This document provides advice and techniques for improving time management skills. It discusses the importance of setting goals and priorities, creating to-do lists, managing paperwork and calls efficiently, scheduling time properly, delegating tasks, and overcoming procrastination. Specific tips include keeping a clean desk, handling emails and calls quickly, minimizing distractions, scheduling blocks of creative thinking time, and using a planner or time-tracking tool to plan daily, weekly, and long-term. The document stresses that effective time management is key to achieving success.
Randy Pausch gives a talk on time management techniques and strategies. He discusses avoiding wasting time, setting goals and priorities, planning each day and week, using to-do lists, managing interruptions and delegating tasks. Pausch emphasizes the importance of time management to be successful and provides tips like eliminating time wasters and learning to say no. He recommends keeping a time journal to understand how you spend your time.
The document summarizes Randy Pausch's time management presentation. It discusses the importance of managing time like money. It provides tips for setting goals, prioritizing tasks, using to-do lists, managing paperwork and technology, avoiding procrastination, effective delegation, and scheduling meetings and vacations. Pausch emphasizes clarifying goals, making plans, cutting down on interruptions and wasting time, and saying "no" to unnecessary tasks.
The document summarizes Randy Pausch's time management presentation. It discusses the importance of managing time like money. It provides tips for setting goals, prioritizing tasks, using to-do lists, managing paperwork and technology, avoiding procrastination, effective delegation, and scheduling meetings and vacations. Pausch emphasizes clarifying goals, making plans, cutting down on interruptions and wasting time, and says that managing time well is key to success.
The document summarizes Randy Pausch's time management presentation. It discusses the importance of managing time like money. It provides tips for setting goals, prioritizing tasks, using to-do lists, managing paperwork and technology, avoiding procrastination, effective delegation, and scheduling meetings and vacations. Pausch emphasizes clarifying goals, making plans, cutting down on interruptions and unnecessary tasks, and learning to say no.
Randy Pausch gave a talk on time management where he provided many tips and techniques. He stressed the importance of goals, priorities, planning and having a to-do list. He also emphasized avoiding procrastination, managing interruptions well, and learning to delegate tasks to others. Overall, his message was that managing time well is essential to being successful.
Time management involves planning, prioritizing and organizing one's activities to maximize productivity. It includes analyzing how time is spent, setting goals, and developing techniques to track time and minimize time wasted on less important tasks. Common time wasters include interruptions, procrastination, lack of focus, and failure to finish projects or prioritize tasks. The document provides tips for improving time management such as scheduling tasks, minimizing distractions, taking breaks to stay focused, and avoiding people who waste your time. Developing self-discipline and clarity around priorities are emphasized as important skills for effective time management.
Randy Pausch gives tips on effective time management and productivity. He recommends clarifying goals, prioritizing tasks, using to-do lists, minimizing distractions, learning to delegate, and overcoming procrastination. Specific tips include keeping a clean desk, using technology efficiently, limiting interruptions, and scheduling time for important tasks instead of just fitting everything in. The talk provides numerous strategies and examples to help manage time better.
The document provides advice on effective time management. It suggests clarifying goals, handling time wasters, delegating tasks efficiently, and learning skills to save time. Specific tips include keeping a tidy desk, touching papers only once, reducing interruptions, establishing deadlines, monitoring time use, delegating responsibilities clearly, and using technology like a day planner to plan and track tasks. The overall message is that managing time well leads to success while wasting time causes stress.
Randy Pausch gives a talk on time management techniques and strategies. He discusses avoiding wasting time, setting goals and priorities, planning each day and week, using to-do lists, managing interruptions and delegating tasks. Pausch emphasizes the importance of time management to be successful and provides tips like eliminating time wasters and learning to say no. He recommends keeping a time journal to understand how you spend your time.
The document summarizes Randy Pausch's time management presentation. It discusses the importance of managing time like money. It provides tips for setting goals, prioritizing tasks, using to-do lists, managing paperwork and technology, avoiding procrastination, effective delegation, and scheduling meetings and vacations. Pausch emphasizes clarifying goals, making plans, cutting down on interruptions and wasting time, and saying "no" to unnecessary tasks.
The document summarizes Randy Pausch's time management presentation. It discusses the importance of managing time like money. It provides tips for setting goals, prioritizing tasks, using to-do lists, managing paperwork and technology, avoiding procrastination, effective delegation, and scheduling meetings and vacations. Pausch emphasizes clarifying goals, making plans, cutting down on interruptions and wasting time, and says that managing time well is key to success.
