Lesson 2: Time Management Skill

TIME MANAGEMENT

     Time Management Skills  

      ✦ Make lists. 

      ✦ Prioritize tasks. 

      ✦ Divide large tasks into smaller steps. 

      ✦ Group similar tasks. 

      ✦ Monitor progress.

31,536,000$ For 1 Year

What will you do with that money?

     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

    ✦ Set goals 

      • Specific 

      • Measurable

      • Achievable 

      • Realistic 

      • Time-based 

    ✦ Prioritize 

      • Do 

      • Delegate 

      • Delay 

      • Delete

      •  Address the urgent 

      •  Accomplish what you can early 

      •  Attach deadlines to things you delay

     ✦ 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  

       • 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

    

     ✦ Time Strategies 

       • Monitor your time. 

       • Adopt tools for time management. 

       • Find connections between time & money. 

       • Develop “focused attention.” 

       • Use planning to set you free.

     

    ✦ Eliminate Time Thieves!

       • Failure to set goals, priorities, or deadlines 

       • Too much socializing 

       • Failure to say no 

       • Interruptions 

       • Disorganization

       • Procrastination 

       • Poor communication 

       • Failure to delegate 

       • Fatigue 

       • Trying to do too much

      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

     ✦ Even More Benefits 

        • Work smarter not harder 

        • Open up free time for family, friends, and fun 

        • Enjoy peace of mind

    ✦ Review 

       •Set goals 

       •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.”

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