TIME MANAGEMENT

Ideas for Managing Today, Tomorrow, and your Future

Why is Time Management Important? Time is a limited & scarce resource You need time to get what you want

out of life You can accomplish more with less

effort Remember: You can’t control time, but

you CAN control what you do with it!!

What do you have on your plate?

What roles do you play? What duties/obligations do you have? What have you committed to?

Take a few minutes to consider what’s on your plate…

What time constraints do you have?

Assess Your Time-Management Skill Level

Where Does the Time Go? Consider what’s on your plate!

Enhancing Academic Performance through Time Management Think of school as a Full Time Job

Schedule study time between 8a-5p 1.5-2 hours outside of class

Plan study time right before or right after class

Plan for breaks (45-15-45)

Tools for Time-Management If you say you can remember it all in

your head, then you must not have much to do…

Semester or Monthly calendar Day or Weekly calendar Planner To-Do List

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Self-Management Quadrants

Urgent Not Urgent

Important

Quadrant 1

Important activities done under pressure

Quadrant 2Important

activities done without

pressure

Not Important

Quadrant 3Unimportant

activities done w/ a sense of

urgency

Quadrant 4

Simply time-wasters

Utilizing Quadrant II

How would you categorize the things on your plate??

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Urgent Not Urgent

Important

Quadrant 1

Important activities done under pressure

Quadrant 2Important

Activities done without pressure

Not Important

Quadrant 3

Unimportant activities done with a sense of

urgency

Quadrant 4

Simply time-wasters

Time-Savers

What helps you save time?-on-line bill pay, making lunch night before

Share ideas with each other!

32 Day Commitment

Some behavioral psychologists suggest that breaking an old habit or starting a new one requires about 32 days

Think of one time-management bad habit…

I challenge you to create a good habit in 32 days!

Thank you!!!