Time Management | H M Ikram Ul Haq

Time Management

“You can't make it clear what you want. However, you are your main goals and can decide big goals!” (Clement Stone)

Most people have no idea how valuable time is. They don't realize that they have got life once, and even after half of their life they got consciousness and even after getting this consciousness they didn't see where to use the time. Just as a person thinks about money, where to spend it, how to use it better, how to get maximum benefit from it, similarly he should know the importance of time. If a person decides to take control of his time and make the most of it, he can learn the art of getting more done in less time.

Every human gets equal time

Nature gives each person 1440 minutes in a day, seven days in a week and thirty days in a month and 365 days in a year, that is, everyone gets equal time. But everyone's usage is different. There is a segment of people who are very busy. They are very lucky people who say that time is less and work is more. On the other hand, there is a class that does not pass time. Such people spend their time watching TV, playing soccer, social media or wandering. The person who wants to organize time, should first see why I am not able to control my time. First he made a list of it. When the list is made, there will be many tasks that will be wasting his time.

Prime time

Every person has some time in their twenty-four hours as their "prime time". Prime time is the time when a person can do more quality and more quantity of work in less time. Prime time is different for different people. For many people the early morning time is better and for some people the night time is better. However, according to Islamic philosophy, the best time to work is from Tahajjud to Zawal. It is also in the Quran that “We have made the day for work and the night for rest.” In this regard, the life of the most successful and richest people in the world was studied and it was found that those people sleep late and wake up early. According to the research conducted in America, usually the richest people in the world wake up at three to four in the morning and then do not sleep. This is the natural way of looking at it.

Anyway, check your prime time and schedule your activities accordingly. In whatever prime time you have, do the things that demand the most of your attention. Then there are other tasks that require relatively less energy and attention. If you do less attention-demanding work in prime time, you will have to do more attention-demanding work in the rest of the time. Thus, you will take more time, but the result will be less. A large number of people consider their office life as their real life. On the contrary, there are people who consider only their personal life as life. Some people consider their family as their real life. Some people consider their friends and acquaintances as an asset in their life. The kind of life that people think is real, they spend most of their time in it.

A large number of young people who are studying think that as soon as we finish our education, we will get a job immediately, then we will have more time. But it doesn't really happen. It takes some time to get a job. Ninety percent of young people who wait for a job after getting a degree are unemployed until they get a job, even though they have to do some work in the meantime that is admittedly low-paying and of poor quality. But it will give them a lot to learn. Man does not see the base, he sees the height, while the strength of the base is necessary for the height.

Seven Parts of Life

There are seven parts to our life. Understand that there are seven baskets of life and it is important to keep your time in these seven baskets. If even one basket is neglected, life is not balanced. When life is not balanced, problems will arise. These seven baskets of life are as follows:

Don't be self-destructive It is seen how much attention is paid to health, whether self-improvement is taking place.

Your family: It looks at how much time you are giving to your family and how much improvement is possible.

Profession: It shows what the profession is like and what the professional life is like.

Society: This is the social circle. It shows how many friends there are in life. Which are beneficial and which are harmful? How many to keep, how many not to keep? Is the required time being given or is more time being spent here?

Services: It is seen whether any role is being played in terms of serving others or not. Or any time is reserved for the service of humanity.

Religion: It has to do with spiritual growth. It shows how much of a relationship there is with Almighty Allah (SWT). Didn't they become materialistic? Are the rights of Allah being paid? How much time is reserved for Allah?

Loneliness: It is seen how much time a person spends with himself. How long does a man meet himself? He talks to himself or not. Does he know his rights?

These are the seven colors of life. A lucky person is one who has all these colors inside him. Allocating your time evenly among these seven colors is actually time management. It's possible that someday the family will need more time. You have to leave the office on that day. It is possible that one day the office will be so busy that it will be difficult to give full time to the family. It is possible that the friend is in pain. It needs more time. It is possible that you are sick and therefore need more time for your health. It's quite possible, you're down on yourself and feel like something's missing in life even though there's no apparent problem. At this time you need more time for solitude. It is very important to see where the time should be divided and where it is currently taking place. Setting priorities is very important.

Time management is not such a big problem for those who work with a certain routine. They live between nine and five. They do not feel the need to arrange and organize their time. To be clear, time management is the problem of people who feel short of time, who want to do a lot in their one life, who are crazy about turning their ordinary hours into extraordinary results. Those who have awakened the sleeping Jinn within themselves and now want to work with this Jinn. When this happens, then the work is more and the time is less.

Proactive role

One of the habits of successful people in the world is that they are proactive. We have parents who worry a lot about insuring their children, but not about their education. This is real insurance though. Proactive means how ready are you to act? How much do you plan for the coming hours? How much time was saved? Such people are learning from themselves all the time, every moment. A man who does not learn from his fast and night, he does not get more than his time. People who are eager to learn and develop flexibility to change, have good time management. Unfortunately, as a nation, we don't value learning. Studying books and observing situations are important sources of learning. The intelligent people of the world give meaning to the misfortunes and fortunes of their lives. People whose tongues are full of doubts and regrets, this is a sign that the time has not been used properly.

There is no holiday with nature

People in developed countries also plan their vacation while we oversleep on our vacation day and then the whole day is wasted. Remember, there is never a "holiday" in life under the law of nature, only a change of work. This life is a gift from Allah. It should not be wasted. It should be used correctly. Time is the gift and reward of Allah Ta'ala. It should be managed properly to make life easier. Parking plazas in New York began to be built in nineteen twenty-five, although there were only twenty-five cars in the whole of New York at that time, but their thinking was proactive. Therefore, they built parking plazas thinking that vehicles will come here in the future.

If there is a quest for learning, then the personality of a person is fresh. If there is a quest for learning, there is brilliance in a person's personality. The learner is always exploring and searching. According to a study, people who love to learn live longer. When a person says that everything is over, then it means that he has no intention of living anymore.

“Martin Luther King says that if a man has to do something, one life is enough for him, otherwise even if he gets five hundred lives, he will not be able to do anything”.