1. Help me…I need a life!!
Presented by:
Jeannette Rudy Fitzwater, RCC

2. Today’s Objectives
Gain a level of work/life balance
1. Prioritize your activities
2. Identify and eliminate your most non-
productive habits
3. Establish new habits

3. Determine Your Ideal Balance
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4. Benefits of Working Productively
• Get more done in less
time
• Less stress
• Create balance
• Develop positive habits
• Increase professional
skills and reputation
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5. Productivity Self-Assessment
• Label paper from 1 to 12.
• I’ll read a numbered statement.
• Respond with:
1—Seldom 2—Sometimes 3--Frequently

6. Productivity Self Assessment
1. Add up all the odd numbered statements.
2. Add up all the even numbered statements.
Any opportunity for improvement??

7. Examples of Key Results
Note: These all begin with an active verb.
• Ensure adherence to production schedules
• Analyze costs and monitor deviations
• Train staff on current safety procedures
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8. Translating Results into Daily
Activities
• Commit to an action, not an
idea
• Example: Commit to
spending 10 minutes filing
every day, not to “getting
organized”
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9. Watch out for bad habits!

10. Procrastination
• List benefits
• Commit 10 minutes
• Begin with the one thing
you must get done
• Aim for progress
• Find an “accountability
partner”
• Reward yourself
• Create an appealing
environment
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11. Negative vs. Positive
• “Your presentation was
boring.”
• “Your presentation had
some good information,
but it went on a bit too
long. Next time, try limiting
yourself to 10 minutes.”
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12. Being Habitually Late
• Calculate time realistically
• Pad calculations
• Use one organizer
• Don’t overcommit
• Stop when time is up
• Be early
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13. Establish new habits for
success!

14. Forget Multi-Tasking
The evidence
against it is
growing.
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15. Take Mini-Breaks
• Schedule it. • Read something non-work
• Get up and stretch. related.
• Get a drink of water. • Find something that
makes you laugh.
• Chat with a coworker
• Take a walk—outside is
(schedule it)
even better.
• Make a quick phone
call.
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16. Parkinson’s Law
“Work expands as to fill the time
available for its completion.”
Cyril Northcote Parkinson,
published in The Economist in 1955
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17. Automate Whenever Possible
Scheduling
Emails
Financial
transactions
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18. Get into the Flow
• Focus on what you enjoy
• Set clear goals
• Create an appealing
environment
• Adopt a beginner’s
perspective
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19. For Additional Information…
JR Fitzwater and Associates, LLC
1947 Maryland Highway
Oakland, Maryland 21550
Phone: 301-616-8583
Fax: 301-334-6080
Email: jeannette@jrfitzwater.com
Website: www.jrfitzwater.com
Jeannette Rudy Fitzwater, RCC