How well do these Engineer tips fit your thinking about time control?
Never:  Never use it: 
Try:  Might try it.
Use:  Use it as needed
Tell: Tell it to people who need it

You hate it.  You can’t avoid it.  Do it now or it will ruin your day.

It won't get any easier.

The benefit of a to-do list is that it feels good to scratch something off.

Always enough time to fix it, never enough time to do it right in the first place.

Patience grows out of planning.

It is time to know what you will be doing in the next hour.

If you don’t want to do it now, schedule it. 

If you don’t want to schedule it, forget about it.

If you don’t want to forget about it, schedule it.

While you procrastinate, plan.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Someday is a long way off.

Every choice has its time.  If you don't know the time, you don't know the choice.

Warning!  Dates on calendar are closer than they appear.