Time Management & Organizational Skills

1. Time Management&Organizational Skills Feeling stressed? Left a bit too much to the last minute? Don’t have enough time?

2. We have the same amount of hours in a day as:Sheikh Zayed, SheikhaHaya, and Mother TheresaThe trick is to manage these hours wisely!YOU CAN DO IT!!!

3. What do you do now to manage your time? How organized are you?

4. Managing procrastination • Setting priorities & Goals • Planning ahead • Using time wisely

5. Managing Procrastination?

6. How do you procrastinate??

16. Why do People Procrastinate? Fear of success To Rebel Fear offailure Habit Perfectionism Feeling overwhelmed Lack of Interest

17. What happens if we procrastinate? • Extra stress • Snowball effect (gets bigger and bigger) • Not our best work • Late to pass in our work • Do poorly on exams/tests • Guilt (can’t even enjoy procrastination activity!) • Lose Money • Problems with friends and family (stress)

19. Stop Procrastinating!!! Get Organized!!! • Set priorities • Set goals • Make a plan • Five minute rule!!! • Set time for yourself • Get rid of distracters • See procrastination as a choice • “There is no time like the present” – Just do it! • Don’t wait until you feel like it • Ask for help • Reward yourself for accomplishments

20. PRIORITIES • Managing your time and getting organized begins with knowing your priorities and how you want to spend your time. • What are your priorities?

21. Setting Priorities?

22. BUY TIME!! • Improve your learning and study skills (Attend classes, active listening, ask questions, take notes, etc) • Review notes as often as possible • Use Active learning • Carry “pocket work” • Stay Healthy • Develop a routine • Get up 15 minutes earlier • Control your telephone, email, and Internet use • Keep the work in front of you, the distractions away • Say “NO”

23. Retention • over 24 • hours • without • review 20 % Day 1 24 hrs later • Retention • over 24 • hours • with • review 100 % 80 % Day 1 24 hrs later

27. Setting Clear Measurable Goals? Goal:To study really hard tonight Goal:To study from 5pm to 7pm by writing my math assignment, and self testing by asking and answering possible questions.

28. GET ORGANIZED!! • Select a planning tool you like • Calendars • Day planner/Electronic Organizer • Don’t leave home without it • Cross-off things as finished • Be realistic and flexible • End of day: move things you didn’t finish to the next day

29. Getting Organized!

30. Making a Schedule?

31. Use a To Do List?

32. Using Time Wisely and Control Time Robbers? • Say no to distractions. • Control your telephone, email, and Internet use • Improve your learning and study skills (Attend classes, active listening, question asking, note taking, etc)

33. QUESTIONS