1. Time Management
Dr. Dolores Kiesler

2. Overview
Definition of Time Management
How Good Are You at Time Management?
Procrastination
Prioritizing
Scheduling
In Flow and Leveraging

3. What is Time Management?
“Time is free, but it's priceless.
You can‘t own it, but you can use it.
You can't keep it, but you can spend it.
Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.”
Harvey McKay

4. Your Tasks and Responsibilities
Time Management
Formula:
Set Amount of Time
divided by
Your Tasks and Responsibilities

5. How good is your time management?
Scores: You are managing well Room for improvement Ouch!

6. “Don't say you don't have enough time.
Not Enough Time???
     “Don't say you don't have enough time.
You have exactly the same number
of hours per day
that were given to Helen Keller,
Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson,
and Albert Einstein.”
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

7. Concentrate on Results, Not on Being Busy! 80-20 Rule
Shift in Focus
Concentrate on Results, Not on Being Busy! Rule
80% of your work is completed in 20% of your time;
the rest of the time on a project is wasted.

8. Beating procrastination
Recognize that you’re procrastinating
Work out WHY you’re procrastinating
Unpleasant
Overwhelming
3) Get over it!

9. Decide on a motivation or reward Peer Pressure—Buddy Check
Get over it!
Decide on a motivation or reward
Peer Pressure—Buddy Check
Review Consequences if not completed
Break it into smaller tasks
Shame yourself into doing it

10. List all activities, responsibilities and duties
Prioritizing
List all activities, responsibilities and duties

11. Scheduling Understand what you can realistically achieve
Plan to make the best use of your time
Leave enough time for things you MUST do
Preserve contingency time for the unexpected
Minimize stress by avoiding over commitment

12. Weekly Schedule
Identify available time
Block in essentials
Schedule high priority and vital activities
Block in contingency time
Schedule activities that address your priorities and personal goals

13. For every minute spent organizing,
an hour is earned.

14. The Goal is to Improve Focus, Not Multitask
In Flow
The Goal is to Improve Focus, Not Multitask

15. Creating the Environment
Get comfortable
Eliminate distractions
Keep interruptions at bay
Manage your stress
Keep a prioritized to-do list
Think Positively

16. Leveraging Self Others Eliminate unnecessary activities
Focus on what matters
Prioritize
Set goals
Learn to delegate
Train and empower others
Use experts and consultants
Outsource non-core tasks

17. How we spend our days is, of course,
Conclusion
How we spend our days is, of course,
how we spend our lives.
Annie Dillard