Participants at the Time Management Workshop.
DOHA: Bedaya Center for Entrepreneurship and Career Development (Bedaya Center), a joint initiative by Qatar Development Bank and Silatech, held a workshop revolving around “Time Management”.
This was organised in collaboration with coach Salah Al Yafei to help and show participants how to manage their time effectively by prioritizing and organizing steps, which will contribute to the maximum benefit of their time and will be reflected positively on their performance and achieve their goals.
During the workshop, Coach Salah Al Yafei focused on the importance of time and how best to manage it through simple rules that help attendees organize their priorities, explained to them that time management is a kind of self-management of each individual and how they should prioritize the obligations and tasks needed to be executed on a daily basis.
By taming time and imposing our control over it instead of his control over us, we can achieve the desired objective, and this can be done by managing the personal behaviour of each individual.
The coach explained that the characteristics of the time is the speed of its expiry, which force us to take advantage of every moment, hence the time spent is irreplaceable. He also addressed many issues that negatively affect time management such as ineffective meetings, unclear goals, lack of prioritization, and many things to focus on in order to make the most of our precious time.
On this occasion, Reem Al Suwaidi, General Manager of Bedaya Center, said: “Time is one of the most important factors needed for accomplishing business goals, and is considered as one of the best indicators to evaluate success and achievements.
“Through proper planning, individuals will be able to balance their lives to achieve their goals & aspirations and arrange them according to priority & importance and put them in a schedule where they can be reviewed at any time, as well as focus on motivational things that help them to achieve their goals, whether at professional or personal level.”
