From the course: Time Management for Managers
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The priority of you
- To be an effective manager, you must also be an effective human being. This means creating a structure for your week that allows you to get into a healthy rhythm of work and taking care of yourself. Here are a few areas to consider. First, create your finish line. This is the boundary line for when work ends each day. Many managers are in salaried situations. This provides for a more flexible work schedule. However, flexibility doesn't mean that work is endless, nor that you are available to be interrupted at all hours. When you create limitations in the hours you work, you force yourself to be more creative, to find solutions, and to improve the system and the tools that you're using in the workplace, not just throwing more working hours at a problem when something goes wrong. If necessary, you can have two finish lines. For example, if you manage staff overseas, you could work until the afternoon, then take a break for a few hours for family time and dinner, and then return to…
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