Why bother with task management tools?

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Why bother with task management tools?

Written by: michelle 235 views

After reading all the books and blogs on productivity, efficiency and time management, chances are you gathered the best bits, forgot the more complex ones and carried on as usual. This sounds like a fairly reasonable way of approaching the issue of organizing your work schedule and at least you are approaching it.

However there’s one tiny flaw that still remains… these great, inspiring methods for getting more done and achieving order are still being implemented by a not so organized individual…namely you.

Now, I pretty much believe that everyone has the ability, recognized or not, to excel in some area, but it is impossible to be fantastic at everything.

As an example, lets take the Dalai Lama. Many people have heard the words of the Dalai Lama, and as a result have been inspired to live a better life. But we wouldn’t ask him to fix the exhaust on the car, or baby-sit the kids for the afternoon, would we?

Why? The real reason is, car repairs and childcare are not where his level of expertise lies. So although he is a great inspiration to thousands of people and someone we can all learn from, no one can be expected to be a master of all trades.

Likewise, if you apply the same logic to the office environment, John may be good at programming, or have fabulous personnel skill. However it doesn’t automatically follow that he can organise his daily tasks and schedule as effectively as something or someone that’s designed to do the job.

So, when making the decision to become more organized and proactive at work, instead of shuffling papers around the desk, creating a more attractive yet still disorganized pile in the other corner, why not use something that’s designed for, and better equipped to deal with the problem: a task management tool.

Using the right tool for the job will help you to get more done in less time and will leave you happy and content in the knowledge that while it’s busy doing what it does best, so can you.