Keys to Effective Keys to Effective Time ManagementTime Management

To master your time is To master your time is to master your lifeto master your lifeAlan LakeinAlan Lakein

LIFE IS NOT A LIFE IS NOT A DRESS DRESS

REHEARSALREHEARSAL

Time is Life Time is Life It is irreversible It is irreversible

and and irreplaceableirreplaceable

To waste your To waste your timetime

is to waste your is to waste your lifelife

The more I consult my The more I consult my

feelings during the day, feelings during the day,

tune into myself, to see if tune into myself, to see if

what I am doing is what I what I am doing is what I

want to be doing,want to be doing,

the less I feel at the end of the less I feel at the end of

the day that I’ve been the day that I’ve been

wasting time.wasting time.

-- Hugh Prather-- Hugh Prather

From Notes to MyselfFrom Notes to Myself

What Do We Do What Do We Do With Our LivesWith Our Lives

Spend Spend 27 years sleeping27 years sleeping 3.3 years eating3.3 years eating 5 months waiting at traffic lights5 months waiting at traffic lights 8 months opening unwanted mail8 months opening unwanted mail 1 year looking for misplaced objects1 year looking for misplaced objects

2 years attempting to return phone calls2 years attempting to return phone calls 4 years doing housework4 years doing housework 5 years waiting in lines5 years waiting in lines 13.8 years working13.8 years working

You are always free to You are always free to change your mind and change your mind and

choose a different future or choose a different future or a different past.a different past.

Richard BachRichard Bach

1 year of college = 1 year of college = $15,000$15,000

5 years 5 years = = $75, 000$75, 000

5 years out of the 5 years out of the full-time work full-time work force = force = $90,000$90,000

TOTAL = TOTAL = $180,000$180,000

Cost of your “TIME”Investment in College

Value of a Value of a College Education College Education

Today?Today?

$1,500,000 or more $1,500,000 or more over your working lifetimeover your working lifetime

Time WastersTime Wasters

Dropping a 3 credit class Dropping a 3 credit class = $750= $750

Dropping 1 class each semester Dropping 1 class each semester = 8 x 750 = $6000= 8 x 750 = $6000

One additional year of college One additional year of college = $15,000= $15,000

One lost year of professional wages One lost year of professional wages = $25 - 35,000= $25 - 35,000

Total Cost = $56,000Total Cost = $56,000

Four Factors that Affect Four Factors that Affect How We Use Our How We Use Our

Time????Time????1.1. What we value.What we value.

2.2. What our goals are.What our goals are.

3.3. What our priorities are.What our priorities are.

4.4. What our actions areWhat our actions are

and how we use ourand how we use our

time.time.

Time CircleTime Circle

ValuesValues

ValuesValues

Time Time Priorities Priorities

Goals Goals

Friends??Friends?? Family??Family?? Education??Education??

• Do we go to class?Do we go to class?• Do we do our homework?Do we do our homework?• Do we study before we play?Do we study before we play?• Do we actively seek to learn on Do we actively seek to learn on

our own?our own?

What do we value????What do we value????

What Do You Value?What Do You Value?

Every person, all the events of your life are

there because you have drawn them there. What

you choose to do with them is up to you.

Richard Bach

What are your What are your Priorities??Priorities??

College success and career College success and career preparationpreparation

Family/ChildrenFamily/Children Money/SurvivalMoney/Survival Friends/RelationshipsFriends/Relationships WorkWork AthleticsAthletics Play time/Having funPlay time/Having fun

Argue for your Argue for your

limitations limitations

and sure enough and sure enough

they’re yours.they’re yours.

Richard BachRichard Bach

What are your goals?What are your goals? 1.1. Short term - one dayShort term - one day

2.2. One weekOne week

3.3. One monthOne month

4.4. One semesterOne semester

5.5. One yearOne year

6.6. Graduation/Career Graduation/Career

Path DiscoveryPath Discovery

7.7. Career GoalsCareer Goals

8.8. Lifestyle GoalsLifestyle Goals

In order to live free In order to live free and happily you must and happily you must sacrifice boredomsacrifice boredom. .

It is not always an It is not always an easy sacrifice.easy sacrifice.

Richard BachRichard Bach

How do we Avoid our How do we Avoid our High Priority Tasks???High Priority Tasks???

Convince ourselves we deserve a break Convince ourselves we deserve a break todaytoday

Socializing, visiting, e-mailing and Socializing, visiting, e-mailing and telephoningtelephoning

Reading the unimportant stuff, Reading the unimportant stuff, magazines, etc.magazines, etc.

Doing things yourself that others could be Doing things yourself that others could be doing for you. doing for you.

What’s your favorite escape???

How do we Avoid our How do we Avoid our High Priority Tasks???High Priority Tasks???

Solving other people’s Solving other people’s problems.problems.

Overdoing it. Taking a break Overdoing it. Taking a break to watch TV and watching it for to watch TV and watching it for 4 hours.4 hours.

Running away. Shopping, Running away. Shopping, coffee with friends.coffee with friends.

Daydreaming about . . . the Daydreaming about . . . the weekend, vacation, etc.weekend, vacation, etc.

Procrastination:Procrastination:Do you suffer from it?????Do you suffer from it?????

Reasons for procrastination:Reasons for procrastination: FearFear UncomfortableUncomfortable Lack of proper prioritiesLack of proper priorities Lack of direction/goalsLack of direction/goals Lack of value clarificationLack of value clarification

How to Improve How to Improve Time Time ManagementManagement

Keep a record of your time for one full Keep a record of your time for one full week--168 hours.week--168 hours.

Make a realistic time budget sheet.Make a realistic time budget sheet. Make daily to do list -- use the A, B, C Make daily to do list -- use the A, B, C

system to prioritize the list:system to prioritize the list: A’s must be done todayA’s must be done today B’s important but not A’sB’s important but not A’s C’s would be nice but…C’s would be nice but…

How to Improve How to Improve Time Time ManagementManagement

Keep a daily plannerKeep a daily planner

Keep a calendarKeep a calendar

Use reminders -- Use reminders -- notes. notes. Post- it notes.Post- it notes.

See time as your See time as your life!!!!!life!!!!!