1. Chapter 4: Managing Your Time and Energy
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2. You’re About to Discover…
Why time management alone doesn’t work
How time management differs from energy management
How to calculate your study hours
How to schedule your way to success
How the P word can derail you
How to realistically balance work, school, and personal life

3. Challenge and Reaction
STEP 1
CHALLENGE FOCUS Challenge Case
Derek Johnson
STEP 2
REACTION What Do YOU Think? p
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4. Time Management Isn’t Enough
ENERGY
ATTENTION

5. Academic Time Management Tips
Have a plan for your study session and set time limits.
Pay attention to what gets you off track.
Turn off your phone!
If you’re working on your computer, work offline
whenever possible.
Take two minutes to organize your workspace first.
Make sure your study group members are clear about tasks.
Learn to say no.
Focus.
Slow down.
Don’t make a habit of putting other
people’s priorities first.
Chapter Exercise
p. 83
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6. Energy, Our Most Precious Resource
Physical
Emotional
Mental
Spiritual

7. The Dynamics of Energy

8. Get Physically Energized
1. Go With the Flow.
Pay attention to your body’s natural rhythms.
2. Up and at ‘em.
Know how much sleep you need.
3. Sleep at Night,
Study During the Day.
Avoid burning the midnight oil.
4. “Burn Premium Fuel.”
Stay away from junk food.

9. Get Emotionally Connected
Communicate Like it Matters.
Productive communication with people you care about replenishes energy.
Choose How You Renew.
Use engaging activities to renew your emotional energy.
Let Others Renew You.
Find joy in simple pleasures.

10. To Your Health
What does the word spirituality mean to you? Do you picture a church, respond with the name of an organized religion, or think about looking inward or examining your life…
“Faith is the force of life.”
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy, Russian
novelist
p. 82

11. How Much is Enough?
Credit hours for less demanding classes: _____ X 2 hours = _____ hours
Credit hours for typical/average classes: _____ X 3 hours = _____ hours
Credit hours for more challenging classes: _____ X 4 hours = _____ hours
Chapter Exercise
p. 84+

12. Schedule Your Way To Success
STEP 1: Fill Out a “Term on a Page” Calendar.
STEP 2: Invest in a Planner.
STEP 3: Transfer Important Dates.
STEP 4: Set Intermediate Deadlines.
STEP 5: Schedule Fixed Activities for the Entire Term.
STEP 6: Check for Schedule
Conflicts.
STEP 7: Schedule Flextime.
STEP 8: Monitor Your Schedule
Every Day.
“Take care of your minutes, and the
hours will take care of themselves.”
Lord Chesterfield, British statesman
and diplomat
Chapter Exercise
p. 87

13. Prioritize, Prioritize, Prioritize!!
Not Important, but Urgent:
“C” Priorities
Important, but Not Urgent:
“B” Priorities
Important and Urgent:
“A” Priorities
Not Important and Not Urgent:
Scratch these off your list!
A = must get this done; highest priority
B = very important, but not absolutely necessary
C = would be nice to get done this week, but not necessary
Chapter Exercise
p. 91

14. Who’s In Control? Things you think you can’t control, and you can’t:
__________________________________________
2. Things you think you can’t control, but you can: _________________________________________________________
3. Things you think you can control, but you can’t: _________________________________________________________
4. Things you think you can control, but you don’t: _________________________________________________________
5. Things you think you can control, and you can:
_________________________________________________________
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15. The P Word: 10 Ways to Kick the Habit
Keep track (of your excuses).
Break down.
Trick yourself.
Resolve issues.
Get real.
Think positively.
Make a deal with yourself.
Overcome fear.
Get tough.
Acknowledge accomplishment.

16. Control Your Learning
p. 95

17. Don’t Just Juggle: Manage
Alternating: Separate concentrated doses of equally important activities.
Outsourcing: Have others take care of non-essential activities.
Bundling: Do two important activities at once, like exercising and socializing.
Techflexing: Use technology to give
you more flexibility.
5. Simplifying: Prioritize and eliminate
unnecessary activities.

18. VARK Activity
p. 97

19. INSIGHT NOW What Do You Think?
Insight and Action
STEP 3
INSIGHT NOW What Do You Think?
Derek Johnson
STEP 4
ACTION Your Plans for Change
p. 98
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20. Where Did the Time Go?
Exercise 4.1, p. 83

21. How Did You Spend Your Time Yesterday?
Exercise 4.2, p. 84+

22. Term On a Page
Exercise 4.3, p. 87

23. So Much to Do – So Little Time
Exercise 4.4, p. 91

24. Chapter 4 Audio Summary