TIME MANAGEMENT

By: Sara-Lynn Hunter

Tyler Johnston & Vicky Cassar

Where does time go?

Procrastination

Prioritization

Interrupters

Are you managing your time?

Yes No

Evil Temptations

Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other networking services

Electronic Devices

“Facebook helps you connect and share

with the people in your life.”

What it doesn’t say is that its also a great way to distract yourself from what you should be doing…

Manage your mess NOW!

PrioritizeMake lists of things to do starting with the

most important Organize

Clear the desk of distractions Plan

Make time analysis sheets, schedule each day

Overwhelmed?

Does this look like you? Breakdown tasks

Make them realistic Avoid interrupters i.e..phone calls,

and other distractions

How to avoid Interrupters Place a sign outside your door that lists

available hours or knock if emergency only

Turn cell on silent, check it occasionally Make or take phone calls standing up in

order to save time Let callers and visitors know they only

have so much time

Randy Paush

He battled pancreatic cancer for 22 months, before his life came to an end he spent his time with lecturing others. One of his lectures was about time management. Several of his techniques are mentioned in this presentation.

A man who faced death everyday

Still managed his time well

One of Randy’s Methods

3

21

4

Due Soon

Not Due Soon

Important

Not Important

• Follow chronologically and get the more important things out of the way.

Time AnalysisSeptember

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Biology

English

SGA

2

Econ

3

Biology

English

4

Work

5

Work

6

Work

7

Econ

8

Biology

English

SGA

9

Econ

10

Biology

English

11

Home

12

Home

13

Home

14

Econ

15

Biology

English

SGA

16

Econ

Work

17

Biology

English

18

Work

19

Work

20

Work

21

Econ

22

Biology

English

SGA

23

Econ

24

Biology

English

25 26

27 28

Econ

29

Biology

English

SGA

30

Econ

31

Biology

English

The 80/20 Rule

Time Management

On the FloorIn Your Office

•You want to spend more than half of your time out on the floor meeting with clients, employees and guests, rather than doing paperwork in your office.

Create Goals

It is helpful to set goals for your self to get things done ahead of time. If a paper is due at the end of the month, tell your self it is done two weeks earlier.

Doing this will help to gain time for things that are “thrown” at you with short notice.

Post-It’s are your Friends! Leave yourself notes. The mind can only

remember so many little details at once. Write it down to help make sure you get your stuff done.

Post-It’s are helpful because you can color-code certain things to stay organized.

Call about cable bill

Soccer Practice @ noon

Biology Paper on Tuesday

Look for a job

So Don’t waste anymore time…

Get off facebook! Get to it! Start getting your work done…

For real…get to it!