Time management

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• Time management
• You have enough time to do all that you want
• Can't stockpile it
• Non-renewable
• Have to learn to manage what you have (we all
  have same amount of time available)

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• ABC To Do List
• A most important. Immediate attention.
  Lead to short and long term goals
• B Important but not urgent. Can be
  postponed if necessary.
• C Small, easy tasks with no set timelimit.
• D. Working A's off Accomplishing your top
  priorities first
• E. C Fever Doing C tasks first because
  they are simple and easy to accomplish. Way of
  procrastinating the A items.

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• Scheduling
• Schedule fixed blocks first (work, school,
  engagements)
• Schedule time for fun
• Allow for holes and flexibility (run errands,
  emergencies, unexpected)
• Study 2 hours for every 1 hour you are in class
• Avoid marathon study sessions
• Consider technology (Day planners, palm pilots,
  etc.)

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• 7 Day Anti-Procrastination Plan
• Monday Make it meaningful
• Tuesday Take it apart
• Wednesday Write it down
• Thursday Tell everyone
• Friday Find a reward
• Saturday Settle it now
• Sunday Say no

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• 7 More ways to avoid procrastination
• Observe procrastination
• Discover your procrastination style
• dreamers big goals without plans
• worriers focus on problem not solution
• defiers resist new things
• overdoers create extra work for themselves
• Look for self defeating thoughts and behaviors
• Trick yourself into getting started
• Let feelings follow action
• Chose to work under pressure
• Take it easy

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• When to study
• Study difficult and boring subjects first
• Be aware of your best time of the day
• Use waiting times (index cards and tapes in the
  car)

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• Where to study
• Regular and quiet place
• Alert too relaxing is dangerous
• Use a library

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• How to Handle rest of world
• Pay attention to attention
• Agree with roommates
• Learn to say NO
• Do Not Disturb Sign
• Get ready the night before
• Call ahead
• Avoid noise (TV, radio, phone, and computer)
• Notice misuse of time

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• ASK
• What is one task I can accomplish today?
• Am I being too hard on myself?
• Is this a Piano? (progress not perfection)
• Would I pay myself for what I am doing now?
• Can I do one more thing?
• Do I make time for the things that are important?
  (family, school, etc)
• Can I delegate this?
• How did I waste time?
• Could I find time if I wanted to?
• Am I willing to promise it?

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• Left handed like lists and scheduling
• Right handed Visual and mind maps
• Know values
• Do less (eliminate useless activities)
• Slow down
• Remember people
• Focus on outcomes
• Handle it now (do old projects first before
  taking on new ones)
• Buy less
• Forget about time (need a down time to relax)

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• Planning
• Allows for new possibilities
• Creates freedom
• Allows for flexibility
• Creates choices
• Makes adjustments easier

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• Long term Planning
• State goals effectively (small, measurable, time
  limits)
• Remember difference between measurements and
  values
• Work backwards (from future to present)
• Write it out
• Remember to remember
• Must be willing to act and talk about it
• Look for what is missing and keep the things you
  love about life

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• Ways to Change a Habit
• Tell the truth
• Commit to the new behaviors
• Affirm your intentions positively
• Start small
• Get feedback and support
• Practice, practice, practice

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• Motivation
• Opposite of procrastination
• Promise it
• Befriend discomfort
• Sweeten task
• Talk about how bad it is
• Turn pressure up or down
• Ask for support
• Compare costs and benefits
• Do it later

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• Power Process 2 Be Here Now
• Being totally in the moment
• Let go of the here and now
• Return yourself gently when your mind starts to
  wander
• Choose to take charge of your distractions
• Listen to inner voice and notice physical
  sensations

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• Malcolm X
• Norfolk Prison Colony talk himself to read and
  write
• Copied entire pages from dictionary
• Used his time wisely
• Martyred militant who fought against racial
  segregation and oppression
• Assassinated