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Chapter 2

Chapter 2. Making the Most of Your Time. Ever heard the saying, STOP-Take time to smell the roses?. Where does your time go each day?. © Brand X Pictures/PunchStock . Time for Success. P repare : Learning Where Time is Going O rganize : Mastering the Moment W ork : Controlling Time

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Chapter 2

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  1. Chapter 2 Making the Most of Your Time

  2. Ever heard the saying,STOP-Take time to smell the roses? Where does your time go each day? © Brand X Pictures/PunchStock

  3. Time for Success • Prepare: Learning Where Time is Going • Organize: Masteringthe Moment • Work: ControllingTime • Evaluate: CheckingYour Time • Rethink: Reflectingon your PersonalStyle of Time Management

  4. Procrastination • Think about the last time you procrastinated and describe it. What was the task? • What did you do rather than doing what needed to be done? • What could you have done to avoid procrastinating in this situation? • Ask others what strategy they might suggest for avoiding procrastinating.

  5. Time Style How can you make informed choices about how to use your time?

  6. Time Goes On • Internal Clock • Time management permits us to make informed choices as to how to use our time. • First step in management time • How do you manage your time now?

  7. Prepare • Create a time log • Record of how you spend your time • Increments of 15 minutes • Document either 1 day or 1 week • Identify your Prime Time • Identify the Black Holes • Setting Priorities

  8. Organize • Keep a master calendar • Weekly timetable • Daily to-do list

  9. Work • Mark items off your schedule in order to provide you with quality time • Get away from it all when necessary • Enjoy the sound of silence • Control your communications - take an “e-break” • Expect unexpected interruptions • Do not procrastinate • Balance school and family

  10. Time Killer-Procrastination Turn to Try It #5 in Chapter 2 • circle the number that best applies for each question

  11. Balance Your Time With Children • If you have children, provide them with activities so you can have free time • Schedule quality time with your children • Allow your children to help • Invite a playmate to visit • Use television appropriately

  12. Balance Your Time With Children • Find quality babysitters • Use nap time to catch up • Accept that study time may be more difficult with children

  13. Balancing Time with Work • Make to-do lists for on-the-job tasks • Study during slack time at work (if allowed) • Use lunch hour effectively • Ask employer about flextime • Accept new responsibilities carefully • Keep in mind why you are working

  14. Evaluate • Did you accomplish your tasks? • Why or why not?

  15. Rethink • Should you decide an alternative way to manage your time? • Do you have too much time on your hands? • Do you need to do less by canceling tasks that are not a priority? • Reassess your priorities

  16. Take a Long-Term View of Time To reach your long-term goals for a career, consider the steps needed to prepare for the career. What courses do you need in college? What work experience would be beneficial? What organizations should you join?

  17. Discussion • How can you manage your time more effectively? • How do you deal with distractions? • How do you balance competing priorities?

  18. PREPARE Learn where time is going ORGANIZE Use a master calendar, weeklytimetable, and daily to-do list WORK Follow the schedulesyou’ve put together EVALUATE Keep track of your short-termand long-term accomplishments RETHINK Reflect on your personalstyle of time management P.O.W.E.R. Plan

  19. Resources for Time Management The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People by Stephen Covey (Fireside, 1990) Eat That Frog: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Alan Axelrod and Brian Tracy (Berrett-Kohler, 2002)

  20. Net Assignment • Complete a weekly organizer online.Complete a weekly schedule http://www.studygs.net/schedule/Weekly.html http://www.printablecalendar.ca/

  21. Homework assignments • Which is the Last Day to drop a class with a “W”ithdraw for Spring term? • When is the Last Day of classes for this term? • When does registration begin next term? • Read Chapter 14.

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