TIME MANAGEMENT

Carolyn HensleyMcDowell CountyRetired

Different people = Different types of time management

If you are an Average American, in your lifetime you will spend…..

Seven Years in the bathroom.

Six Years Eating

Five Years Waiting in Line.

Three years in a meeting.

Two years

playing telephon

e tag.

Eight months opening junk mail.

Six months waiting at red lights.

You will also…….

Get interrupted 73 times a day.

Take an hour of work home each day.

Read less

than 5 minutes

a day.

Exercise less than 3 minutes a day.

The average person can gain 2 hours per day through the use of time management.

No one works well under pressure.

Why Time Management is Important.

Bad time management = STRESS

Most people waste about 2 hours a day.

Signs of wasting time:

Messy desk and cluttered files.

Can’t find things.

Missed appointments.

Tired/unable to concentrate.

DO YOU EVER:

Start a job without thinking it through.

Do unproductive things from

habit.

Fail to anticipate crises.

Make unnecessary visits or phone calls.

Socialize between tasks.

Fail tobuild

barriers against

interruptions.

THINGS TO DO TO MAKE

YOUR LIFE EASIER.

Do important or unpleasant jobs first thing in the morning.

Use waiting time to do paperwork in small bits.

Keep paper work in color-coded folders so that you can find it quickly.

Establish limits for

things like

phone calls and reading

email.

THE PICKLE JAR THEORY

Start with the rocks or the important items.

Work on the pebbles (things you enjoy).

Do the things you have to do

(sand).

Pickle Jar TheoryBig things first

Fill in with smaller things and things you enjoy.

THIRTEEN TIMELY TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE PERSONAL TIME MANAGEMENT

1. Spend time planning and organizing.

2. Set goals.

3. Prioritize.

4. Use a to do list.

5. Be flexible.

6. Consider your biological prime time.

7. Do the right thing right.

8. Eliminate the urgent.

9. Practice the art of intelligent neglect.

10. Avoid being a perfectionist.

11. Conquer procrastination.

12. Learn to say “NO”.

13. Reward yourself.

Be sure the use some kind of Time Management

system.You will have to choose for yourself, what works for one won’t work for

everyone.