This document discusses time management and provides tips for effectively managing one's time. It begins by defining time management as the act of taking conscious control of the time spent on activities to increase productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency. It then lists some common obstacles to effective time management like unclear objectives and interruptions. The document provides several tips for how to use time effectively, including effective planning, setting goals and deadlines, prioritizing tasks, and scheduling activities. It concludes by noting that good time management habits can help students earn their degrees more efficiently and successfully.

1. Dr. Jagannath K. Dange
Department of Education
Kuvempu University
Shankaraghatta
Dist: Shimoga. Karnataka.India.
jkdange@gmail.com
http://jkdange.blogspot.com

2. Ask a runner what is time ?
Ask a student who writes exam
Everybody wants to be successful….!!!!!!

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Hear me Now, Believe me Later
• Being successful doesn’t make
you manage your time well.
• Managing your time well makes
you successful.

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Remember that time is money-
Ben Franklin, 1748

5. Time and Opportunities never wait for any
body
Time can buy you anything only when you
can respect it and accept as it comes
Never blame for time (situation) you are in –
as you are the one who make for it

6. Time Management
Time Management refers to managing time
effectively so that the right time is allocated to
the right activity.
Time management is the act of taking conscious
control over the amount of time spent on
specific activities.
You exercise time management to increase
productivity, effectiveness and efficiency.
You practice skills and use tools and techniques
to aid you when accomplishing tasks, projects or
are working toward goals and deadlines.

7. Why Do We Need TM?
• To save time.
• To reduce stress.
• To increase our work output.
• To have more control over our job/
responsibilities.

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Obstacles to effective time management
Unclear objectives
Disorganization
Inability to say “no”

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Interruptions
More interruptions
Periods of inactivity

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Too many things at once
Stress and fatigue
All work and no play

11. How To Use time Effectively
• Effective planning.
• Setting goals and objectives.
• Setting deadlines.
• Delegation of responsibilities.
• Prioritizing activities as per their importance.
• Spending the right time on the right activity.

12. Time Management Process
• Cost your Time.
• Making activity logs.
• Goal setting.
• Planning.
• Prioritizing.
• Scheduling.

13. 1,Costing your Time
• Understand the true value by calculating your
cost per year
• Cost per year=(MONEY + EFFORT + space +
equipment + profit you generate)

14. 2,Making Activity Logs
• Make a realistic estimate of time spend during
day on ACTIVITIES.
• Pinpoint the critical areas.
• Finding the high yeilding time of our day.

15. 3,Goal Setting
• Setting lifetime goals help to chart your life
course and your career path.
• Breakup your lifetime goal in smaller goals.
• Make a daily To-Do list.
• Revise and update your list on daily bases and
judge your performance.

16. 4,Planning
• Draw an action plan –A list of things that need
to be done to achieve your goals

17. 5,Prioritizing
• Make a To-Do List.
• Consider the value of the task before to Do-
• Is it worth spending your time and resources.
• Prioritize your task- The most important jobs
should be completed first followed by other
jobs.

18. Scheduling
• Make a realistic estimate of how much
you can do.
• Plan to make the best use of the available
time.
• Reserve some contingency time to deal
with ‘unexpected jobs’.
• Minimize stress by avoiding commitment
by yourself and others.

19. Time Management Matrix

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Scheduling Yourself
• You don’t find time for important things, you
make it
• Everything you do is an opportunity cost
• Learn to say “No” -
• Gentle No-“I’ll do it if nobody else steps
forward” or “I’ll be your deep fall back,” but
you have to keep searching.

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Everyone has Good and Bad Times
• Find your creative/thinking time.
• Defend it ruthlessly, spend it alone, maybe at
home.
• Find your dead time. Schedules/classes/
meetings, phone calls.

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Cutting Things Short
• “I’m in the middle of something now…”
• Start with “I only have 5 minutes” – you can always
extend this
• Stand up, stroll to the door, complement, thank,
shake hands
• Clock-watching; on wall behind them

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Procrastination
“Procrastination is the
thief of time”
Edward Young
Night Thoughts, 1742

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Avoiding Procrastination
• Doing things at the last minute is much more
expensive than just before the last minute
• Deadlines are really important: establish
them yourself!

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Technology
• “Computers are faster but they take longer”
--Janitor, UCF

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Technology
• Laptop/ computer (and docking station)
– You can scavenge time & work anywhere
• WWW; only do things once (post them)
• Google (now with image search!)
• Digital Library (I haven’t been in the library in over
five years)

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General Advice
• Kill your television(how
badly do you want tenure or your degree?)
• Eat and sleep and exercise.Above
all else!

28. How To Manage Time
1.Prepare yourself first,
by taking 30 minutes of
your time to fix yourself
something to eat and relax.
Assign realistic priorities to
each task.

29. 2.Balance your effort.
Work on small portions every
day of work that will be due
by the end of the week,
starting with the most
important tasks first.
How To Manage Time

30. How To Manage Time
3.Focus on your most productive
time of day.
Some people work better in the
morning, and some are more
focused in the evening.

31. How To Manage Time
4.Take a break. Clear your
mind and refresh yourself to
refocus.
Decide beforehand on a 5, 10
or 15 minute break and stick
to that decision

32. How To Manage Time
5.Keep track of your
progress.
Cross things off the list
as they are completed.

33. How To Manage Time
6.Reassess the list.
Rewrite and prioritize
your list on a regular
basis.

34. How To Manage Time
7.Leave time for fun.
While there are times
when we just need to
power through a large
project, it's important
to give yourself time to
let loose

35. How To Manage Time
8.Sleep for 7-9 hours
every night. Getting the
proper amount of sleep
will help keep you alert
and energetic, able to
think clearly, and function
at a high level

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Benefits of time management
• Efficient
• Successful
• Healthy

37. • Earning a degree is a cumulative process.
• If you develop good time management habits
early on – you’ll be able to reward yourself
with a college degree sooner, rather than later.
Thank YOU for your valuable Time….