1. The Time Matrix
Box 1
Urgent & Important
Do it now
Box 2
Important but Not Urgent
Diarise it
(The most important box)
Box 3
Urgent but Not Important
Delegate or outsource it
Box 4
Not Urgent or Important
Dump it!
2. Time Management
• Personal Goals – Written down regularly
– SMART
• Business Goals - Written down regularly
– SMART
• Priorities for Month, Week, Day
• To do list
• Written
• Priority order A1, A2, A3, B1….C1 …D1 …..etc
• Night before
• 80/20 rule
3. Rules Of Time Management
• Clarity
• Plan every day in advance-night before
• 80/20
• Prioritise by consequence
• Practice creative procrastination
• ABCDE
• Focus on key result areas
4. Rules Of Time Management
• 3/90
• PPPPPPP
• One oil barrel at a time
• Identify key constraints
• Upgrade key skills / And diarise when
• Leverage special talents
• Pressurise yourself “as if I’m leaving town”
5. Rules Of Time Management
• Maximise personal power ie body clock
• Motivate yourself - positive optimism
• Technology good v bad
• Slice & dice or swiss cheese
• Large time chunks – 2 hours
• Sense of urgency & purpose
• At work is quality of time
• At home is amount of time
6. Rules Of Time Management
• Single hand every task
• Just do it
• GOYA
• BANJO
7. Rules Of Time Management
• Single hand every task
• Just do it
• GOYA
• BANJO