1. Career Orientation—2 nd Edition Unit 7: Managing Your Time

2. Objective 1 - Benefits of Time Management Conserves Organizes Allows you extra time Other?

3. Words You Should Know: Inertia - tendency to remain in a fixed condition Priority - order of preferences; based on urgency, importance, or worth Procrastination - act of putting off doing something until a future date Trivia - unimportant matters or activities

4. Objective 2 - Influences on Use of Time Goals, values, and standards Responsibilities in life Abilities: – to plan, organize, perform a task – to manage time – determine priorities Time “traps”

5. “Lost time is never found again.” - Benjamin Franklin

6. Words You Should Know: Dovetail - fit in, connect; doing two things at one time Incentive - something that encourages or motivates one to take action or to work harder

7. Objective 3 - Managing Time Effectively Make realistic time plan Be decisive Eliminate unnecessary jobs Delegate Dovetail tasks Work faster Offer yourself an incentive Eliminate procrastination Develop habits that save time

8. “One of these days is none of these days.” - English proverb

9. Objective 6 - Importance of Making Lists To keep track To prioritize tasks To focus on current task To plan completion

10. Objective 7 - Using a Time Plan Relationships between activities Thinking through steps Guide while in- process Basis for evaluation and planning

11. Objective 8 - Making a Written Time Plan Simple Complete Flexible Workable Prioritize

12. Unit Review 1. Discuss why it is important that you manage your time. 2. What influences your use of time? 3. What is involved in making a realistic time plan?

13. Unit Review cont. – A. Be ____________________ – B. Eliminate _______________ – C. Delegate _______________ – D. ________________ tasks – E. Work ___________________ – F. Offer yourself an ___________________ – G. ___________________ procrastination – H. Develop _____________ that save time 4. List guidelines for managing your time effectively. Use the key words below as hints.

14. Unit Review cont. A. something that encourages or motivates one to take action or to work harder B. tendency to remain in a fixed condition without change C. order of preference; based on urgency, importance, or worth 5.Match the following terms with their definitions: inertia priorityprocrastination dovetail incentivetrivia

15. Unit Review cont. D. act of putting off doing something until a future date E. unimportant matters or activities F. fit in, connect; doing two things at one time 5.Match the following terms with their definitions: inertia priorityprocrastination dovetail incentivetrivia

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