3. Time Management
Time is life, do not waste it
Identify major thieves of time and eject them
Make a realistic list of things to do and act on it
Eliminate unnecessary activities
Memory aids such as diaries and tape recorders are useful
Analyse how time is spent
Never take on more than is necessary, learn to say no
Analyse yourself and operate within your strengths
Get on by being organized
Employ a programme of physical and mental fitness
Manage backlog
Employ a schedule or planner to chart the way ahead
Never cease to become more efficient and effective
Treat each day as your last, maximize it.
4. TIME MANAGEMENT IS LIFE MANAGEMENT
To realize the value of one year:
Ask the student who has failed his final exam.
To realize the value of one month:
Ask the mother who has given birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of one week:
Ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of one day:
Ask the daily wage earner who has 10 kids to feed.
5. Tasks for Managing Time
• Set Goals
• Prioritize work
• Manage/Utilize time Well
• Work Smartly
• Achieve with more focus
6. Setting Goals
• Always set
• Specific
• Measurable
• Attainable (achievable)
• Relevant (realistic)
• Time-Bound Goals
• Or simply SMART Goals
7. Prioritize Work
• Monitor how time is Spent
• More jobs
Less Productivity?
• Less Jobs
More productivity?
• -- Action Plans
• -- To-Do Lists
• -- Effective Scheduling
• -- Activity Logs
8. Manage Time Well
• Do not get stressed
by a large number
of unimportant jobs.
• Remember to carry out
all necessary tasks
• Tackle the
most important jobs first
9. Work Smartly…
• Make a SWOT analysis.
• Find out;
Strengths and Weaknesses
• Purpose of the work
• Priorities and deadlines
• Costs
• Resources available
• Measures of success
• How it matters to others
10. Achieve with More Focus
• Obtain more knowledge
• Organize time well
• Set sharp & clearly set goals
• Work to attain goals
• to work Smart not just to work
hard
11. Neither Urgent Nor Important Things
That We Do Regularly
Gossiping
Shopping for fun
Internet surfing for fun
Visiting friends and neighbors aimlessly
Taking unnecessary interest in others' personal matters
Making long telephone calls aimlessly.
12. Tackle Time Wasters
• First, learn to recognize when you’re wasting
time.
• Decide what you need to do and can
realistically do.
• Learn how to say “NO” when you don’t have
time.
• Wasting time is often linked to a lack of self-
discipline
13. Problems and Solutions for
Proper Time Management
Personal:
Know priorities of doing things
Be organized
Spend some time as leisure time
Psychological:
Have self discipline
Believe in team work
Have a watch on the work entrusted
14. Problems and Solutions for
Proper Time Management
External:
Maintain proper relationship with friends and
colleagues
Never attempt indirect interactions
Social:
Allot some time to spend with nature, with
parents, to love, to listen, to dream to and to
think
15. Problems and Solutions for
Proper Time Management
Postponement: Postponement is mainly due to a
lack of interest or pleasantness in work and the
complexity of work.
Unpleasant tasks
Complex projects
Fear of failure
Lack of interest
Distraction, lack of focus
16. Tips for Successful Time
Management
Doing things with concentration, dedication and
commitment and not in a careless manner.
Trust others and distribute works to others
Never think about unnecessary things and never
interfere in others matters
Postponement of planned events is an avoidable bad
habit
17. Hurrying up is to always the best way of doing a
thing faster
Don’t forget or misplace things
Use a calendar/ Get organized
