The constructive use of time is beneficial in any aspect of life. Personal as well as professional goals and objectives are or not achieved with how one uses those skills. The results of ones efforts are directly attributed to the time management skills they develop and employ. Planning ahead, goal setting, making a major decision, maintaining persistence, delegating, getting rid of clutter, achieving balance, saying NO, punctuality and realizing the value of time can all be considered skills of effective time management.
             The real key to effective time management relies on the focus on their goals by the individual and the choices they make. As stated on the website of the Counseling and Development Centre (CDC), Summary of Time Management Principles (1999, March 16)
             "Everyday you make choices about how to best use your time given the goals and options you have. Knowing what your goals are and what time is available to you are the cornerstones of good time/self management." Retrieved November 5,2001 from the World Wide Web: http://www.yorku.ca/admin/cdc/lsp/tm/tm6.htm
             Using this statement one may theorize that self-motivation organizational skills and diligence are the real tools of time management. The previous points mentioned in the introduction are issues that revolve around or affect time management however, the choices one makes has the greatest impact on the overall result.
             Setting goals for our personal and professional lives give us something to reach for, to attain and achieve. When we dream for what we want and hope to achieve these are our goals. Sometimes our dreams may seem unattainable and unrealized, thus we should set more realistic short-term goals first. These goals should be on a smaller scale such as week-by-week, or month-by-month. Our short-term goals should be used as steeping stones to the more important long-term goals we wish to achieve. These goals should be
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