TIME MANAGEMENT Ideas for Managing Today, Tomorrow, and your Future
Why is Time Management Important? Time is a limited & scarce resource You need time to get what you want out of life You can accomplish more with less effort Remember: You can’t control time, but you CAN control what you do with it!!
What do you have on your plate? What roles do you play? What duties/obligations do you have? What have you committed to? Take a few minutes to consider what’s on your plate… What time constraints do you have?
Assess Your Time- Management Skill Level Where Does the Time Go? Consider what’s on your plate!
Enhancing Academic Performance through Time Management Think of school as a Full Time Job Schedule study time between 8a-5p hours outside of class Plan study time right before or right after class Plan for breaks ( )
Tools for Time-Management If you say you can remember it all in your head, then you must not have much to do… Semester or Monthly calendar Day or Weekly calendar Planner To-Do List
4 | 7 Self-Management Quadrants UrgentNot Urgent Important Quadrant 1 Important activities done under pressure Quadrant 2 Important activities done without pressure Not Important Quadrant 3 Unimportant activities done w/ a sense of urgency Quadrant 4 Simply time- wasters
Utilizing Quadrant II How would you categorize the things on your plate??
4 | 9 UrgentNot Urgent Important Quadrant 1 Important activities done under pressure Quadrant 2 Important Activities done without pressure Not Important Quadrant 3 Unimportant activities done with a sense of urgency Quadrant 4 Simply time- wasters
Time-Savers What helps you save time? -on-line bill pay, making lunch night before Share ideas with each other!
32 Day Commitment Some behavioral psychologists suggest that breaking an old habit or starting a new one requires about 32 days Think of one time-management bad habit… I challenge you to create a good habit in 32 days!
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