Dictate Your Day: Managing Time For SUCCESS!

Presented by WSU Alumni Association

April 28, 2015

Carmen Garcia Wayne State University Alumni Association

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Zsa-Zsa Booker Project Manager Comerica Scholars Program & FYS 1010 InstructorWayne State University

M.S., Library and Information Science PhD Candidate, Education, Evaluation and Research

Today we will discuss…• Priorities and Non-Priorities• Procrastination & Time-Management • Strategies for Planning Ahead• Time-Management Tools• Time Management Tips

What are your

Priorities?Write down your top 5 priorities.

What are your priorities?

What are non-priority items?• Facebook • Twitter• Video games• Random Telephone

conversations• Shopping

• Television• Internet• Day dreaming• The novel you picked

up yesterday

Procrastination And Time Management

Procrastination and Time Management: Are They Related?

• Putting things off wastes your time, energy and thoughts.• When you procrastinate you worry because you

know you have a task that you need to complete, and while worrying you also waste time.• Good time management skills equal a lack of

procrastination.

Still Procrastinating? Ferrari 2010

• Joseph Ferrari, Ph.D. • Professor of Psychology at DePaul

University.• He is also the American

Psychological Association’s main resource on Procrastination.

• Has been doing research on Procrastination for the last 25 years.

Characteristics of an Academic Procrastinator• Take longer to return class assignments.• Spend more hours working on projects and

studying, than others.• Sometimes engage in cheating and plagiarism.• It does not matter how early they start to work

on a project, it still takes a long time to finish it. • Have more incomplete homework and course

work assignments.Can you relate to any of these examples?

Lets Take a Poll!

QUESTION: How effective are you at Time-Management? Do you manage time, or does time get away from you?

Be honest

ANSWER OPTIONS:• I manage my time well in most areas• I manage time well in SOME areas• I hope to manage time better• Time gets away from me in some areas• Time gets away from me routinely

STRATEGIES FOR PLANNING AHEAD

Use a Calendar 1. Students: Use a Semester Calendar

For Work: Use a 12 Month calendar• This can be completed on your own. Do not forget!

2. Project Schedule and Weekly CalendarA. On your weekly calendar start by adding activities that

are not flexible or fixed (Class, Special Projects, Work, Sleep).

B. Determine how many hours each of your classes, activities, work or your project will take in study or prep time.

C. Add your study or prep time to your weekly calendar. Be realistic!

Create a Daily To-Do List www.lsc.sas.cornell.edu

1. Write down everything you would like to accomplish tomorrow.

2. Look at each item and if it seems too big a task, break it down into smaller pieces.

3. Prioritize your list. A = High Priority, B = Medium Priority and C = Low Priority.

4. Think about when you will get your tasks done.

TIME-MANAGEMENT TOOLS

The Five Day Study Plan• An Early Start is the Key • Start early and use short, frequent study sessions. • The human brain learns academic material faster and better

when learned in brief blocks of time spread out over longer periods of time, rather than in a few lengthy sessions.

• For example, you will perform better on an exam if you spend

one hour studying each day for 20 days than if you spend 10 hours studying each day for two days before an exam.

The Five Day Study PlanMany students have found that this plan gets good results!

Keys to the Five Day Plan:• Space out learning over 5 days.• During each day, prepare a new chapter or chunk of

information, then review previous material.• Divide material so you can work on it in chunks.• Use active learning strategies (writing and reciting) to study

the material.• Use self-testing techniques to monitor your learning.Eight to ten hours of studying may be required for an A or a B on an exam. This is just a general guideline. You may need to allot more or less time depending on the difficulty of the class.

The Five Day Study Plan(3)

Other Tools• The Big Picture• Virtual tool developed to help you plan your time for various

projects and activities. • This tool is great for people who prefer to use an electronic

planner versus an actual paper and pen planner.• http://www.thebigpic.org/

• Rescue Time• Virtual tool that helps you to track your productivity while you

use your personal computer.• https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhbdAKBxkJ8&feature=related• Pomodoro• http://pomodorotechnique.com/

Tips

Time Management Tips! www.lsc.sas.cornell.edu • Plan a schedule of balanced activities.

Write out the Plan.

• Study at a regular time and place.

• Study as soon after lecture as possible.

• Limit your blocks of study time to no more than 2 hours or try the Pomodoro technique.

• Plan your schedule according to your priorities.• Resist any impulses to do unscheduled tasks. • Take time for yourself! • Relax, meditate or just be silent and be still.

Today we discussed…• Priorities and Non-Priorities• Procrastination & Time-Management • Strategies for Planning Ahead• Time-Management Tools• Time Management Tips

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