The document summarizes Randy Pausch's time management presentation. It discusses the importance of managing time like money. It provides tips for setting goals, prioritizing tasks, using to-do lists, managing paperwork and technology, avoiding procrastination, effective delegation, and scheduling meetings and vacations. Pausch emphasizes clarifying goals, making plans, cutting down on interruptions and unnecessary tasks, and learning to say no.
Randy Pausch gave a talk on time management where he provided many tips and techniques. He stressed the importance of goals, priorities, planning and having a to-do list. He also emphasized avoiding procrastination, managing interruptions well, and learning to delegate tasks to others. Overall, his message was that managing time well is essential to being successful.
Time management involves planning, prioritizing and organizing one's activities to maximize productivity. It includes analyzing how time is spent, setting goals, and developing techniques to track time and minimize time wasted on less important tasks. Common time wasters include interruptions, procrastination, lack of focus, and failure to finish projects or prioritize tasks. The document provides tips for improving time management such as scheduling tasks, minimizing distractions, taking breaks to stay focused, and avoiding people who waste your time. Developing self-discipline and clarity around priorities are emphasized as important skills for effective time management.
Randy Pausch gives tips on effective time management and productivity. He recommends clarifying goals, prioritizing tasks, using to-do lists, minimizing distractions, learning to delegate, and overcoming procrastination. Specific tips include keeping a clean desk, using technology efficiently, limiting interruptions, and scheduling time for important tasks instead of just fitting everything in. The talk provides numerous strategies and examples to help manage time better.
The document provides advice on effective time management. It suggests clarifying goals, handling time wasters, delegating tasks efficiently, and learning skills to save time. Specific tips include keeping a tidy desk, touching papers only once, reducing interruptions, establishing deadlines, monitoring time use, delegating responsibilities clearly, and using technology like a day planner to plan and track tasks. The overall message is that managing time well leads to success while wasting time causes stress.
At this talk, the speaker provides advice on improving time management skills. Some key points include: setting goals and priorities; creating to-do lists; managing paperwork, calls, and meetings efficiently; learning to delegate tasks; overcoming procrastination; and taking breaks to avoid stress and burnout. The overall message is that being organized and intentional with one's use of time leads to greater success and productivity.
Randy Pausch gave a talk on time management where he provided many tips and techniques. He emphasized the importance of goals, priorities, planning, to-do lists, avoiding interruptions and procrastination. He also stressed delegation, managing meetings efficiently, and balancing work and personal life. The overall goal, he said, is to have fun and avoid wasting time so it can be spent on important tasks.
This document discusses time management and provides tips for managing time more effectively. It begins by emphasizing the importance of time management and outlines some common time-wasting behaviors. It then discusses setting goals and priorities, creating to-do lists, identifying obstacles to effective time management like lack of planning and inability to say no. Specific tips provided include scheduling time effectively, learning to delegate tasks, reducing interruptions, avoiding procrastination, and leveraging technology like laptops and email to work more efficiently. The overall message is that managing your time well is key to being successful.
The document discusses ways to overcome procrastination. It begins by explaining that procrastination is common and can be destructive if it prevents achieving goals. It then outlines three steps to address procrastination: 1) recognize when it occurs, 2) understand the reasons for it in each situation, such as a task being unpleasant or overwhelming, and 3) take actions to get started like breaking large tasks into smaller ones or using rewards and accountability. Recognizing the causes of and developing good time management habits can help conquer procrastination.
This document provides tips on time management. It begins with an outline of topics to be covered, including why time management is important, goals and planning, to-do lists, managing paperwork and technology, and general advice. Key tips include setting goals and priorities, using a to-do list, minimizing interruptions, learning to delegate tasks, keeping meetings efficient, and taking vacations away from work. The document recommends time management tools like planners and recommends the book "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" for additional guidance.
Time wasters and procrastination[1]. introduction to stress management. (days...cenriquegf30
The document discusses various time wasters such as indecision, inefficiency, procrastination, and poor planning. It then focuses on procrastination, defining it as putting off tasks that should be done now. Several common causes of procrastination are discussed like waiting for the right mood, underestimating difficulty, and fear of failure or success. The document provides tips for managing procrastination such as examining time spent procrastinating, setting reasonable goals, and rewarding progress. Stress management and burnout are also covered, noting that excessive stress can negatively impact health and waste life. Common burnout causes include overwhelming workloads and powerlessness to change important situations.
