1. Strategies to effectively manage your time

2. Benefits of time management Reduce stress and frustrations Improves performance and job satisfaction More time to enjoy life Have control over your life through planning Get a sense of achievement

3. 20% 80:20 Rule 80% Paretos Principle: 80% of results are achieved with only 20% of the effort Focus your time and energy on the high impact tasks to achieve the greatest benefit possible If you have achieved your expected outcome and done what needs to be done, then you may not need to do 80% of the task

4. Goal Setting To avoid the pitfalls of confusion and lack of motivation, you have to clarify what you want to achieve SMART goal setting guidelines : Specific - Have you clearly defined your goal? Measurable - How do you know if you are making progress? Achievable - Is your goal really achievable? Be ambitious but honest. Rewarding - Is your goal something you are willing to make sacrifices for? Timely - Is your goal achievable in a meaningful timeframe? Write your goals down and be familiar with them

5. Planning Write down appointments, classes, and meetings on a book or chart First thing in the morning, check what's ahead for the day If you fail to plan, you plan to fail and you will waste a lot of precious time while failing Action without planning is the cause of every failure . Alex MacKenzie

6. Prioritized To-Do List Write down all the tasks you need to complete Break large tasks into their component elements Allocate priorities from A (very important, or very urgent) to E (unimportant, or not at all urgent) You need to differentiate between urgency and importance Rewrite the list in priority order Take action immediately and finish them one by one This helps you to focus on the important jobs first

7. Urgent versus Important Important activities have an outcome that leads to the achievement of your goals Urgent activities demand immediate attention, and are usually associated with the achievement of someone elses goals, or with an uncomfortable problem or situation that needs to be resolved

8. Prioritization The Pickle Jar theory: if you start by putting stones into a pickle jar, then pebbles and then sand, you will fit more into the pickle jar than if you do it the other way round focus on the big, important tasks have plenty of time left over to do other less important activities as well as the things that you enjoy

9. Top Four Identify your top 4 tasks for the week and for each day Physically write them out, to give them a tangible form Put your top four tasks in priority order Complete the first one on the list before starting anything else You need clear goals in your life to decide the top 4, and motivation to complete the task

10. Procrastination ( What is procrastination? Putting off things that we should be doing Avoid high priority, challenging tasks Seek comfort in doing tasks you know you're capable of completing

11. Overcome Procrastination Recognize that you are procrastinating Work out why you are procrastinating Ways to overcome: Find a small part of the task you can do right now Identify the emotion associated with doing it Face your fears and the risks head-on

12. Using your time Twice Doing two activities simultaneously Productivity and efficiency are not being sacrificed For example: Read or study while using public transportation Listen to the radio while driving Use home exercise equipment in front of the TV

13. Learn to say NO Do not say yes when you don't have the time, motivation, interest or skills to do the task Say no to tasks that have little impact on your targets Prevent stress Avoid overworking

14. Did you know

15. There are 6 billion people in the world

16. You are one of the 6 billion people in the world

17. In the entire universe we are all different neither of us are the same, in other words we are all unique we like different things

18. I can describe it in one word DIFFERENT BE YOUR OWN PERSON UNIQUE INDIVIDUA L

19. How many times has anyone said that to you? I give up!

20. Think 'Outside of the Box' I cant understand why people are frightened of new ideas. Im frightened of the old ones. -John Cage If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got. -Albert Einstein The best way to predict the future is to invent it. -Alan Kay I have not failed. Ive just found 10,000 ways that wont work. -Thomas Edison If you can dream it, you can do it. -Walt Disney

21. Thank you for your time Dr. Ahmed ellewa