NO MORE MONKEYS

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NO MORE MONKEYS!

• HOW TO MANAGE YOUR TIME
• BEFORE YOUR TIME MANAGES YOU

• M.E. McWilliams
• Academic Assistance and Resource Center (AARC),
  Director
• Stephen F. Austin State University
• mmcwilliams_at_sfasu.edu

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HOW I KNOW WHAT I KNOW

• MY RESEARCH

• MY TESTIMONY

• Wetmore, D. (2005). The productivity handbook.
• Covey, S. (1989). The seven habits of highly
  effective people.

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PREVIEW

• 30 MINUTE PLAN

• LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Big Problem
• Simple Solutions
• False Lightbulb Quiz

• Choose!
• Focus!
• Begin!
• Prepare!

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THE BIG PROBLEM

• Someone else has managed time for you.
• You have more to do than ever before!

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A MONKEY ON YOUR BACK

• THE THINGS YOU M UST DO

• A DAY WITH A MONKEY

• Class with a monkey
• Lunch with a monkey
• Napping with a monkey
• The Annex with a monkey

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THE FIREFIGHTER

• SLAVE TO YOUR MONKEYS

• PROACTIVE VS. REACTIVE

• You arent managing time
• Time is managing you!

Source Covery, S. ( ). 7 habits of highly
successful people.
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EMERGENCY

• MONKEY HABIT

• TIME AND MONEY

• 1 in 4 college students drop out
• 1,000,000 jobs lost in 2008

Source Digg.com
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MONKEYS STAND UP

• Classes
• Papers
• Projects
• Tests
• Bills
• Jobs
• Boyfriends
• Kids

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SOLUTIONS

• Kill the Monkeys!

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MAKE A MASTER MONKEY LIST

• HAVE TO

• WANT TO

• Fraternities/Sororities
• Intramural Sports
• Church activities
• Lunch with friend
• Movie with buddies

Source Wetmore, D. ( 2005). The productivity
handbook.
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SET APPOINTMENTS

• PLANNER

• EXAMPLES

• Electronic or Not
• Must be on you at all times!
• Set alarms!
• Set your clock ten minutes ahead.

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DELETE

• SOMETHING HAS GOT TO GO!

• TAKE YOUR PICK

• Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let
  your affairs be as two or three, . . . and keep
  your accounts on your thumbnail.
• Thoreau

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DELEGATE

• PEOPLE WHO WILL HELP YOU

• PAYBACK RULE

• Friends
• Parents
• People who owe you a favor

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TAKE DAILY MONKEY LIST

• NOW

• LATER

• List of 5-7 on a post a note or list on phone.
• This is your Daily To Do List.

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THE BIG MONKEY

• MOST UNPLEASANT

• DUE SOONEST

• Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is
  certain.
• Emerson

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KILL THE MONKEY

• LIKE YOUR PANTS WERE ON FIRE!

• DO IT AND BE DONE WITH IT!

• No waiting on the right mood!
• Mondays
• Mornings

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RUN FROM INTERRUPTIONS

• 48 PER DAY

• BLISS STATION

• Email
• Shrink your inbox
• Cell
• Let it go to voice mail!
• People
• No! I cant. . .

Source Wetmore, D. (2005). The productivity
handbook.
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DONT FEED THE MONKEY

• CHOOSING TO WASTE TIME

• PROCRASTINATION

• Napping
• More than 30 minMore tired!
• TV and Video Games
• 23.4 hours of TV a week
• Web
• You dont really have 365 friends!

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DO THE MAD MONKEY FIVE

• STEP ONE FOR REST OF MONKEYS

• BABY STEPS

• A thousand mile journey begins with one step. . .
  

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PROVIDE REWARDS

• MY FAVORITE FREE THINGS

• THINGS I SHOULD NOT DO

• Ice Cream
• Call a friend
• Check you email
• Ice Cream
• More Ice Cream

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CAGE THE MONKEYS

• BEGIN WITH THE END

• SLEEP

• Finish each day and be done with it. You have
  done what you could. Some blunders and
  absurdities have crept in forget them as soon as
  you can. Tomorrow is a new day.
• Emerson

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FALSE LIGHTBULB QUIZ

• Did you really learn anything?

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NO MORE MONKEYS!

• CHOOSE !
• FOCUS!
• BEGIN!
• PREPARE!

• If you dont know where you are going, any road
  will do.
• Alice in Wonderland

• M.E. McWilliams
• Academic Assistance and Resource Center (AARC).
  Director
• Stephen F. Austin State University
• mmcwilliams_at_sfasu.edu