This document discusses ways to prevent and overcome procrastination. It identifies different types of procrastination personalities including self-doubt, discomfort, guilt, and habit. Common causes of procrastination at work are difficult or unpleasant tasks, small tasks, huge tasks, low priority tasks, and the desire to avoid running out of work or to wait for more urgent deadlines. The costs of procrastination include poor quality work, time pressure, failure to achieve goals, missed opportunities, and wasting the present. Suggested ways to prevent procrastination involve scheduling time, creating hard deadlines, switching environments, rewarding accomplishments, eliminating distractions, and not waiting for perfection.
Procrastination is the avoidance of tasks that need to be completed, which can lead to negative feelings. It interferes with academic and personal success. There are many excuses people use to procrastinate, such as thinking a task is too difficult or time-consuming. Overcoming procrastination provides benefits like peace of mind and feeling in control. Steps to cure procrastination include realizing you are delaying unnecessarily, discovering the real reasons, disputing those reasons, and beginning the task.
This document summarizes a lecture on avoiding procrastination. It defines procrastination as avoiding tasks that need to be done due to emotions like guilt, inadequacy, and self-doubt. It identifies common reasons for procrastinating like fear of failure or the task being too time-consuming. It describes two types of chronic procrastinators: thrill-seekers who work better under pressure and avoidance procrastinators who fear tasks will reveal a lack of ability. Finally, it provides tips for overcoming procrastination like breaking large tasks into smaller steps, setting deadlines, and developing a support system.
This document discusses strategies for effective time management and stress reduction. It begins by explaining why time management is important for reducing work stress and increasing productivity. It then provides tips for setting goals and priorities, using to-do lists, managing paperwork and calls, scheduling time effectively, delegating tasks, running productive meetings, and using technology to save time. The document also discusses identifying sources of stress and offers strategies like avoiding unnecessary stress, altering stressful situations, adapting to stressors, accepting things you can't change, making time for relaxation, and adopting a healthy lifestyle to manage stress.
The document discusses time management and provides tips for managing time effectively. It emphasizes the importance of setting goals, prioritizing tasks, and planning your schedule. Specific tips include creating to-do lists, scheduling time for important tasks, limiting interruptions, avoiding procrastination, and monitoring your time use through time journals. The document concludes by outlining six habits for effective time management: being practical, beginning with the end in mind, putting first things first, thinking win-win, seeking first to understand others, and renewing yourself through activities like reading.
The document discusses the Pomodoro Technique, a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the 1980s. It involves using a timer to break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. These intervals are called Pomodoros. The technique aims to maximize focus and minimize procrastination through planning, recording progress, and managing interruptions. It provides structure to help people focus in short bursts and maintain motivation on tasks.
This document discusses strategies for avoiding procrastination. It defines procrastination as putting off tasks until a later time and explains that procrastination is a learned behavior that can be unlearned. Common characteristics of procrastinators are outlined, such as boasting about their ability to work under pressure or using procrastination as an excuse. Reasons for procrastinating include fear of failure, perfectionism, lack of self-control, and task-related anxieties. The document provides 10 strategies for avoiding procrastination, such as identifying the purpose and meaning of tasks, prioritizing tasks, relaxing personal standards, visualizing success, and making contracts with oneself.
1. The document summarizes key points from Randy Pausch's last lecture before his death from pancreatic cancer. He wanted to lecture one last time to share lessons and advice for living life to the fullest.
2. Some of his advice included challenging kids to build self-esteem, treating the underlying problem not just the symptoms, having honest discussions, showing gratitude, and taking risks like being the "first penguin" to jump in.
3. Pausch believed in working hard, enabling others' dreams, having integrity, and living life earnestly rather than just to impress others. His goal was to impart wisdom gained over years of experiences to help others fulfill their potential.
Randy Pausch gave a famous last lecture at Carnegie Mellon University after being diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. He was given 3-6 months to live but survived for nearly a year after the lecture, dying at age 47. The lecture, entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", was about living intentionally and achieving goals. It became a bestselling book translated into 48 languages. Pausch shared lessons about pursuing your dreams through passion, knowledge, leadership, and orchestrating change in your life.
