Time management is important because time is limited. There are six steps to effective time management: 1) assess how you spend your time, 2) identify your obligations, 3) prioritize your obligations, 4) schedule your activities, 5) note important dates and deadlines, and 6) strategize your time management. Effective time management requires discipline, vigor and commitment. Procrastination and not setting clear goals are common mistakes that waste time. Setting goals, prioritizing tasks, and avoiding procrastination are keys to better time management.

1. Time
Management
You’ve
got the
time!

2. We cannot make time…
We can only manage the
time we’ve got.

3. What is time management??
• Time management is the development of a
process and tools that help you to be more
productive and efficient.

4. Why time management is important?
• Time is limited
• Time is scarce
• You need time to get what you want out of life
• You can accomplish more with less effort
• Too many choices
• Time cannot be stored
• Time is needed for everything
• Time management helps you to finish more
jobs with less effort.

5. Six Steps to Effective Time
Management:
• Assess how you spend your time.
• Identify your obligations.
• Prioritize your obligations.
• Schedule your activities.
• Note important dates and deadlines.
• Strategize your time management.

6. 1. Assess how you spend your
time.
• Weekly time survey: How much time do you
really have?
• Weekly time log: How are you really spending
your time?

7. 2. Identify your obligations.
• Academic: Classes, labs, studios, rehearsals,
group meetings, etc.
• Vocational: Work hours and schedule
• Personal: Family duties, religious
commitments, health & fitness, social events,
etc.

8. 3. Prioritize your obligations.
• What is most important?
• What is least important?
• What is in your control?
• What is not in your control?

9. 4. Schedule your activities.
• Planner: Inexpensive to expensive
• Calendar: Pocket, wall, desktop
• Computer: Personal or laptop

10. 5. Note important dates and
deadlines
• Course syllabus: Will include schedule of
assignments, projects, and exams; professor
may reschedule during semester, so ATTEND
CLASS!

11. 6. Strategize your time
management
• Set up a distraction-free workstation at home.
• Refer often to your planner; WRITE THINGS
DOWN!
• Reward yourself; schedule fun time, too!

12. Six Steps to Effective Time
Management:
• ______ how you spend your time.
• ______ your obligations.
• ______ your obligations.
• ______ your activities.
• ______ important dates and deadlines.
• ______ your time management.
Assess
Identify
Prioritize
Schedule
Note
Strategize

13. Effective Time Management
requires:
D
V
C
iscipline
igor
ommitment

14. Time is Money
• You can make money; you can’t make time.
• An inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time
(Chinese proverb).

15. Eighty Six Thousand
Four Hundred
• Picture this:
– Each day your bank deposits
$86,400in your checking
account.
– There’s just one catch.
– You have to spend it all in one
day.
– You can’t carry over any
money to the next day.

16. 24 hours per day
X
60 minutes per hour
X
60 seconds per minute
=
86,400
Seconds

17. Time Management Skills
• Make lists.
• Prioritize tasks.
• Divide large tasks into smaller steps.
• Group similar tasks.
• Monitor progress

18. Time management skills
• Goal setting, what you want from life
• Planning out your goals in life
• Prioritizing with what comes first
• Making decisions about important choices
• Scheduling what is going to be worked on and
in what order

19. If You Are Going To Procrastinate,
At Least Take The Blame!
Student to Teacher…
“I don’t have my paper today because
the lab assistant couldn’t get the
printer to work.”
“I’m late to class because I couldn’t
find a parking space.”
“I’d like to study on a regular basis,
but it isn’t always possible with my
hectic sleeping schedule!”

20. 5 mistakes that wastes a lot of time
• Procrastination
• Do it myself attitude
• No clearly defined goals
• Not taking decisions
• Not taking actions

21. How can you avoid these mistakes?
• Stop procrastination
• Empower people around you
• Write down your goals on paper
• Make tough decisions
• Act now on the above 4 steps

22. 8 Tips For Efficient Time
Management
• Quit procrastinating
• Set goals and targets
• Network sensibly
• Write it down
• Delegate
• Be objective
• Don’t be afraid to say “I m busy”
• Just say “no”

23. Benefits of time management
• Control
• Productivity
• Confidence
• Fun
• Ability to meet goals

24. Time Management Benefits
• Remember special
events
• Have advance
preparation time
• Have more focus
and less stress

25. Every Second Counts
• Spend every second in an efficient and
productive way
• If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss is
yours.

26. Be The Bunny
Just Keep
Going
And going
And going
And going
And going…

27. Your Future is What You Make It
TODAY!
“The best thing
about the future is
that it only comes
one day at a
time.” --Abraham
Lincoln

28. “Lost time is never found again”
So start utilizing your time properly…..
Thank you…
BY:- SURAJ KUMAR