The Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review

 

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December 14, 2017 If You Aren't Good at Planning, Get Tips from People Who Are If your brain isn’t naturally wired for making order, learning how to plan your time can be a frustrating experience. Fortunately, it’s possible to overcome your natural wiring and better organize your time. Begin by reaching out to friends or colleagues who excel at planning or have good organization skills and asking for their advice. They may be able to offer solutions to problems that overwhelm you — or they might have suggestions for organization systems that you can try out. It will save you time (and a headache) if you don’t have to develop your own ideas from scratch. And be sure to ask them for simple solutions. Don’t aim to become an expert planner when you’re just starting out; having a basic level of knowledge is a good goal. Adapted from "A Way to Plan If You're Bad at Planning," by Elizabeth Grace Saunders

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