At this talk, the speaker provides advice on improving time management skills. Some key points include: setting goals and priorities; creating to-do lists; managing paperwork, calls, and meetings efficiently; learning to delegate tasks; overcoming procrastination; and taking breaks to avoid stress and burnout. The overall message is that being organized and intentional with one's use of time leads to greater success and productivity.
Randy Pausch gave a talk on time management where he provided many tips and techniques. He emphasized the importance of goals, priorities, planning, to-do lists, avoiding interruptions and procrastination. He also stressed delegation, managing meetings efficiently, and balancing work and personal life. The overall goal, he said, is to have fun and avoid wasting time so it can be spent on important tasks.
This document discusses time management and provides tips for managing time more effectively. It begins by emphasizing the importance of time management and outlines some common time-wasting behaviors. It then discusses setting goals and priorities, creating to-do lists, identifying obstacles to effective time management like lack of planning and inability to say no. Specific tips provided include scheduling time effectively, learning to delegate tasks, reducing interruptions, avoiding procrastination, and leveraging technology like laptops and email to work more efficiently. The overall message is that managing your time well is key to being successful.
The document discusses ways to overcome procrastination. It begins by explaining that procrastination is common and can be destructive if it prevents achieving goals. It then outlines three steps to address procrastination: 1) recognize when it occurs, 2) understand the reasons for it in each situation, such as a task being unpleasant or overwhelming, and 3) take actions to get started like breaking large tasks into smaller ones or using rewards and accountability. Recognizing the causes of and developing good time management habits can help conquer procrastination.
This document provides tips on time management. It begins with an outline of topics to be covered, including why time management is important, goals and planning, to-do lists, managing paperwork and technology, and general advice. Key tips include setting goals and priorities, using a to-do list, minimizing interruptions, learning to delegate tasks, keeping meetings efficient, and taking vacations away from work. The document recommends time management tools like planners and recommends the book "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" for additional guidance.
Time wasters and procrastination[1]. introduction to stress management. (days...cenriquegf30
The document discusses various time wasters such as indecision, inefficiency, procrastination, and poor planning. It then focuses on procrastination, defining it as putting off tasks that should be done now. Several common causes of procrastination are discussed like waiting for the right mood, underestimating difficulty, and fear of failure or success. The document provides tips for managing procrastination such as examining time spent procrastinating, setting reasonable goals, and rewarding progress. Stress management and burnout are also covered, noting that excessive stress can negatively impact health and waste life. Common burnout causes include overwhelming workloads and powerlessness to change important situations.
This document discusses ways to prevent and overcome procrastination. It identifies different types of procrastination personalities including self-doubt, discomfort, guilt, and habit. Common causes of procrastination at work are difficult or unpleasant tasks, small tasks, huge tasks, low priority tasks, and the desire to avoid running out of work or to wait for more urgent deadlines. The costs of procrastination include poor quality work, time pressure, failure to achieve goals, missed opportunities, and wasting the present. Suggested ways to prevent procrastination involve scheduling time, creating hard deadlines, switching environments, rewarding accomplishments, eliminating distractions, and not waiting for perfection.
Procrastination is the avoidance of tasks that need to be completed, which can lead to negative feelings. It interferes with academic and personal success. There are many excuses people use to procrastinate, such as thinking a task is too difficult or time-consuming. Overcoming procrastination provides benefits like peace of mind and feeling in control. Steps to cure procrastination include realizing you are delaying unnecessarily, discovering the real reasons, disputing those reasons, and beginning the task.
This document summarizes a lecture on avoiding procrastination. It defines procrastination as avoiding tasks that need to be done due to emotions like guilt, inadequacy, and self-doubt. It identifies common reasons for procrastinating like fear of failure or the task being too time-consuming. It describes two types of chronic procrastinators: thrill-seekers who work better under pressure and avoidance procrastinators who fear tasks will reveal a lack of ability. Finally, it provides tips for overcoming procrastination like breaking large tasks into smaller steps, setting deadlines, and developing a support system.
This document discusses strategies for effective time management and stress reduction. It begins by explaining why time management is important for reducing work stress and increasing productivity. It then provides tips for setting goals and priorities, using to-do lists, managing paperwork and calls, scheduling time effectively, delegating tasks, running productive meetings, and using technology to save time. The document also discusses identifying sources of stress and offers strategies like avoiding unnecessary stress, altering stressful situations, adapting to stressors, accepting things you can't change, making time for relaxation, and adopting a healthy lifestyle to manage stress.
