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Time Management Time management is paying attention to how you are spending your most valuable resource (time) and devising a plan to use it more effectively Goals for Today’s Lesson: • Assess/examine how you are currently allocating your time • Understand the importance of managing your time • Understand different strategies on how to use your time efficiently Goal Setting • In order to know what you should be doing with your time, it is important to know what you are working towards • Long term goals = Life-long goals (usually take a year or more to accomplish) • Short-term goals = Stepping stones (less than a year to accomplish) Goal Setting, Give it a shot! • Write a short-term and long-term goal • Your short-term goal should be a ‘stepping stone’ on the path to achieving your long-term goal • Make sure both goals are: – Specific – Measurable • Volunteers? Where does the time go??? • Make a list of 10-15 observable activities you have participated in during the past 24 hours • Estimate how much time you spent on each activity It is all connected- Goal Setting & Time Management • If your goal is to increase your GPA you will need to be well organized to allocate sufficient time for study or visit your professors office hours • Knowing ahead of time what your main priorities are can help you attend to those tasks first • Are you allocating the necessary time in achieving the short-term and long-term goals you set earlier? Why is Time Management Important? • • • • • • • • • Prioritize your tasks Accomplish short-term and long-term goals Increases productivity Experience the success of accomplishment (fulfillment) Feeling of self-control Balance Aids in money management Reduces stress Prepares you for the “real world” Consider your Values • You will put more time and energy towards what you value, enjoy and love • How much you value your education? • How important is it that you succeed in college and get your degree? • If success in college is a high value for your life, you will make more time for your studies, your classes and projects • We all spend time on what we value! What is Time Management? • Not just about managing your time, it’s about managing your attention • Attention Management = ability to focus on a designated activity • Without attention management, time management is pointless “To manage your time you must manage yourself: your energy, your behavior, your attitudes, you” - Constance Staley Get Your Priorities Straight! Covey, Stephen R The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989