If you would want to start at a better date when all things start falling into place, it will never happen. Besides that is the best way to loose time. That is procrastination. When you have already heard about it, read about it or been trained to do it, do it already. It does not matter if you do not know all the rules, somehow you will learn because people are like that. To adopt to the future of real time data management computing requirements, database architects are aiming to design systems that could handle data changes at 50,000 times per second supported by 10 terabyte databases operating on near zero latency. This would not be happening very soon enough but anyone who wants to adjust to the coming age may want to make preparations today. Failing to do those will find many of us having spent time and having done nothing much. Movement as we all know is not always being efficient. Yet everyday, movement is often mistaken to be progress when all one did was like sitting on a rocking horse moving back and forth and getting nowhere. It is often ironic that individuals who focus on the end results and not in being busy ends up in doing much and still have time enough for themselves. It is obviously a healthy, productive and successful alternative than simply allowing oneself to cruise along believing that it is more freedom filled and spontaneous. Schedules can not be avoided as much as time for sleeping and eating can not. Out of the 168 hours every week, the crucial time for management is really only about 40 hours. The eight hours left to work everyday is not only very reasonable it is ideal. - Individuals may differ but for most people, the first working hours in the morning are the most productive. Use it well. Say no to interruptions that you can do without. The greatest time stealer between the phone, the visitor, the prolonged break, the e-mail and the chit-chat is the never ending "do you have a minute? - Realistic, on site assessment of goals, objectives and actions. - Boss's whims or tantrums - Pointless routines and strategies. - Identification and rejection of time wasters. - Ad hoc disruptions and interruptions. - Adoption of time management software and technology. One of the major components to good management program is following though and the constant adhering to the skills taught until it becomes a habit.