Chapter 2

TIME MANAGEMENT

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 Time Management

The act of getting things done.

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 Objectives of This Chapter
 Understand the concept of time
management
 Understand the importance of a balanced
life and the choices you need to make on a
daily basis
 Identify your strengths and weaknesses
 Understand how to build upon strengths and
improve upon weaknesses
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 Objectives of This Chapter
continued…
 Understand how to effectively use a
calendar, a to-do list, and a daily plan
 Understand how to use a time management
system and integrate it into your daily life
 Be able to develop a study plan based on
your own time analysis

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 College Success Strategies
 Plot each semester on a calendar
 Use each course syllabus to include test
dates, exam dates, report deadlines, etc.
 The calendar becomes a useful planning
document that sets the stage for study,
research, and writing time.

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 A Daily Time Analysis
 Exercise 2.1 The Wheel - Daily Time
Analysis

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Successful Time Management
 Identify time management problems
 Develop solutions for these time
management problems
 Use a time management system

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 Keys to Effective
Self-Management
 Daily quiet or planning time
 Prioritized to-do list
 A time management system

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 “The best thing about the
future is that it only comes
one day at a time.”
Abraham Lincoln

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 Form Good Habits
 Day-to-day choices become habits
 It takes 21 days to develop a habit
 Use a systematic approach each day to
make your choices
 Choices, good or bad, will develop into
habits
 Developing the right kind of study choices
will lead to good study habits
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 Weekly Time Analysis
 Exercise 2.2 Weekly Time Analysis

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Identifying Time-Management
Strengths & Weaknesses
 Exercise 2.3 Identifying Time-Management
Strengths & Weaknesses

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 Outline of a Time Planner
 Personal Information Page
 Annual Calendars or Reference Calendars
 Monthly Calendars
 Daily Planning
 Daily Schedule
 To-Do List
 A-Z Address or Contact Directory

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 Monthly Planning
 Figure 2.2 – Monthly Schedule
 Record all appointments, class schedules,
work schedules, meetings, etc., here first
 Week at-a-glance, month at-a-glance
 Never use as a to-do list
 List events or activities
 List reminder notes

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“If you don’t plan it, it won’t
happen”
Anonymous

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 Daily Planning
 Figure 2.3 – Daily Schedule
 Daily Schedule – All daily activities
recorded here (i.e., classes, work, study
time, lunch break, etc.)
 Develop the schedule, commit to it, and
follow it

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 Priorities & To-Do Lists
 Figure 2.3 – Daily Schedule
 Create the list
 Analyze the list. Identify most important
items and assign an “A” priority.
 If you have more than one “A”, prioritize
your “As” (i.e., “A1”, “A2”, etc.)
 Always start with “A1”
 Assignments Due section
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 Contacts Directory
 Quick name, address, phone number, email,
etc. references
 Retrieval system for notes, etc.
 Use a 3-ring binder for your planner and
filing system
 Filing system example, Figure 2.3

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 Your Study Time
 Be physically and emotionally prepared
 Think about peak time
 Set aside a certain number of hours
 Identify free time and commit to studying

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 Your Study Plan & Daily
Prioritized To-Do List
 Each day make a prioritized to-do list for
the next day
 Include study time and specify what you
need to study
 Figure 2.3

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It’s All About Priorities!

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 Leading Time Wasters
 Friends who just show up or call
 Television
 Telephone
 The Internet and computer games
 Messy or unorganized room or work area
 Procrastination

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 Roadways to Effective Time
Management
 Work on your hardest subjects first; save
the easiest items for last.
 Organize your free time into usable chunks.
Five minutes here or there is of little or no
value.
 Make lists, prioritize them, and follow
them.

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 Roadways to Effective Time
Management continued…
 Revise your to-do list every night. Items
that were not completed one day should be
completed the next.
 Find a place that allows you to study
without interruption. Do not allow others to
interrupt your work.
 Utilize your planner for a temporary filing
system.

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