So, you think time management is easy

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So, you think time management is easy?
Outreach Activities Officer Admissions and
International Recruitment University of the West
of England, Bristol
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• Its just a matter of time.
• Time is a valuable each minute passes never to
  return again so use it wisely!
• Time is money money can buy time, but few have
  much to spare
• Smart people use time wisely! organisation is
  the key to success
• Why bother? mange your time and you will have
  more time to manage! i.e. more time to do the
  things you enjoy!

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• Are you a time waster or a time saver?
• Does this sound like you ..?
• (text)
• Is all time wasting bad?
• Time wasters can usually be recognised by asking
  the questions
• What did I gain from that time?
• Do I now need to work harder to achieve what I
  want to for the remainder of the day?
• Have I saved myself a significant amount of
  future time by that activity?

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• Are you a time waster or a time saver?
• Activity sheet 1

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YES 1 USUALLY 2 SOMETIMES 3 RARELY 4 NEVER or
NO 5 NOT APPLICABLE 0
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6
11
2
7
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TOTAL
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8
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4
9
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5
10
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YES 1 USUALLY 2 SOMETIMES 3 RARELY 4 NEVER or
NO 5 NOT APPLICABLE 0
1
6
11
2
7
12
TOTAL
3
8
13
4
9
14
5
10
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• No more time wasting!
• Time wasting comes from 2 sources
• Self
• Environment
• Dealing with others and the new you!

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Planning Ahead Example
You are in a rush What is the quickest time you
can achieve the following? Run a bath 8
mins Make a phone call 5 mins Get undressed 1
min Make a snack 2mins Eat a snack 3 mins Get
into bath 30 secs
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Solution!
Run bath 7m
Get into bath 30 secs
Get undressed 1m
Make a snack 2m
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7m 30 secs
1 min
6 mins
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Solution!
0
3 mins
1 min
2 mins
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• There is more to making a cup of tea than just
  boiling a kettle..
• Activity 2

You dont want to miss a second of your favourite
show. You have just 3 minutes to make a cup of
tea and toast. By using your time in the most
effective way and by multi tasking is this
possible?? Use the cards supplied and remember
nobody likes cold toast!
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Solution!
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• The importance of planning
• Task has demonstrated the importance of planning
  ahead.
• Short, medium term planning is vital if you want
  to be successful and achieve all that you can.
• Get organised and get into the habit of writing
  lists!
• However, make sure the lists contain things
  you actually need to achieve!

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Study Skills - Planning Time
Things that are important and urgent need a fair
amount of time NOW. Things that are urgent but
not important need time now, but not too much.
Things that are important but not urgent must
not be squeezed out by the urgent items. Things
that are neither urgent nor important should we
be doing them at all
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• Study Skills - Planning Time
• Get into the habbit of writing daily and weekly
  planning worksheets
• Weekly plans indicate weekend goals and plans
  complete on a Friday for coming week.
• Include headings Must not fail to do and Could
  do to differentiate priorities.
• Then assign an amount of time you can spend
• Warning! Planning should save you time not cost
  it these tasks can be approxiate and completed
  quickly.
• At the end of the day/week
• Review what you have accomplished
• Note anything you wrote on your timetable that
  has not been completed
• Reflect on how your actual week has compared with
  what you had timetabled.
• Don't fret if you haven't kept strictly to
  timetable but be sure you know why you haven't.
• Decide if you need to do anything about it
  in planning the next week's timetable.
  

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Final task!

Something to aim for..
1.List 3 things you would like to have achieved
in 6 months 2. They can be school / college
related or personal. 3. Nobody will see your
goals, they will and they will be posted to you
in 6 months as a reminder of your thoughts
today.
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