Manage Yourself in Time
Eight
Strategies for Success
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1. Focus first on high priority items.
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2. Group related tasks together.
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3. Get organized.
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4. Break it into do-able chunks.
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5. Develop and use timetables.
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6. Focus on one thing at a time.
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7. Finish it fully.
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8. Do it when you think of it.
Focus first on
high priority items
Group related
tasks together
Get organized
Break in into
do-able chunks
Develop and use
timetables
Focus on one
thing at a time
Finish it fully
Do it when you
think of it
Time Wasters and
Antidotes
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Slow decision making
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Worrying
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Attempting to do things perfectly
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Working against your body rhythms
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Failing to recharge your batteries
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Feeling you are responsible for everything
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Getting stuck waiting
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Starting your day off on the wrong foot
Four
Generations of Time Management
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Notes and checklists
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Use of tools like appointment books
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Goal setting, planning
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The fourth generation is Effectiveness and priorities rather
then focusing on schedules.
Your
Personal Mission Statement
URGENCY VS. IMPORTANCE
• Urgent and Important
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Crises
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Pressing problems
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Deadlines, some meetings
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PROCRASTINATION
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Low Frustration tolerance
– Miserable the whole time
of the task
– Can’t
bear the torture of this task
– Unfair to have to do it
– Can’t
enjoy any of it
– Will fail horribly at the
task
– If you rebel you will get
a hero’s acclaim later
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Substitute Statements
– You can choose not to be
miserable
– You won’t
die from this task, so it is doable
– Your boss isn’t
trying to ruin your life, but to have the business succeed
– Some aspect of the work
may be interesting
– No guarantee of failure,
no big deal if you do
– You only hurt yourself by
delaying
SIX
STEPS TO OVERCOMING PROCRASTINATION
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The Bits and Pieces Approach
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Getting Organized
– To do lists
– Realistic schedule
– Do it when you think of it
– Modify your work
environment
– Block off escape routes
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The Five Minute Method
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Don’t Wait for Inspiration
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Reward Yourself
– Premack Principal
– Profit-Penalty System
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Viewing Mistakes as Feedback
The Effective
Student
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Improving Memory Retention
– Pay attention
– Overlearn the material
– Organize the material
– Use rehearsal
– Minimize rote memorization
– Write it down
– Use memory aids
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Reduce interference and distractions
– Retroactive and Proactive
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Sleep on it
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Distribute learning sessions
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Exercise
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Test yourself
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Be aware of learning contexts
SQ3R
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Survey
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Question
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Read
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Recite
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Review
The Art of
Taking Tests
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Mastering Test Anxiety
– Practice active relaxation
– Use cognitive
restructuring
– Visualize success