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© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Chapter 2 Making the Most of Your Time

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Ever heard the saying, STOP-Take time to smell the roses? Where does your time go each day? © Brand X Pictures/PunchStock

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Time for Success Prepare: Learning Where Time is Going Prepare: Learning Where Time is Going Organize: Mastering the Moment Organize: Mastering the Moment Work: Controlling Time Work: Controlling Time Evaluate: Checking Your Time Evaluate: Checking Your Time Rethink: Reflecting on your Personal Style of Time Management Rethink: Reflecting on your Personal Style of Time Management

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Procrastination Think about the last time you procrastinated and describe it. What was the task? What did you do rather than doing what needed to be done? What could you have done to avoid procrastinating in this situation? Ask others what strategy they might suggest for avoiding procrastinating.

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Time Style How can you make informed choices about how to use your time?

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Time Goes On Internal Clock Time management permits us to make informed choices as to how to use our time. First step in management time How do you manage your time now?

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Prepare Create a time log Record of how you spend your time Increments of 15 minutes Document either 1 day or 1 week Identify your Prime Time Identify the Black Holes Setting Priorities

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Organize Keep a master calendar Weekly timetable Daily to-do list

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Work Mark items off your schedule in order to provide you with quality time Get away from it all when necessary Enjoy the sound of silence Control your communications - take an “e- break” Expect unexpected interruptions Do not procrastinate Balance school and family

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Time Killer-Procrastination Turn to Try It #5 in Chapter 2 circle the number that best applies for each question

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Balance Your Time With Children If you have children, provide them with activities so you can have free time Schedule quality time with your children Allow your children to help Invite a playmate to visit Use television appropriately

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Balance Your Time With Children Find quality babysitters Use nap time to catch up Accept that study time may be more difficult with children

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Balancing Time with Work Make to-do lists for on-the-job tasks Study during slack time at work (if allowed) Use lunch hour effectively Ask employer about flextime Accept new responsibilities carefully Keep in mind why you are working

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Evaluate Did you accomplish your tasks? Why or why not?

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Rethink Should you decide an alternative way to manage your time? Do you have too much time on your hands? Do you need to do less by canceling tasks that are not a priority? Reassess your priorities

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Take a Long-Term View of Time To reach your long-term goals for a career, consider the steps needed to prepare for the career. What courses do you need in college? What work experience would be beneficial? What organizations should you join?

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Discussion How can you manage your time more effectively? How do you deal with distractions? How do you balance competing priorities?

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. PREPARE ORGANIZE WORK EVALUATE RETHINK Learn where time is going Use a master calendar, weekly timetable, and daily to-do list Follow the schedules you’ve put together Keep track of your short-term and long-term accomplishments Reflect on your personal style of time management P.O.W.E.R. Plan

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Resources for Time Management The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People by Stephen Covey (Fireside, 1990) Eat That Frog: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time by Alan Axelrod and Brian Tracy (Berrett-Kohler, 2002)

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Net Assignment Complete a weekly organizer online.Complete a weekly schedule

© 2007 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. All rights reserved. Homework assignments Which is the Last Day to drop a class with a “W”ithdraw for Spring term? When is the Last Day of classes for this term? When does registration begin next term? Read Chapter 14.