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Time is an essential commodity
that cannot be trifled with. Notable American entrepreneur, author and
motivational speaker, Jim Rohn captured it succinctly when he declared that:
“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get
more time.”
Nevertheless, your smart phone,
when used effectively, can be a very useful tool for helping you use time more
judiciously. The following tips from the Research and Development Unit of
Yudala, Nigeria’s fastest growing e-commerce outfit – will help you become
smarter in saving time.
1.Set
up task lists: Most busy people always seem never to have enough
time in a day. This is often due to clashing engagements and loads of crucial
tasks to attend to. However, your smartphone can make life easier for you in
this regard by helping you make smarter use of your 24 hours. One of the ways
to achieve this is by setting up a task list. You can create a simple
spreadsheet with the major tasks you have set out to achieve each day with
timelines attached to each. You can even set a reminder for each task. With
this list accessible on your smartphone, you can work smarter and maximize your
productivity. When managed properly, a task list can be a fantastic organizer.
2.Create
access to your documents: Today’s fast-paced, knowledge-driven economy
has resulted in more mobility, with more time being spent on the move and away
from work spaces or the office. Valuable time and potential business deals will
certainly be lost if you have to get to your laptop or the office to take
action or respond to important correspondence. With your smartphone, you can
access your emails, save your important documents online and access them on the
move, thereby reducing down-time. Whether at home or out of the office, you can
still get crucial work done with apps such as Microsoft One Drive, Google Drive
or Dropbox which allow you to store and retrieve your documents whenever you
need them.
3.Online
Shopping: Considering the crushing daily schedule most individuals pass
through to earn a living, finding time to visit an open-air market or physical
store for your shopping needs may be a tough ask. This is where your smartphone
comes in. Online shopping is gradually growing in popularity and you can
leverage on this to manage your time more efficiently. Interestingly, platforms
such as Yudala combine physical stores with an online presence, thus offering
the consumer more convenience.
As a result, you no longer have
to physically visit a store for your shopping requirements. You can place
orders online and have your items delivered straight to your door, with the
additional convenience of paying on delivery. Interestingly, some supermarkets
have also caught the online shopping bug and now offer home delivery for
provisions and food items.
4.Digital
Banking: The days of filling out numerous forms and standing in a queue
in a crowded banking hall while waiting to carry out a simple transaction are
decidedly over. Banks and other financial institutions are fully in on the
digital revolution. Therefore, you can
save more valuable time by cashing in on the ease of digital banking. With your
smartphone, there is no reason why you cannot carry out all the transactions
you previously visited a bank for. You can check your account balance, transfer
money, request a debit card, pay bills and even set up a monthly savings plan. All
you have to do is subscribe to online banking and download and install your
bank’s app.
5.Educational/Reading
materials: The increasing convergence of technology has seen the world
shrink to a global village. An amazing depth of educational, informative and
other reading content is available on the internet. This is in addition to books
and materials related to your career, industry or area of study. These can be
accessed from the convenience of your smartphone in various formats including
audio, video and written form. What’s more, you can save valuable time by using
apps such as Audible or Librivox Audiobooks to listen to useful literature or
other contents while carrying out other activities such as your daily workout,
a long drive or while cleaning or doing the dishes.
6.Travel
arrangements and hotel reservations: Gone are the days when making
travel plans can be a time-wasting affair. With your smartphone and in the comfort of
your home, you can save time by booking your flight and making hotel
reservation. Irrespective of your destination, this can be achieved with a good
internet connection and the right app on your smartphone. With your smartphone,
you can make payments, check in online and choose a seat without physically
visiting the airline’s booking office. This applies even for trips by road to
other parts of the country, as a number of transport companies now have their
mobile apps with which you can book and pay for a trip.
Time Management Apps
You can carry out all of the tips
given above without additional time management apps, your smartphone is already
equipped with the features mentioned.
However, there are many fantastic applications available for Smartphones
in this category. If you choose to use
one of these, ensure that it complies with your overall strategies for better
time management. A comprehensive task management application or program might
have many valuable features, but if you find that its complexity means that you
are spending a lot of time using it, you will be defeating the object of having
an application to help with your time management in the first place. If this is the case, consider using one of
the myriad of other programs available or simply use the features already
available on your smartphone. Remember,
the point of a task manager is to make you more efficient with your time and
reduce the stress in your life, avoid anything that adds to it!
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