Learning how to manage your time properly and effectively can either make or break your overall productivity. In fact, good time-management is said to be an extremely beneficial tool in helping someone achieve adequate work-life balance and acquiring better work opportunities for themselves, per Proof Hub. However, good time-management does not just happen overnight. It can take time to build and perfect, which is why creating systems is so crucial.

How does someone determine if they need better time-management? And what are some important decisions one can make to learn how to build better time-management?

In the newest episode of “Change Starts Here,” host Dustin Odham interviewed author and organizing and productivity consultant, Julie Morgenstern, about the best practices in achieving time-management personally and professionally. It’s a vital skill that can improve a lot of personal goals, particularly in the workplace.

Odham and Morgenstern talked about ...

1. Morgenstern’s own journey with time-management from being formerly disorganized

2. The root causes that might impede time-management

3. Steps towards rebuilding new habits

“We underestimate the consciousness and sustained attention that we need to rebuild new habits …

you need to really surround that habit with a lot of support and attention to be a scientist and then you can actually build new habits,” said Morgenstern.

Julie Morgenstern is an organizing and productivity consultant, and a New York Times best-selling author. She’s written a half dozen books on topics like parenting, organizing, and time-management. She also founded her namesake enterprise company to offer professional training to various clients and has been providing services for over three decades. Morgenstern is a graduate of The Goodman School of Theatre at DePaul University.