Time management is making the most of our time so that we deal with efficiency the things that we do not want to do but have to, and be left with enough time to do the things that we enjoy. We exist only in the present, the now. It has to be enjoyed to the fullest extent that we can. Maybe this is why it is called a present. Time and Attendance management can deliver hourly or real time data of productivity to decision makers enabling them to monitor and have better time control and management data from their offices. It allows managers to decide immediately to increase use of time and resources that can raise profitability where and as it is needed. Another choice is Steven Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. The advantage of a book is its cost and you can learn it at your own pace. Formal time management training can also be resorted to when you want to have a seminar independent from the office. Whatever the cost and time consideration gaining a course in time management can never be expensive when the benefits that will be derived from it will affect a lifetime. If you are like most of us, taking away the time required for sleeping and rest, personal hygiene and grooming, time needed for meals and snacks, travelling and other personal necessities will leave you with 90 hours for the week that you can divide for work and leisure. Depending on how it is perceived and used, the 90-hour window spells much of the difference between planning and control or being on the other side of efficiency and production. You and I It is different though when you are hearing it for the first time or while you are already on this page, you want ideas to be reinforced. The fun thing is, your idea may just be as good as mine. We all have that at the back of our heads, unwritten, unspoken and often unheeded. But for all that it is worth, my friend, here goes: - What is your priority? The conviction will be lacking, the integrity is nil and the message lost. It is critical then that trainers and speakers are chosen based not only on their agenda but also on their ability to discuss with emphatic understanding to particular working conditions. Failing that will often result to having a speaker who will coach the trainees on many ideas that the workers have heard already and end on advice that will be hard and unrealistic to apply.