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Time Management

Can you Manage time?


Can you change it?
You can't manage time, it just
is.
• Time is a Non Renewable Resource
The Present
What is Time Management?

• A set of principles, practices, skills, tools,


and systems that work together to help you
get more value out of your time with the
aim of improving the quality of your life.
Benefits of time management

• Efficient
• Successful
• Healthy
Obstacles to effective time management

– Unclear objectives
– Disorganization
– Inability to say “no”
– Interruptions
– More interruptions
– Periods of inactivity
– Too many things at once
– Stress and fatigue
– All work and no play
What can we do?
• Recognize that obstacles exist
• Identify them
• Employ strategies to overcome
Strategies for effective time management
• Set goals
• Plan
• Prioritize
• Organize
• Learn when to say “NO
• Use your waiting time
• Concentrate on the task at hand
• Consider your personal prime time
• Celebrate your success
Set goals
• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Realistic
Plan
• Draw an Action Plan-
A list of things that need to be done to
achieve your Goal
Prioritize
• Do
• Delegate
• Delay
• Delete
Prioritize
1. Address the urgent
2. Accomplish what you can early
3. Attach deadlines to things you delay
Organize
Learn when to say “NO”
• You can’t do everything
• Don’t undertake things you can’t complete
• Remain consistent to your goals
Use your waiting time
• On public transportation
• At the doctor’s office
• Waiting for your plane
• On hold
• When you are early
Use your waiting time
• Correspondence
• Letters or memos
• Books or tapes
Concentrate on the task at hand
• Focus on your goal
• Tune out interruptions
Consider your personal prime time
• Morning?
• Evening?
• Late night?
Celebrate your success
Review
• Set goals
• Plan
• Prioritize
• Organize
• Learn when to say “NO”
• Use your waiting time
• Concentrate on the task at hand
• Consider your personal prime
time
• Celebrate success
Thought for Today
• “What you do today is important because
you are exchanging a day of your life for
it…let it be something good.”
Your Future is What You Make It TODAY!

• “The best thing about the future is that it only


comes one day at a time.” --Abraham Lincoln

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