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Time management I) Vocabulary to procrastinate to postpone until later to deal with procrastination once and for all time management trick to set clear goals to set priorities to prioritise to make a schedule to set deadlines 10 to get rid of distractions 11 stuff you want to get done by a particular time 12 it’s often easier to things in small doses 13 to make a weekly schedule 14 to make a daily to-do list 15 to manage time 16 to review progress 17 to organise work schedule 18 list making 19 to persevere 20 to avoid procrastination 21 to take breaks 22 realistic goals 23 achievable goals 24 efficiency 25 efficient 26 urgent tasks 27 daily planning 28 day timer 29 deadline 30 goal planning II) Questions How you usually organize plan your time? Is it easy to manage time for you? ❖ Ideas ➔ yes and how: ➔ I usually: ➢ create a daily plan ➢ make a list of the tasks I need to accomplish ➢ identify my priorities ➢ make a list of what is most important this day, this week, this month, this year ➢ peg a time limit to each task ➢ assign time to any activity or conversation important for my success ➢ create time blocks for high-priority thoughts and actions ➢ start my day only after completing my time plan ➢ block out distractions such as emails, Facebook, Twitter, TV ➢ stick to my time boundaries ➢ keep track of my progress by crossing things off the list as they are completed Time management ➢ try to eliminate activities that waste my time ➢ leave time for rest and fun ➢ always meet my deadlines ➔ no: ➢ can't get started ➢ can't manage interruptions ➢ get distracted ➢ fail to manage distractions ➢ don't have the right tools ➢ fail to keep a to-do list ➢ can't prioritize ➢ procrastinate ➢ take on too much 'cause I can't say 'no' to people ➢ multitask ➢ don't take breaks ➢ schedule tasks ineffectively ❖ Answers ➢ How you usually organize your time? Well, I start my day only after completing my time plan The first thing I is identify my priorities and assign time to any activity or conversation important for my success I try to stick to the time boundaries by eliminating activities that waste my time and prevent me from staying focused ➢ Are you good at organising time? I guess I am, because I always meet my deadlines At the beginning of each week I make a list of the tasks I need to accomplish, identify my priorities for a day and a week, peg a time limit to each task and my best to stick to these time boundaries by crossing things off the list as they are completed and trying to speed up when I see that I am behind my schedule ➢ Are you good at organising time? I'm afraid I'm not I don't always meet my deadlines and procrastinate I often fail to manage distractions such as TV, emails, Facebook Also, I sometimes take on too much 'cause I can't say 'no' to people What is the latest plan that you made? ❖ Ideas ➔ The latest plan I've made is to: ➢ get a more rewarding job ➢ get new obligations ➢ launch a project ➢ get a pay rise ➢ quit my job ➢ set up my own business ➢ get a higher income ➢ divorce my husband or wife ➢ enter a university abroad ➢ get married ➢ move to another country ➢ start living alone Time management ➢ go abroad on holiday ➢ spend my vacation in the countryside ➢ devote more time to my family and kids ➢ buy a bigger apartment ➢ visit my parents ➢ buy a gym membership ➢ buy (or sell) a car ➢ knock off a few kilos ❖ Answers ➢ What is the latest plan that you made? Oh, the latest plan I've made is to quit my current job and find the job with more responsibility and a higher salary That's actually the reason why I'm taking the IELTS test now ➢ What is the latest plan that you made? Well, the latest plan I've made is to enter a university abroad So, I'm currently learning all the information about studying in different countries and trying to find the country and the university I'd like to study in What is the hardest part about making plans? ❖ Ideas ➔ The hardest part about making plans is: ➢ prioritizing among available options ➢ allocating resources to whichever options rank most highly ➢ getting the right information about each option ➢ predicting the outcome of all alternative options ➢ identifying actual desired outcomes ➢ evaluating the goodness of said outcomes ➢ mastering your emotions ➢ crunching through all the different combinations of possible actions to select the best overall set ❖ Answers ➢ What is the hardest part about making plans? Well, I think there's no one-size-fits-all answer to this question as all people are different, and the challenges they face while making plans are also different For some people, the most difficult part of planning is prioritizing among their available options, for others it is identifying their actual desired outcomes For me personally, the hardest part is crunching through all the different combinations of possible actions to select the best overall set So, it depends  .. .Time management ➢ try to eliminate activities that waste my time ➢ leave time for rest and fun ➢ always meet my deadlines ➔ no: ➢ can't... Answers ➢ How you usually organize your time? Well, I start my day only after completing my time plan The first thing I is identify my priorities and assign time to any activity or conversation... my success I try to stick to the time boundaries by eliminating activities that waste my time and prevent me from staying focused ➢ Are you good at organising time? 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