Dual career: how to manage your time

  • 3 November 2017

“Your time is only yours and yours only. Exploit to the best this aspect. Use every second”. Bob Bly

As student-athlete you understand that the time and program challenges are part of the game. The deadlines need to be respected. The promises need to be kept. The life of a student-athlete is ordered and chaotic at the same time. Be adaptable and have and be open minded are your teammates and not your enemies.

The secret for your success is to become a proactive human being. As your skills to anticipate the work are fundamental for your success in the field, your capability to decide before is bounded to your generic welfare as student-athlete.

Even that seems to be obvious, there are some tips very easy for the time management valid to help student-athlete to simplify their own work. For example, firstly you could write a things to do list. Simple? Yes. Easy? Non always. The trick is to proceed the time to seat and write all the things that you have to do: are important or not?

Moreover, is essential to avoid distractions. “You can be in late, but your time won’t”, said Benjamin Franklin. You have more control on your time than you can imagine. Press pause and think about your priority and do your best in planning your life.