desires that we never really get to. What would you do with an extra hour each day if you could have it?

Are You Meeting Your Goals?

 I don’t think that I am much different from most people when it comes to wanting to achieve my dreams.  We all have desires and dreams that we are longing to achieve and many of us are chipping away at them each day, bit by bit.  The older I get the more I wonder if I will reach some of the goals I have set for my self on my 10 and 20 year plan.  It seems like the years are moving by much quicker than I expected and I am not exactly where I would like to be at this point in time.  Too many things have gotten in my way and I get distracted way too often.  I could get discouraged and depressed, but what good would that do? 

How Are You Mastering Your Time?

 There is no time like the present to work on mastering your time more efficiently.  I cannot tell you how many times on Sunday afternoon that I say to myself, “I just need one more day to work at home”, but realistically would that one more day make that big of a difference?  What would happen the next Sunday?  With our blackberrys, iphones, and all the other organizational tools that we have access to you would think we would have more time.  I have come to realize that it really is not all about only having 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, it is really about what I do and how I do it each minute and hour of each day. Mastering how to use your time to the best of your advantage in whatever it is that you are doing will maximize your potential to be more successful and have a better work and home life.  Sounds nice, but is it that easy?  Here are a few things you can do to jump-start time management plan;

1. Priority list for work and home, keep it simple you can always add to it, it is better to complete it and be successful than to make so long that you fail.

2. At work keep distractions down, focus on what can be realistically done each hour from your priority list. 

3. Don’t over book yourself, this leads to stress.

4. Plan your day for work and at home the night before.  Thinking about it and planning ahead of time will make you more successful at completing it, this has been proven to be true.

5. Have just one calendar and use it.

6. Establish routines for yourself in the morning and at night.

7. This is important..Be flexible.

We cannot add anymore time to the 24 hours in a day, but we can learn to master ourselves in what we do with those 24 hours.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe