TIME MANAGEMENT

TIME MANAGEMENT

1. WHAT IT IS?

   • “Time management” is the process of organizing and planning how to divide your time between specific activities."
   • Refers to the way that you organize and plan how long you spend on specific activities

2. BENEFITS

   • Greater productivity and efficiency
   • A better professional reputation.
   • Less stress.

3. CONSEQUENCES OF FAILING

   • Missed deadlines
   • Inefficient work flow
   • Poor work quality.
   • Higher stress levels

4. TIPS

   • Analysing your time
   • Keeping focus
   • Setting goals
   • Scheduling your time

5. DETECTING DIFFICULTIES IN MANAGING YOUR TIME

   • Discuss some of the difficulties you face when trying to manage your time
     • Analyse where you are wasting time. We can Usethe R-A-C method
       • Record
       • Analyse
       • Change

6. PROCASTINATION

   • ‘Procrastination’ means putting off a task you should be doing
     • why??
       • A task may be too unpleasant to face, or too difficult, or very tedious, or boring, or there simply may be so many other more interesting things to pull your attention away that you struggle to keep on track.
     • Strategies to avoid it
       • 1. Take action. 2. Salami Technique. 3. Five minutes. 4.Work on related tasks. 5. Do the hardest bits first. 6. Set goals. 7. Make commitments. 8. Reward yourself for achievement. 9.Change subjects regularly
         • The Salami Technique
           • The salami technique involves breaking down the task to its smallest parts and then working through each of them in order until the task is complete
         • Making Commitments
           • Give yourself deadlines to do activities also make some goals
         • Reward yourself
           • When you get a piece of work done effectively without wasting time you should reward yourself with a cup of tea, a chocolate biscuit, a quick break from the books.

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