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Time Management

Time Management. U100 Unit #1. After Foreclosure do we take Control?. When you were in Foreclosure, who was in control of your life ? How important is it for you to be in control of your life now ? What is the key “ingredient” in taking control of your life ?.

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Time Management

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  1. Time Management U100 Unit #1

  2. After Foreclosure do we take Control? • When you were in Foreclosure, who was in control of your life ? • How important is it for you to be in control of your life now ? • What is the key “ingredient” in taking control of your life ? To take control of your life so YOU are in control requires that YOU manage YOURtime.

  3. Why is Time Management important? • Time management is key to achieving our goals. • Reduces Stress Can you think of any other reasons why Time Management is important?

  4. Perceptions of Time • In your learning community, discuss how you think Time Management would be viewed by Felicia and Daniel Mark. How would each of James Marcia’s identity levels view the importance and control of their time related to coursework? • Foreclosure • Diffusion • Moratorium • Achievement What is your perception of time in relation to your Identity? Everyone has 1440 minutes in their day. How does a person’s Identity impact their decisions about how they use their 1440 minutes ?

  5. Time Management Topics • Natural Time Laws (by Stephen Covey) • The Four Quadrants of Time (by Stephen Covey) • Fighting Procrastination • Building a Schedule

  6. Natural Time Laws (three of the ten laws) (by Stephen Covey) 1. Control your life by controlling time 2. Daily Activities should reflect priorities/values 3. Planning increases focus and your self-control

  7. What do you think? 2. Daily Activities should reflect priorities/values Identify the four most important facets of your life (education, family, friends, faith, work, etc.). Do the daily activities you choose match what you say matters most to you? What one area needs more time? What one area is less important and should have less time? Discuss your ideas in your learning community.

  8. Great Benefit Yet No Action. Why? List one activity in your academic life that right now you are NOT doing that would give you tremendous benefit if you did it consistently and well. List one activity in your personal life that right now you are NOT doing that would give you tremendous benefit if you did it consistently and well. If we know these things, why are we not doing them?

  9. What Keeps us from our Goals ? How does our use of time compare to our priorities? • Review notes right after class • Create schedule and follow it • Set aside exercise time • Spend time with children • Other examples ? • Quadrant of Leadership ___ % • Home of the Prioritizer How can you take control of time? Quadrant of Necessity % ___ Home of the Procrastinator • Answering text message • Talking to new friends at SAC • Responding to drama • Responding to friend’s request • Other examples ? • Quadrant of Delusion ___ % • Home of the “Yes Man” • Excessive Sports, TV, Hobbies • Obsessing on Facebook, etc. • Excessive sleep • Hanging out for hour after hour • Other examples • Quadrant of Waste ___ % • Home of the Slacker The Black-Hole Where time is lost forever

  10. Finding Time for What Matters Most What keeps us from achieve our important goals? Is procrastination to blame ? • Answering text message • Talking to new friends at SAC • Responding to drama • Responding to friends request • Other examples ? • Quadrant of Delusion ___ % • Home of the “Yes Man” • Excessive Sports, TV, Hobbies • Obsessing on Facebook, etc. • Excessive sleep • Hanging out for hour after hour • Other examples • Quadrant of Waste ___ % • Home of the Slacker In your learning communities identify your top “Yes Man” interrupter. What is your plan to say “no” to this interruption? Identify your “Slacker” activity. What is your plan to say “no” when this activity wastes the time that could help you achieve your goals?

  11. Reasons for Procrastination “I just don’t feel like doing it” Remember action precedes motivation. (Once you begin the task, you will likely feel motivated to continue.)

  12. Reasons for Procrastination Facing an Overwhelming Task Break Tasks into Smaller Parts Major tasks, such as long papers, can be intimidating. But putting them off will lead to much more stress and a poor performance. Take these tasks one step at a time. Mile by mile, life is a trail. Yard by yard, life is hard. Inch by inch, life is a cinch.

  13. Reasons for Procrastination Fear of Failure – The #1 reason for procrastination AND failure Consider the cost of missed opportunities. Take action – The best way to reduce fear and build confidence is taking action. If you never dare to fail your success will have a low ceiling.

  14. Reasons for Procrastination • “I just don’t feel like doing it.” • Facing an overwhelming task. • Fear of failure Law of Procrastination: Procrastination reduces the fear of failure by reducing the expected quality of the project from the best of all possible efforts to the best that can be expected given the limited time. Pages 82-83 in your textbook discusses reasons for procrastination. In your Small Learning Community, discuss the reasons you are most likely to procrastinate. Did you procrastinate for the U100 test? Why? What was the consequence? How can you avoid procrastination for you next test?

  15. Begin with a Plan Many U100 students come to recognize their time management problem right after their Communications Test. Let’s begin to build a plan with your Time Monitor from the week before your first U100 test. • In your Small Learning Community share you time monitor • Discuss what worked (if something did work) and what was the problem with you “plan” for the Unit #1 Communications Test • Did you plan your time early or did you procrastinate? • What distractions (Urgent and Unimportant) were a problem during the week leading up to the test? • How did your Identity (especially diffusion and Moratorium) impact your time management decisions?

  16. Building a Schedule Key Components of Creating a Schedule 4

  17. Building a Schedule Semester Schedule All Major Assignments Refer to each syllabus for every class. In your planner schedule every test, paper, presentation, large reading assignment, any major project. If you only look to the assignment of the day or the week how can this cause problems? By scheduling out your semester how will this protect you from academic problems?

  18. Building a Schedule Monthly Be mindful of all your major assignments coming up in the month. You may want to have a monthly calendar. The monthly calendar makes it easy to forecast the upcoming major tests, projects, etc. Take time (Leadership and the Home of the Prioritizer) to put all you of your major assignments and tests in your Planner for the rest of the semester. Managing you time means knowing what is coming up next week.

  19. Building a Schedule Weekly • Schedule activities that have a planned time: classes, work, picking children up, meetings, etc. • Schedule Study times for each class. Don’t just write “Study” write “Study Math”, “Study English,” etc • Schedule activities/projects/assignments that are very important but not urgent – (exercise, working on a writing assignment due next week)

  20. Building a Schedule • Daily To-Do List: • Either the night before or that morning make a to do list. • Prioritize the list • Priority 1: Most crucial • Priority 2: Important but can be more flexible • Priority 3: Routine • Anticipate how long each task will take. Schedule time in your planner to complete each activity. when you will do these activities

  21. Making Your Own Schedule Complete your Worksheet and Discuss it with your Learning Community

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