The document discusses time management and provides tips for managing time effectively. It emphasizes the importance of setting goals, prioritizing tasks, and planning your schedule. Specific tips include creating to-do lists, scheduling time for important tasks, limiting interruptions, avoiding procrastination, and monitoring your time use through time journals. The document concludes by outlining six habits for effective time management: being practical, beginning with the end in mind, putting first things first, thinking win-win, seeking first to understand others, and renewing yourself through activities like reading.
The document discusses the Pomodoro Technique, a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the 1980s. It involves using a timer to break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. These intervals are called Pomodoros. The technique aims to maximize focus and minimize procrastination through planning, recording progress, and managing interruptions. It provides structure to help people focus in short bursts and maintain motivation on tasks.
This document discusses strategies for avoiding procrastination. It defines procrastination as putting off tasks until a later time and explains that procrastination is a learned behavior that can be unlearned. Common characteristics of procrastinators are outlined, such as boasting about their ability to work under pressure or using procrastination as an excuse. Reasons for procrastinating include fear of failure, perfectionism, lack of self-control, and task-related anxieties. The document provides 10 strategies for avoiding procrastination, such as identifying the purpose and meaning of tasks, prioritizing tasks, relaxing personal standards, visualizing success, and making contracts with oneself.
1. The document summarizes key points from Randy Pausch's last lecture before his death from pancreatic cancer. He wanted to lecture one last time to share lessons and advice for living life to the fullest.
2. Some of his advice included challenging kids to build self-esteem, treating the underlying problem not just the symptoms, having honest discussions, showing gratitude, and taking risks like being the "first penguin" to jump in.
3. Pausch believed in working hard, enabling others' dreams, having integrity, and living life earnestly rather than just to impress others. His goal was to impart wisdom gained over years of experiences to help others fulfill their potential.
Randy Pausch gave a famous last lecture at Carnegie Mellon University after being diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. He was given 3-6 months to live but survived for nearly a year after the lecture, dying at age 47. The lecture, entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", was about living intentionally and achieving goals. It became a bestselling book translated into 48 languages. Pausch shared lessons about pursuing your dreams through passion, knowledge, leadership, and orchestrating change in your life.
La escuela usa la televisión, computadoras y cámaras fotográficas para enriquecer la educación. La televisión presenta videos educativos interactivos. Las computadoras facilitan el material didáctico. Las cámaras fotográficas registran las actividades escolares.
Efficient Lattice Rescoring Using Recurrent Neural Network Language Models
X. Liu, Y. Wang, X. Chen, M. J. F. Gales & P. C. Woodland
ICASSP 2014
I introduced this paper at NAIST Machine Translation Study Group.
Este documento presenta definiciones de psicomotricidad y describe la importancia de la psicomotricidad en la educación infantil. También describe el diseño de las salas de psicomotricidad, incluidos los materiales y su función, con el objetivo de desarrollar las capacidades físicas, cognitivas y sociales de los niños.
Este documento discute a doutrina cristã do Juízo Final. Resume que (1) Jesus Cristo retornará para julgar os vivos e os mortos, (2) os justos receberão a vida eterna enquanto os maus sofrerão um suplício eterno, e (3) este evento revelará completamente as obras e intenções de cada pessoa durante sua vida na Terra.
Este documento presenta información sobre la fisiopatología del sistema endocrino para una clase de Medicina Veterinaria en la Universidad Nacional Agraria. Explica la fisiología del sistema endocrino, las hormonas del hipotálamo y la hipófisis, y las patologías del hipotiroidismo e hipertiroidismo. Los objetivos son definir conceptos clave, explicar la fisiopatología del eje hipotálamo-hipofisario, y describir alteraciones endocrinas como el gigantismo y la diabetes.
Ipp business analysis & financial modeling summaryJi Won Seo
This document summarizes the financing structure of an IPP project in Oman. It had total capital costs of US$1.6 billion, with 76% of costs covered by debt and 24% by equity. The largest lenders were JBIC and commercial banks, providing US$1.2 billion of the total debt financing. Key risks like fuel costs and offtaker payment default were mitigated by long-term contracts. Financial modeling showed the project would meet its minimum debt service coverage ratio of 1.05 through fixed capacity payments, fuel cost pass-throughs, and other income sources like deferred taxes. Maintaining required debt service reserves would be difficult based on the project's cash flows alone.
