Mostpeoplethinktheirtimeproblemsareouterandthattheyarecausedbythetelephonemeetingsvisitorsanddelayedinformationordecisions.Althoughtheseproblemsoftenhaveabadeffeteonthemaswhenpeoplecallordropinweusuallycontributetothem.Wefailtohavecallsscreened（审查）byaskillfulsecretaryorassistantorweleaveourdooropenactuallyassuring（保证）constantinterruptions.

Inalmostallcasesitispossibletoinfluenceifnotcontrolitusuallycancauseproblemssuchasslownessandindecision（犹豫不决）lackofself-disciplinetheinabilitytodelegate（委托）orthetendencytofightfirestoactwithoutthinkingandtojumpfromtasktotaskwithoutfinishinganyofthem.

Timeisconstantthatcannotbechanged.Theclockcannotbesloweddownorspeededup.Thuswecannotmanagetimeitself.Wecanonlymanageouractivitieswithrespecttotime.

Thesameskillsareneededasthoseusedinmanagingothers—theabilitiestoplanorganizedelegatedirectandcontrol.Timemanagementissimplyself-management.Itisimpossibletobeeffectiveinanypositionwithoutcontrollingone’stimeeffectively.

Successfultimemanagementdoesnotmeanworkingharderbutworkingsmarter.Allkindsofmanagementskillsmustbeusedinthehomeandofficetogetmostvaluefromtime.Youmustthinkaheadaboutwhattodoandtimelythanothersmakingitgetmaximumresultsintheshortestpossibleperiod.

65.Accordingtothewritertimeproblems_______.

A.arecausedbythetelephonemeetingsandvisitors

B.arecausedbydelayedinformationordecisions

C.canbesolvedbyself-management

D.can’tbecontrolled

66.Itcanbeconcludedfromthepassagethattheabilitiestoplanorganizedelegatedirectandcontrolshould_______.

A.beusedinmanagingothers’activities

B.beusedinmanagingone’sownactivities

C.notbeusedintimemanagement

D.beusedinmanagingbothothers’andone’sactivities

67.Wecanalsodrawaconclusionthatthekeytosuccessfultimemanagementis________.

A.workingharderandharder

B.cleverself-management

C.thinkingofwhattodoandhowandwhentodoit

D.employingaskillful