Navigating the Chaos

LEAD TMPPart 1

Simulation - Experience

Time flies fliES FLIES

Personal Effectiveness

Multitasking…. The Art of Messing Up Several Things At Once.

Finding

Balance

• Draw a circle on your paper.• Select 6-8 things that you consider most

important in your life• Slice your circle into as many priorities as

you have chosen and assign each to a part of the circle

This is how it goes down…

• Now, in the middle of each slice, add a dot to signify how fulfilled each of those priorities in your life. If it is very fulfilled, put the dot along the circumference. If it is less fulfilled, put it closer towards the circle’s center

Now, connect the dots!

Get up!

Urgency v. Importance

Urgent – something that demands immediate attention, often associated with the achievement of someone else’s goals

Important – something that has an outcome that leads to the achievement of your goals

How would you prioritise these?

• Write five more pages for paper due in five hours

• Raise 5 EPs on myaiesec.net• Catch up on latest episode of Australia’s

Got Talent• Friend needs help with math assignment

due tomorrow

Urgent + Important

• Something unforeseeable or seriously procrastinated

• Complete ASAP• If you have multiple at once, should

reanalyse your scheduling habits

Urgent + Not Important

• Can schedule time when later available• May be able to delegate them• Say “Yes” to person, “No” to task

Not Urgent + Important

• Should allocate plenty of time for these• Should plan in advance• Do it, but not when there are urgent

things

Not Urgent + Not Important

• Distractions - avoid when possible• Can be useful for taking breaks, when

within reason• Other people may present you with non

urgent, non important issues as well

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Too many Urgent and Important Tasks?

Think multitasking is a good idea?

#Funtimez

• Take a piece of paper and, holding it horizontally, divide it into four equal pieces.

• When I say go, write down the phrase: “Multitasking gets more things done” in one box, and when you finish, write the numbers 1-30 below it.

#Funtimez

• Now, still write the phrase “Multitasking gets more things done” in one box, but for every letter you write, write a number in the box below it.

Multitasking causes…

• Tasks to take longer• More mistakes to occur• Higher levels of stress

Bored?

• Take a short break! Something that does not require a whole new train of thought.

• Break down tasks into smaller things on your to-do list.

• Plan ahead better!(Rethink that episode of Game of Thrones)

Refer back to your Life Pizza

• What are the three areas that you feel least fulfilled with?• Write down action steps for each one with

activities you will complete in order to get that point closer to the outer circle

– Can you make these points more fulfilled without drawing away from your other values?• Are there any “time eaters” you have that are not

related to the areas that are important to you?