The document provides an overview of time management techniques. It discusses the importance of setting goals and priorities, using to-do lists, organizing paperwork and files, scheduling time efficiently, delegating tasks, managing meetings and technology, and overcoming procrastination. Specific tips include using a day planner, focusing on the most important tasks, limiting distractions and interruptions, and establishing boundaries around work and vacation time.
Randy Pausch gave a talk on time management where he provided many tips and techniques. He emphasized the importance of goals, priorities, planning, and avoiding procrastination. Pausch also stressed delegation, reducing interruptions, and finding a work-life balance. He concluded by recommending keeping a to-do list, time journal, and making changes to improve time management over the next 30 days.
The document provides advice on effective time management. It recommends clarifying goals, handling time wasters efficiently, delegating tasks appropriately, and learning skills to save time. Specific tips include maintaining an organized desk and filing system, focusing on one task at a time to avoid distractions, learning to say no, establishing deadlines, reducing interruptions, and using a planner or to-do list system to plan daily, weekly, and long-term tasks. The document stresses that managing time well is key to success.
Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pausch[2] (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) was an American professor of computer science and human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Pausch learned that he had pancreatic cancer in September 2006, and in August 2007 he was given a terminal diagnosis: "3 to 6 months of good health left". He gave an upbeat lecture titled "The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" on September 18, 2007, at Carnegie Mellon, which became a popular YouTube video and led to other media appearances. He then co-authored a book called The Last Lecture on the same theme, which became a New York Times best-seller.
This document discusses time management techniques. It begins by defining time management as planning, allocating, setting goals, and organizing one's time. It then discusses common time wasters like interruptions, conflicts, personal issues during work hours, procrastination, and lack of self-discipline. The document provides tips for improving time management, such as prioritizing tasks, minimizing distractions, avoiding procrastination, and scheduling one's time. It emphasizes the importance of being disciplined with one's use of time in order to be productive.
The document provides tips on effective time management. It discusses setting goals and priorities, planning each day and week, using to-do lists, managing interruptions, avoiding procrastination, effective delegation, scheduling meetings efficiently, and using technology like calendars to stay organized. General advice includes limiting television, planning vacations, asking for help when needed, reading self-help books, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle to better manage time.
Time management techniques-Jennifer Haywood presentationkeenwell
The document discusses common time management techniques for professionals, including addressing myths, optimizing the work environment, safeguarding work time, and implementing goals and schedules. Some key strategies mentioned are identifying optimal work times based on energy levels, protecting blocks of work time by limiting interruptions, using logs to evaluate time usage, prioritizing daily/weekly/monthly tasks, and implementing boundaries to avoid burnout.
Time management and 7 habits of highly effective teacherZille Huma Bhatti
This document discusses time management strategies for teachers and outlines seven habits of effective teachers. It begins by outlining keys to effective time management, including using a to-do list, avoiding procrastination, and establishing goals and priorities. It then describes seven habits of effective teachers: being proactive, beginning with the end in mind, putting first things first, thinking win-win, seeking first to understand others, synergizing with others, and sharpening the saw through self-renewal. The habits emphasize positive discipline, empathic listening, and continuous growth.
This document discusses the importance of time management and provides tips for improving time management skills. It outlines some key benefits of effective time management, such as staying organized, improving work-life balance, and increasing productivity. It also identifies some common time wasters like unclear objectives, disorganization, and inability to say no. The document provides strategies for overcoming obstacles to time management like interruptions, procrastination, and negative thoughts. It recommends prioritizing tasks, learning to delegate and say no, avoiding unnecessary distractions, and setting personal deadlines to improve time management.
The document provides 5 tips for improving time management as a university student, including visualizing success, dealing with procrastination by limiting distractions, getting organized by writing things down and using a calendar, studying smarter by reading in short bursts between classes, and maintaining a social life. It encourages students to be realistic in their time management goals and provides additional resources for students struggling with their schedules.
This document discusses time management strategies for librarians. It addresses common myths about time management and emphasizes the importance of being proactive rather than reactive. It also discusses the differences between processing information and producing results, and strategies for dealing with procrastination like breaking large tasks into smaller steps. The document provides tips for organizing one's workspace and maintaining separate files for different task categories.
