These Are the Moments of Your Life

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These Are the Moments of Your Life
Making the Most of Your Time
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Moments in Time

• On one level, time is what we measure by the
  clock -- Absolutely nothing we can do to stop
  it.

• More personally, time consists of your
  precious moments the unfolding of life, event
  by event.

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Managing Your Moments . . .
is about controlling the Events that unfold in
your life

• Events we think we CANNOT control, and we CANT

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Managing Your Moments . . .
is about controlling the Events that unfold in
your life

• Events we think we CANNOT control, but we CAN

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Managing Your Moments . . .
is about controlling the Events that unfold in
your life

• Events we think we CAN control, but we DONT

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Managing Your Moments . . .
is about controlling the Events that unfold in
your life

• Events we think we CAN control, but we CANT

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Managing Your Moments . . .
is about controlling the Events that unfold in
your life

• Events we think we CAN control, and we CAN

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Stress occurs . . .

• when the demands of our life are greater than the
  resources available to meet those demands,
  including our time

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Pareto Principle
The Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 rule states
that typically 80 of unfocussed effort generates
only 20 of results, and that the remaining 80
of results are achieved with only 20 of the
effort.
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What Steals Your Precious Time?

• Interruptions -- telephone
• Interruptions -- personal visitors
• Meetings
• Tasks you should have delegated
• Procrastination and indecision

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What Steals Your Precious Time?

• Acting with incomplete information
• Dealing with team members
• Crisis management (fire fighting)
• Unclear communication
• Inadequate technical knowledge

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What Steals Your Precious Time?

• Unclear objectives and priorities
• Lack of planning
• Stress and fatigue
• Inability to say "No"
• Desk management or personal disorganization

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Biggest Time Wasters
Change I Will Make
Time Waster
Possible Solution
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My Biggest Time Savers
New Time Savers to Implement Now
My Time Savers
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Twelve Timely Tips

• 1. Spend Time Planning and Organizing

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Twelve Timely Tips

• 2. Set Goals

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Twelve Timely Tips

• 3. Prioritize

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Twelve Timely Tips

• 4. Use a To Do List

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Twelve Timely Tips

• 5. Be Flexible

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Twelve Timely Tips

• 6. Consider Your Biological Prime Time

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Twelve Timely Tips

• 7. Do the Right Thing Right

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Twelve Timely Tips

• 8. Control the Urgent

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Twelve Timely Tips

• 9. Avoid Being a Perfectionist

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Twelve Timely Tips

• 10. Conquer Procrastination

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Twelve Timely Tips

• 11. Learn to Say No

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Twelve Timely Tips

• 12. Reward Yourself

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Conclusion
The more time we spend planning our time and
activities the more time we will have for those
activities. By setting goals and eliminating time
wasters and doing this everyday you may find you
will have extra time in the week to spend on
those people and activities most important to you.
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For more information please refer to the These
Are the Moments of Your Life newsletter on your
mini-CD
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