find out how you spend your time and identify the time wasters, e.g. telephone calls, socializing meetings, indecision, lack of planning, worrying, watching television.

set the long term and short term goals, so that you have a clear sense of where to go. This will maximize the chance of achieving the goals

	you can develop the ABC lists to prioritize the activities.
	A -- must be done
	B -- like to do and need to be done
	C -- like to do if you complete the tasks on A and B lists

after you prioritize the activities, you can then schedule them into the daily and weekly timetable.

in order to prevent work overload, do not feel guilty to say "no" if necessary.

do not hesitate to seek help when you are short on time and overloaded, you may get others to do those things that do not need your personal attention but need to be done.

try to minimize interruptions such as telephone calls, visitors. Stick to your schedule as much as you can.

Literature:Stress Intervention - Interpersonal

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