Sydney J Harvis once said: The time is when you don’t have the time for it.

Barring a crisis at work or otherwise, this is so true. Yet, we all convince ourselves and find a reason not to act on something important – going to the gym, starting that damn walk and pump up some aerobics, or that training you always wanted, or reaching out to someone pending for a long time. Odds are, we reason out why we could not do it and kind of assign this blame to our situation.

Hmm….

A common trait amongst all successful people is time management and planning- to be able to straddle a multitude of activities even amidst adversity and meet time schedules. They are not born with it, but work on developing it once they get over the fact that this must be conquered. And believe me, the more you work on it the better you get at it. We all have the same 24 hours – look closely and you will find your own plan to pack more stuff in a day.

And enjoy the fruits of this trait all your life.