Why We Fail to Manage Time Effectively
● We do what we like to do before we do what we don’t like to do.
● We do things we know how to do faster than things we do not know how to do.
● We do things that are easiest before things that are difficult.
● We do things that require a little time before things that require a lot of time.
● We do things for which resources are available.
● We do things that are scheduled (for example, meetings) before nonscheduled things.
● We sometimes do things that are planned before things that are unplanned.
● We respond to demands from others before demands from ourselves.
● We do things that are urgent before things that are important.
● We readily respond to crises and emergencies. ● We do interesting things before uninteresting things. ● We do things that advance our personal objectives
or that are politically expedient. ● We wait until a deadline approaches before we
really get moving. ● We do things that provide the most immediate
closure. ● We respond on the basis of who wants it. ● We respond on the basis of the consequences of
our doing or not doing something. ● We tackle small jobs before large jobs. ● We work on things in the order of their arrival. ● We work on the basis of the squeaky-wheel prin-
ciple (the squeaky wheel gets the grease). ● We work on the basis of consequences to the
group.