TIME MANAGEMENT

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TIME MANAGEMENT
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Causes of Ineffective Time Management

• Procrastinating
• Being disorganized
• Accepting too many new responsibilities
• Underestimating time demands of a task
• Failing to concentrate, which often results in
  task hopping
• Claiming to work best under the pressure of
  deadlines

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Time Management Techniques

• Establish short and long-term goals
• Develop timelines to measure progress in
  accomplishing goals
• Reward incremental progress
• Emphasize the highest priority work
• Plan and follow a routine
• Prioritize tasks (spend 80 of your time on the
  most important 20 of the work)

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Time Management Techniques

• Make "to do" lists and check off items when
  accomplished
• Delegate responsibilities whenever possible
• Develop processes to complete routine tasks
  (doing more than one thing at a time touch a
  piece of paper only once)
• Control your work environment to prevent or
  lessen interruptions
• Close the door

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Time Management Techniques

• Prevent self-interruptions and distractionsmainta
  in your most productive work environment, which
  may include closing the door, turning off music
  or television, or moving to another location
• Maintain concentration
• Relax and breathe deeply
• Practice mental imagery of being successful in
  fulfilling responsibilities

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Time Management Techniques

• Emphasize the positive
• Exercise daily for control of stress
• Accept your limits

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The importance of being on timeor the messages
sent when someone is late

• One message is that their time is more important
  than my time, a rather arrogant message to be
  sending to me. Being late also conveys the
  message that I must not be very important to them
  because they would almost certainly be on time
  for an important person. It also communicates to
  me that they are not very honest because honest
  people stick to their word and follow through
  with their commitments, even time commitments.
  Being late is extremely disrespectful behavior
  and is also habit forming. (Hunter, 1998, p. 115)