In the contemporary world, time is one of the most valuable resources. Having time means being able to accomplish more productive tasks, make a larger contribution, and a stronger impact. An individual with well-developed time management skills is wanted at any workplace due to their ability to produce better results. As a concept, time management is applied to a variety of spheres of life (such as career, education, self-improvement, private life) and is a basis for personal planning and organization of individual resources. Each day lasts for 24 hours. However, somehow some individuals are able to fit many more tasks and accomplishments within this time than others, and the key to this ability is good time management (“What is Time Management?: Working Smarter to Enhance Productivity” par. 1). Time management is best described as one’s awareness of the ways they spend time on the daily basis (“Time Management” par. 1). This definition includes the evaluation of quality and quantity of one’s activities and their influence on the overall working process time management is applied to. Going through the activities of the day, one would be likely to identify some of their habits that can be seen as useful or harmful to the process improvement and productivity. The most important attribute of good time management is the focus of the manager. It is crucial that one moves their focus from the process and its qualities to the final results it might create (“What is Time Management?: Working Smarter to Enhance Productivity” par. 3). Being busy is often associated with high achievements, but in practice the correlation is the opposite. It is believed that to produce good results one is to work hard, but in reality all that is requires is working smart. Traditionally, time management is associated with one’s ability to accomplish more assignment and duties within a certain period of time, but often the first task for a time manages is to eliminate some of the activities and habits that kill productivity. The most efficient killer of productivity in the contemporary world is a distraction that usually leads to procrastination and consumes hours of valuable time that could be spent on useful accomplishments (Long par. 9). The modern technological progress has created a variety of means for distraction such as smartphones, computers, and the internet. Due to everyone’s total connectedness the individuals of all ages these days are frequently distracted reading the news, scrolling through social networks, checking emails, and answering phone calls. One may give in to these distractions multiple times for short periods or a few times ending up as lengthy sessions of procrastination. Regardless of the pattern, the results are similar in both cases – valuable time is lost, and working process is interrupted. Elimination of the habit to procrastinate is quite hard, especially knowing how addictive the internet and total connectedness can be. That is why the best way to address distractions is to organize them. For instance, the emails and messages can be checked only during specially arranged breaks and only those that concern work should be responded. Leisure activities such as social visits to social networks can be included in the time management schedule as parts of lunch or