10 THINGS I’VE LEARNT ABOUTTIME MANAGEMENTFROM 1000+ PEOPLEPart One.

Carina HugginsBA, MSS, NCC, MBTI®Academic Development SpecialistProfessional Ontological Coach

THE FIRST MOMENT OF YOUR DAYSHOULD BE A “WIN”• Watch Admiral William McRaven’s 1.5 minute talk on the importance of making your bed.

CREATE ONE EMPTY HOUR • Go ahead and plan your work day,

but always leave 1 hour open in your schedule.• 1 hour to be available to

opportunities that WILL come your way.

IS IT A “HELL YES” ?• On that note, only say yes to opportunities if they are a

“hell yes.” Not a “meh.” Not a “maybe.”

Derek Sivers“No yes. Either HELL YEAH! or No.”https://sivers.org/hellyeah

IT’S ALL UP TO YOU• Everybody else only knows glimpses of your day.• The only person who knows your day, your life, is you. • The only person who gets up every day, creates your

schedule, and experiences your life your life is YOU.

“Do you and do it well.” – Rachel Rodriguez

OPTIMIZE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEED

• Curate and filter your social media so that they align with your personal, life and career goals.

• Turn social media breaks into a motivational boost and visionary exercise.

UNDERSTAND YOUR PROCRASTINATION PATHWAY

• Procrastination is as unique as we are and is tied to our outlooks on life.

• Know which unhelpful rules and assumptions you activate• http://

www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/docs/Procrastination%20Module%203_Changing.pdf Page 4

• Figure out where they came from.

CREATE A BRAIN DUMP BOX• At your desk, take a blank

sheet of paper and draw a square on it.

• Any unhelpful or distracting thoughts are written in this box.

• Acknowledge, write down, let go.

USE AMBIENT MUSIC FOR FOCUS.

Search Youtube for:

“ambient” “chill” “instrumental”

HARNESS THE POWER OF FLOWGet into flow state once a day – especially before creative work or intellectual activity.

Flow experiences are a unique state involving feelings of motivation, high energy, immersion, and complete attentional focus resulting from certain experiences and activities (Csíkszentmihályi, 1990).

(and watch this TED talk by Mihaly Csíkszentmihályi)

IT’S ABOUT ADJUSTING THE SAILS• Time management success is about dynamic adjustment to The changing winds.• To sort, set and forget is not time management success.