The document discusses strategies for effective time management. It recommends making schedules and to-do lists, prioritizing tasks, scheduling downtime, and being flexible. It notes reasons for procrastination like perfectionism and provides strategies to overcome it like breaking large tasks into smaller parts. Other time traps to avoid are taking on too much and letting social time interfere. Scheduling allows planning to make the best use of time and avoid overcommitting. Suggestions include reviewing goals, eliminating unnecessary tasks, taking advantage of natural cycles, learning to say no, and rewarding effective time management.

1. Time Management
Chapter 3

2. How Can You Manage Your Time?
 Make a schedule.
 Keep a planner.
 Schedule daily/weekly goals that support
long-term goals. (These goals can be viewed
as actions to be taken.)
 Prioritize activities in schedule-making.

3. Take Responsibility for How You
Spend Your Time
 Make a schedule each week.
 Make and use to-do lists.
 Make time management a priority.
 Keep monthly and yearly calendars in several
places.
 Schedule down time.
 Be flexible.
 Have back-up plans for anticipated changes.
 Learn to deal with unanticipated changes.

4. Procrastination
Putting Things Off Until Later

5. Reasons for Procrastination
 Being a perfectionist.
 Avoiding acknowledgment of limitations.
 Not knowing what to do next.
 Facing an overwhelming task.
 Fearing failure and having poor self-esteem.

6. Strategies to Help Fight
Procrastination
 Evaluate the effects of procrastinating vs
doing what needs to be done now.
 Set reasonable goals.
 Break the task into smaller parts.
 Get started whether you “feel like it” or not.
 Ask for help.
 Don’t expect perfection.
 Reward yourself.

7. Other Time Traps to Avoid
 Saying “yes” when you don’t have the time.
 Choosing the wrong time and/or place to
study.
 Letting social time interfere with necessary
tasks.
 Taking on too many tasks and projects.

8. Scheduling Lets You:
 Understand what you can realistically achieve
with your time.
 Plan to make the best use of the time
available.
 Leave enough time for the things you
absolutely must do.
 Allow for contingency time to do the
“unexpected.”
 Minimize stress by avoiding over-commitment
to yourself and others.

9. Suggestions to Help Deal with Time
Management Problems
1. Review long-term and intermediate goals
often.
2. Try to eliminate unnecessary tasks not
related to your goals or to maintaining a
balanced life style.
3. Take advantage of your natural cycles by
scheduling your most difficult activities when
you are most alert.
4. Learn to say “No” to people, including family
and friends.

10. 5. Reward yourself for effective time
management.
6. Ask for cooperation from those around you.
7. Meet your need for spontaneity in your life.
8. Be realistic and work toward an
individualized approach that makes sense to
you.
9. Write down schedules, priorities, and plans.

11. Time Management Tips
1. Realize that complete time management is a
myth.
2. Find out where you are wasting time.
3. Create time management goals. The focus
is changing your behavior, not changing
time.
4. Put into action a time management plan and
check your progress.
5. Use time management tools that work for
you.

12. 6. Prioritize ruthlessly.
7. Learn to delegate.
8. Establish routines and stick to them as much
as possible.
9. Get in the habit of setting time limits for
tasks.
10. Organize your work. Know where to find the
things you need.
11. Don’t waste time waiting.