The document provides an outline for a seminar on time management. It begins with objectives to clarify goals, handle time wasters, improve delegation, work efficiently, learn time saving skills, and overcome stress and procrastination. It then covers defining time management, importance of prioritization, scheduling and execution. Mythological backgrounds of time and definitions of time management are presented. Ten strategies for better time management are discussed, including knowing how time is spent, setting priorities, using planning tools, getting organized, scheduling appropriately, delegating, stopping procrastination, managing external time wasters like phones and meetings, avoiding multitasking, and staying healthy.
The document summarizes some key points about procrastination. It notes that procrastinating is putting off important tasks, which can lead to stress and poor time management. While it may seem easier to delay tasks, procrastinating can result in worse grades if assignments are not completed on time or missed deadlines at work. Some tips to avoid procrastinating include making to-do lists, breaking large projects into smaller tasks, rewarding yourself for completing work, and removing distractions.
Being organized is a habit and you can make it happen by following some golden rules and using specific tools and techniques. Find out more on how to stop procrastinating and use your time more efficiently.
This document summarizes key time management tips from a seminar on improving time management skills and achieving a better work-life balance. It discusses how humans developed an unnatural relationship with timekeeping due to work schedules and sleep requirements. It also identifies different personality types and their approaches to time (e.g. "firemen" who rush from task to task and "perfectionists" who take a long time to complete tasks). The seminar provides strategies like prioritizing important tasks, minimizing distractions, setting a plan, and taking breaks to help people better manage their time.
This document discusses time management strategies and their benefits. It recommends setting goals, making a schedule, and revising the plan. Specific strategies include setting semester and daily calendars, dividing large tasks, rewarding accomplishments, and saying no to distractions. Common time wasters like procrastination and social media are addressed. Regularly reviewing and updating schedules is also suggested to improve productivity and reduce stress through effective use of time.
Managing time effectively requires setting goals, making a schedule, and revising plans as needed. Setting specific short-term and long-term goals helps prioritize tasks. Scheduling time for responsibilities, studying, classes, and breaks allows for a balanced life. Revisiting schedules identifies time wasters and procrastination that can be addressed to maximize productivity. Regularly reviewing and updating plans keeps students on track to achieving their goals.
Time/Self-management Key Concepts
Personal Mission Statement:
Defining Your Life Goals:
Weekly Time Log:
Plan:
Scheduling:
To Do Lists:
Set Priorities:
80/20 Rule:
“Maynard’s Question”:
The document provides an overview of time management best practices, discussing concepts like focusing on high priority tasks, effective planning, dealing with interruptions and meetings, and developing good time management habits. It also summarizes ideas from books on time management, such as eating the frog first by doing the most important task first in the day. The presentation aims to help attendees improve how they allocate and prioritize their use of time.
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2. Clarify your goals and achieve them
Handle people and projects that waste your
time
Be involved in better delegation
Work more efficiently with your boss/advisor
Learn specific skills and tools to save you
time
Overcome stress and procrastination
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= really important point
4. Time must be explicitly managed, just like
money
Much of this won’t make sense until later (too
late?): that’s why this is on the WWW
Lightning pace, heavy on techniques
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5. Why is Time Management Important?
Goals, Priorities, and Planning
TO DO Lists
Desks, paperwork, telephones
Scheduling Yourself
Delegation
Meetings
Technology
General Advice
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6. “The Time Famine”
Bad time management = stress
This is life advice
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7. By some estimates, people waste about 2 hours
per day. Signs of time wasting:
Messy desk and cluttered (or no) files
Can’t find things
Miss appointments, need to reschedule them
late and/or unprepared for meetings
Volunteer to do things other people should do
Tired/unable to concentrate
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8. Being successful doesn’t make you
manage your time well.
Managing your time well makes
you successful.
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9. Why am I doing this?
What is the goal?
Why will I succeed?
What happens if I chose not to do it?
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10. Critical few and the trivial many
Having the courage of your convictions
Good judgment comes from experience
Experiences comes from bad judgment
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11. “If you can dream it, you can do it”
Walt Disney
Disneyland was built in 366 days, from
ground-breaking to first day open to the
public.
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12. Failing to plan is planning to fail
Plan Each Day, Each Week, Each Semester
You can always change your plan, but only
once you have one!
