Carolyn Hensley

McDowell County
Retired
Different people = Different types of time management
If you are an Average
American, in your lifetime
you will spend..
Seven Years in the bathroom.
Six Years
Eating
Five Years Waiting in Line.
Three years in a meeting.
Two years
playing
telephone tag.
Eight months
opening junk
mail.
Six months
waiting at
red lights.
You will also.
Get interrupted
73 times a day.
Take an hour of work home each day.
Read less than
5 minutes a
day.
Exercise
less than
3 minutes
a day.
The average person can
gain 2 hours per day
through the use of time
management.
No one works
well under
pressure.
Why Time
Management
is Important.
Bad time management = STRESS
Most people waste about 2 hours a day.
Signs of wasting time:
Messy desk and cluttered files.
Cant find things.
Missed appointments.
Tired/unable to concentrate.
Start a job without thinking it through.
Do unproductive things from habit.
Fail to
anticipate
crises.
Make unnecessary visits or phone calls.
Socialize between tasks.
Fail to
build barriers
against
interruptions.
THINGS TO DO TO
MAKE YOUR LIFE
EASIER.
Do important or unpleasant jobs first
thing in the morning.
Use waiting time to do paperwork in small bits.
Keep paper work in
color-coded folders so
that you can find it
quickly.
Establish limits
for things like
phone calls and
reading email.
THE
PICKLE
JAR
THEORY
Start with the
rocks or the
important
items.
Work on the pebbles
(things you enjoy).
Pickle Jar Theory
Big things first
Fill in with smaller things and things you enjoy.
THIRTEEN TIMELY TIPS FOR
EFFECTIVE PERSONAL TIME
MANAGEMENT
1. Spend time planning and organizing.
2. Set goals.
3. Prioritize.
4. Use a to do list.
5. Be flexible.
6. Consider your biological prime time.
7. Do the right thing right.
8. Eliminate the urgent.
9. Practice the art of intelligent neglect.
10. Avoid being a perfectionist.
11. Conquer procrastination.
12. Learn to say NO.
13. Reward yourself.
Be sure the use some
kind of Time Management
system.
You will have to choose
for yourself, what works
for one wont work for
everyone.