Time Management

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Time Management

• Chapter 15

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• Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!
• The Rabbit in Lewis Carrolls
• Alice in Wonderland

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Time Is a Man-Made Concept
We have become slaves to, rather than masters
of, time?
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Time Management

• Time management skills are now taught to people
  to help them gain a sense of control over
  personal responsibilities.

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Time Management Defined!

• Time management is the ability to prioritize,
  schedule, and execute personal responsibilities
  to personal satisfaction.

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Personality Styles and Behavior

• The Type A person
• The workaholic
• The time juggler

Parents
Career
Personal
Children
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Personality Styles and Behavior (continued)

• The procrastinator
• The perfectionist
• Life-style behavior trap

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Steps to Initiate Time Management Techniques

• Prioritization
• ABC rank order method
• Pareto principle
• Important vs. urgent method

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Steps to Initiate Time Management Techniques
(continued)

• Scheduling
• boxing
• time mapping (short blocks of time)
• clustering (group responsibilities)

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Steps to Initiate Time Management Techniques

• Execution
• Assign specific deadlines
• Break large projects into small tasks
• Work on one section or task at a time
• Reward your accomplishments

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Additional Time Management Ideas
Learn to delegate responsibilities
Schedule personal time each day
Learn to schedule interruptions
Carry and use an idea book
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Additional Time Management Ideas
Refine your organization skills
Edit your life
Refine your networking skills
Bring balance back into your life
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Best Application of Time Management

• Be sure to include flexibility in your time
  management plan
• Be sure to include other stress management
  techniques as well
• To know and not to do, is not to know.
• -Anonymous