1. 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 common time-wasters creep in, and how to bust them
How the P word can derail you
How to realistically balance work, school, and personal life
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3. Derek Johnson p

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!
Keep track of what derails you.
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.
Exercise 3.1:
Time Assessment
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6. Energy, Our Most Precious Resource
Physical
Emotional
Mental
Spiritual

7. 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. “Prime the Pump.”
Stay away from junk food.

8. 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.

9. The Dynamics of Energy
p. 74

10. Your Type is Showing
p. 77
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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
Exercise 3.2:
Time Monitor

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
Exercise 3.3:
Term on a Page

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 = important, but doesn’t have to be done right away
C = is time-sensitive, but not especially important
Exercise 3.4:
So Little Time

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 Toughest Class
p. 92

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 It!
VARK It!
VARK It! V
Visual: Buy a set of adhesive colored dots from a local office supply store. Go through this chapter putting red dots by things you’ll try right away, yellow dots by things that sound like a good idea, and green dots by things you’re already doing well now. If you use a paper planner, try these dots for A, B, and C priority items there instead. A
Aural: Listen to the mp3 summary at staley/focus2e for this chapter. As soon as you’ve finished, write down three ideas that stuck in your head. R
Read/Write: Write a case study, like Derek’s, about yourself and time management. K
Kinesthetic: Find a YouTube or other online resource on time management that adds to this chapter. Show your YouTube or “compete” with other “K” students to show the best one in class.
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19. Chapter 3: Exercises Where Did the Time Go? Time Monitor
Term On a Page
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p. 87
So Much to Do – So Little Time
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20. Where Did the Time Go?
Exercise 3.1, p

21. Time Monitor
Exercise 3.2, p. 80

22. Term On a Page
Exercise 3.3, p. 83

23. So Much to Do – So Little Time
Exercise 3.4, p

24. Insight  Action
*insight
! action
p. 95

25. Insight  Action
*insight
! action
p. 95

26. Chapter 3 Audio Summary

27. FOCUS TV Time Management
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28. Focus TV Presentation

29. FOCUS TV Discussion Questions
FOCUS correspondent, Kara Klenk, begins this episode of FOCUS TV by saying that “It wasn’t long ago that times were simpler.” What does she mean, exactly? Is she right?
Do you ever feel as if you’re “juggling,” like Derek Johnson in FOCUS? What aspects of your life fit that description?
Students interviewed in this episode comment that they manage time by not sleeping, waiting until the very last minute, or more productively, by using their planners, PDAs, or cell phones. How do you manage time—or do you find time to be unmanageable?
According to interviewee Brianna Gordon, a time management expert, what is more important than which tool you use to manage your time? Do you agree?
Many people spend so much time worrying about all they have to do that they end up wasting valuable time worrying. Time management, Kara says, is all about making good choices. Make the commitment, using whichever tool you prefer, and then just “do it.” Will you commit to taking her advice this week? If so, identify how.

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