The document provides time management techniques for taking control of one's schedule and reducing stress. It recommends setting clear goals and priorities for tasks each day, week, month and year. It identifies the top five "emotional time wasters" as indecision, guilt, worry, perfectionism, and procrastination. Other tips include mastering the art of saying "no", simplifying responsibilities, creating an action plan with prioritized tasks, and managing time and stress by focusing on the present moment rather than worrying about factors outside of one's control. The overall message is that proper time management allows one to make the most of each day by concentrating efforts on the most important tasks.

1. Timeless Techniques
for
Time Management
By
Andrea Nierenberg
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2. Time Management
Take control of the
calendar and clock and
make the most of your
time. Reduce stress and
remove the emotional
time wasters.
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3. Time Management
Everyone can use more
“Time Management!”
or
“You can have it all, if you don’t do it all.”
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4. Time Management
• Where do you feel the most stress & why?
• Whether you came on this cruise to treat
yourself or to escape, both good reasons!
• Take the TIME to make TIME for yourself!
• Reducing Stress is managing your energy
differently.
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5. Time Management
• Have clear goals with what you want to do …
prioritize & simplify
• For this cruise (yes, planning for using your
time here is important too!)
• At home
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For a day
For a week
For a month
For a year
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6. The Five Emotional Time Wasters
INDECISION
GUILT
WORRY
PERFECTIONISM
PROCRASTINATION
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7. The Effective “NO”
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Master the art of the effective “NO.”
Value your time.
Know your priorities.
Practice saying no.
Don’t apologize.
Be nice to yourself.
Say no to someone you always say “yes” to.
Pre-empting. Get back to you. Maybe later.
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8. Time and Stress
When you manage your time,
You manage your
stress.
Little things can make a difference.
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9. Simplicity
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
Leonardo Da Vinci
•Simplicity is not simple–complexity is.
•Simplify your own complexity.
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10. Action Plan
1. Write down your objectives.
2. Identify 3-5 primary areas where you spend
your day–personal, business, family.
3. Write down your tasks in each area.
4. Prioritize each list.
5. Pick the top 3 tasks across all lists.
When you get off course–bring them back.
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11. TIME
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Think and Plan
Implement One Idea or Tactic
Manage Your Time–the same 1440
minutes we all have
Evolution / Process
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12. STRESS
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Stop; slow down
Take care of yourself
Relax, Reminders of the basics
Exercise and Eat right
Steps–one at a time
Success
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13. REMEMBER
Stress is a result of trying to
control the uncontrollable.
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14. Session Summary
• CALENDAR/CLOCK/
COMPARTMENTALIZE
• RELAX.
• YOU are the focus.
• SERENITY, know when to stop.
Slow down.
• COOPERATE with the inevitable.
CONTROL what you can. Deal with
CHANGE.
• REMIND yourself of the details.
• UNDERSTAND your priorities.
• INTERRUPTIONS are part of life.
• THINK and plan.
• SHARPEN your saw.
• AGENDA and ACCOMPLISH
• EFFICIENCY – EVOLUTION –
ENERGY Management
• LIST tasks.
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