28 Successful Time Management and timing are the keynotes here; you do not have to do everything that crops up in this way instantly. · Subordinates. Here they cannot tell you to do things, and while they need support, this must not get out of hand. · Your own boss. Working with a boss who does not have enough to do, or who expects everything to be done instantly just because he or she is the boss, can play havoc with the best intentions of time management. You may need to regard it as your mission to educate your boss and need to conduct a campaign of persuasion and negotiation to keep any unreasonable load down. With all of these you need to resolve to think before you agree, and to turn down some potential involvements even though they might be attractive to you. But this is not all; the most difficult