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13. Break things down into small steps
Like a child cleaning his/her room
Do the ugliest thing first
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16. Clutter is death; it leads to thrashing. Keep
desk clear: focus on one thing at a time
A good file system is essential
Touch each piece of paper once
Touch each piece of email once; your inbox is
not your TODO list
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26. Keep calls short; stand during call
Start by announcing goals for the call
Don’t put your feet up
Have something in view that you’re waiting
to get to next
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27. When done, get off: “I have students
waiting”
If necessary, hang up while you’re talking
Group outgoing calls: just before lunch and
5pm
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36. Only read something if you’ll be fired for not
reading it
Note that this refers to periodicals and
routine reading, which is different than a
research dig
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37. Make your office comfortable for you, and
optionally comfortable for others
No soft comfortable chairs! I have folding
chairs, some people cut off front legs
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38. You don’t find time for important things, you
make it
Everything you do is an opportunity cost
Learn to say “No”
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39. Will this help me get tenure?
Will this help me get my masters?
Will this help me get my Ph.D?
Keep “help me” broadly defined
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40. “I’ll do it if nobody else steps forward” or
“I’ll be your deep fall back,” but you have to
keep searching.
Moving parties in grad school…
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41. Find your creative/thinking time. Defend it
ruthlessly, spend it alone, maybe at home.
Find your dead time. Schedule meetings,
phone calls, and mundane stuff during it.
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42. 6-9 minutes, 4-5 minute recovery – five
interruptions shoots an hour
You must reduce frequency and length of
interruptions (turn phone calls into email)
Blurting: save-ups
E-mail noise on new mail is an
interruption -> TURN IT OFF!!
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43. “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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44. It’s amazing what you learn!
Monitor yourself in 15 minute increments for
between 3 days and two weeks.
Update every ½ hour: not at end of day
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49. What am I doing that doesn’t really need to
be done?
What am I doing that could be done by
someone else?
What am I doing that could be done more
efficiently?
What do I do that wastes others’ time?
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51. “Work expands so as to fill the
time available for its
completion”
Parkinson’s Law
Cyril Parkinson, 1957
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52. 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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53. Identify why you aren’t enthusiastic
Fear of embarrassment
Fear of failure?
Get a spine!
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55. No one is an island
You can accomplish a lot more with help
Most delegation in your life is from faculty to
graduate student
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56. Grant authority with responsibility.
Concrete goal, deadline, and consequences.
Treat your people well
Grad students and secretaries are a faculty
member’s lifeline; they should be treated well!
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57. People rise to the challenge: You should
delegate “until they complain”
Communication Must Be Clear: “Get it in
writing”
Give objectives, not procedures
Tell the relative importance of this task
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58. Beware upward delegation!
Reinforce behavior you want repeated
Ignorance is your friend – I do not know how
to run the photocopier or the fax machine
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59. Average executive: > 40% of time
Lock the door, unplug the phone
Maximum of 1 hour
Prepare: there must be an agenda
1 minute minutes: an efficient way to
keep track of decisions made in a
meeting: who is responsible for what
by when?
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60. Save all of it; no exceptions
If you want somebody to do something, make
them the only recipient. Otherwise, you have
diffusion of responsibility. Give a concrete
request/task and a deadline.
If you really want somebody to do something,
CC someone powerful.
Nagging is okay; if someone doesn’t respond
in 48 hours, they’ll probably never respond.
(True for phone as well as email).
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61. Get a day timer or PDA
Write things down
When’s our next meeting?
What’s my goal to have done by then?
Who to turn to for help?
Remember: advisors want results !
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Time Management Advice
62. They know more than you do
They care about you
They didn’t get where they are by their
social skills -> take the initiative in talking
with them!
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Life Advice
63. Phone callers should get two options:
If this can’t wait, contact John Smith at 555-1212
Otherwise please call back June 1
This works for Email too!
Vacations should be vacations.
It’s not a vacation if you’re reading email
Story of my honeymoon…
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64. Kill your television (how
badly do you want tenure or your degree?)
Turn money into time – especially
important for people with kids or other
family commitments
Eat and sleep and exercise.
Above all else!
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65. Never break a promise, but re-negotiate them
if need be.
If you haven’t got time to do it right, you
don’t have time to do it wrong.
Recognize that most things are pass/fail.
Feedback loops: ask in confidence.
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66. Get a day-timer (or PDA) if you don’t already
have one
Start keeping your TODO list in four-
quadrant form or ordered by priorities (not
due dates)
Do a time journal, or at least record number
of hours of television/week
Make a note in your day-timer to revisit this
talk in 30 days (www.randypausch.com). At
that time, ask yourself “What behaviors have
I changed?”
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