Douglas S. Brown, Esq. December 7, 2013

 About You  About Me  Time Management Truths  5 Keys to Greater Productivity 2

 Can we manage time?  Time Management = Choice Management  100% Control of our Choices  Structure = Freedom 3

 Internal Rationales ◦ Not enough time ◦ “But I know where everything is!”  External Pressures ◦ Always-on technology ◦ Clients and colleagues ◦ Non-negotiable deadlines 4

1. Keep the end in mind 2. Invest in planning time 3. Block & tackle 4. Manage interruptions 5. Commit to continuous improvement 5

 Why are you in the program?  What do you need to learn in this course?  Course objectives?  How will success be measured?  Got Syllabus? 6

Your favorite methods of self sabotage?  Procrastination?  Indecision?  Having to be right?  Not saying “NO”?  Not saying “YES”?  Lone Ranger?  Tolerating?  ADD?  CDA? 7

 1xPlanning = 4x in Productivity  Planning Horizons ◦ Course ◦ Week ◦ Day  Syllabus to Calendar ◦ Assignment due dates ◦ All other known events 8

 All essential activities  Use Categories  Share your Calendar  Block time for your essential activities 9

 Include Travel Time (to and from)  Actual Start Time in Descriptive Subject 10

1. Planning Time 2. Production Time – Getting Stuff Done  Work  School Work 3. Communication Time 4. Administration Time – Bills etc. 5. Development Time  Improving Yourself  Recharging 11

 Outlook Tasks  Evernote  Things for MAC  Ta-Da List  Remember the Milk  Binder / Notepad 12

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 Pre-Course ◦ Calendar all assignments ◦ Pre-Read Assignments, and block calendar time ◦ Will you need time off for big deadlines?  Pre-Week ◦ Readings & Assginments  How much time do you need?  What kind of time. AM/ PM / Lunch?  Block & Tackle  Time, Pressure & Creativity. Not. 14

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 Do the first thing  Review coming days  Scan days ahead  Adjustments?  Select Tasks  Estimate time  Fill the “white space”  Block  Tackle 16

17 Urgent but Not Important Important but Not Urgent Not Important and Not Urgent Urgent and Important

 Multitasking  Adrenaline Addiction  Not ◦ Reading Syllabus ◦ Reading Instructions and Rubrics ◦ Proofreading Papers ◦ APA / Bluebook ◦ Plagiarism ◦ Leaving Easy Points on the Table 18

 Turn off alerts! ◦ , Facebook, Twitter, Phone etc.  Phone Interruptions ◦ Establish Timeframe ◦ Routine Scripts – What to Say  Self-Imposed Interruptions ◦ Use a Timer 19

 Physical Space ◦ Dedicated to Work ◦ Productive Physical Space ◦ Notebooks / Supplies ◦ Electronic Space ◦ Saving  Books & Notes  Blackboard Work  Emotional Space 20

 Is it really?  Trying vs Doing?  The cleanest car in school? 21

 How many times do you walk to the mailbox?  Multiple boxes  University’s  Blackboard setup  Batch Responses 22

23 1. Greeting 2. Action Needed 3. Context 4. Attachments 5. Conclusion

24 1. Greeting 2. Action Needed 3. Context 4. Attachments 5. Conclusion

25 Skills Mindset Choices Routines

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27 Progress Peak Plateau Danger Zone

1. Commit to the Calendar 2. Identify Blindspots 3. Make Blocking & Tackling Routine 4. Support One Another! Bonus Tips: Annotated Bibliography Master Notebook Reflect & Remember 28

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results! Albert Einstein A student in Einstein’s class… "The questions of this year's exam are the same as last years!" "True," Einstein said, "but this year all answers are different."

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