Ian Cooper is an international author who has written 13 books that have been published in 20 countries and 12 languages. He has over 27 years of experience advising hundreds of businesses. A Time Master is someone who has mastered managing their time to maximize their life by gaining control over how they spend time. The document provides tips for how to master time including planning, prioritizing, managing interruptions and procrastination, making decisions, and delegating tasks.

1. Presented by :-
Chandan Pahelwani
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2. IAN COOPER Described as a ‘serial
achiever’, London based Ian
Cooper is an international author
of 13 books published in
approximately 20 countries and
12 languages. In addition to
advising hundreds of businesses
and organizations of all sizes for
over 27 years, Ian is also a
successful entrepreneur who has
created and run a number of
successful businesses.
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4. A “Time Master” is someone who has mastered
the art, the science and practice of gaining better
control over how they spend & manage their life in
order to maximize their time.
Success in becoming a Time Master is not a
question of whether or not you already know the
strategies, it is whether you can actually do these
things and constantly keep doing them.
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5. You have a certain number of minutes, hours,
days, weeks, months & years. How you choose
to spend them influences everything that
happens to you.
Time Master Truths.
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6. 1) Master Your Planning
2) Master Your Priorities
3) Master Your Stuff
4) Master Your Procrastination
5) Master Your Time Estimates
6) Master Your Telephone
7) Master Your Email
8) Master Your Screen Time
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7. 9) Master Your Meetings
10) Master Your Interruption
11) Master Your Time Thieves
12) Master the Ability to Say No!
13) Master Your Boss
14) Master Your Delegation skills
15) Master Your Time-Charging
16) Master Your Decision-Making
17) Master Your Health
18) Don’t Be Time Bored!
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8. Prioritization
Don’t become a time master junkie
Plan for the unexpected
Set targets
WWW question system
a) W = What do you ‘have to’ get done?
b) W = When will you do it?
c) W = Where will you write this information
down so that it is visible.
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9. Break an certain activity into bits
Think twice while time commitment
It is safer & better to overestimate than
underestimate
Time how long things take to carry on
Eg:- Common & day to day activities take
time
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10. Don’t be a ‘JUSTER’
Thinking it over and ask for a bit of time when
required
You don’t always need to explain
Set expectations & get permission
Interrupt
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11. Put back what you take out
Focus on the job in hand first
People who are often late
If people are keeping you late, call them
Organize what is in your computer
Back ups are hugely important
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12. What feels right?
What if I make the wrong decision?
What is your decision-making track record?
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13. Get your journey information once
Set your time three minutes fast
Book in advance
Plan your route
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14. Only go to restaurants that take bookings
Study the menu online
Check that the restaurant is open
Order straight away
Ask for the bill when you are ready to leave
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15. Make sure shop is open
Have a shopping list
Shop online with home delivery
Check whether items are in stock before you go
shopping
If you are shopping for others, know exactly
what they want
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16. Organizational Behavior (OB)
Management Concepts and Contemporary
Practices (MCCP)
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17. After reading this book my approach towards
spending & managing the time according to my
priorities is enhanced.
While preparing for a book review presentation,
I actually applied the “WWW Question System”
and the results were all positive.
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18. Repetition of Topics
No further criticisms
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19. Attractive ‘Title’ and ‘Cover page’
One of my friend suggested me
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20. This book is written by the author on the life
experiences of the common people which has
been collected by them.
While reading this book everyone can somehow
can relate themselves with the book and can
find flows which they were actually doing by not
managing time in the proper manner.
Easy and comfortable language.
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21. For Entrepreneurs
For Managers
Specially for the people who are struggling with
time management related issues
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