“No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.” –Andrew Carnegie

Teamwork is the art of working as a group and creating maximum efficiency and output. While time management refers to the ability of a person to effectively utilize time for productive measures.

If you see around you, you’d find a lot of successful people who work in teams. Have you ever wondered what their key ingredient for success is? Have you ever wondered why everyone always teaches you to be punctual? This is not to make you disciplined but to build the traits of success in you.

Extracurricular activities provides platform for you to practice teamwork and time management even when you’re in school and allows you to build your competencies into proficiencies that are the requirement of the job market you’re going to entre in future.

The sports games, the debating competitions, dramas, plays; every single activity supports the importance of teamwork and time management. The extra plus point for these activities is that it not only supports the concept but it actually provides you an opportunity to practice these traits. Excellent cricket players are nothing unless they work in a team; a team is nothing unless it has a good leader; and a good leader is the one who works and supports the team to work for the benefit of the team alone. On the other hand, time management is a skill that is a requirement for all your life activities. You have to be an efficient user of time or else you’d remain far behind than others.

This world talks about cost and benefit ratio all the time. Time costs millions to people everyday around the globe, many people pay others, usually consultants, for their time. Many people/companies are in loss just because of poor time management either on individual base or collective. Extracurricular activities make you see the importance of time as you learn to practice a balance between your school and after school life. You learn to manage time to play and time to spend with family. These examples do sound trivial but are actually building your personality.

Time management skills and teamwork when joined together are the best benefactors. It is the most important trait successful people like Michael Hyatt, John C. Maxwell, Muhammad Ali Jinnah etc. have.