BY THE END OF THIS COURSE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:-  Monitor how you spend your time in practice  Set clear and achievable Goals  Prioritise and Plan your tasks in order to make better use of your time in achieving your goals using ‘To Do Lists’ or ‘Daily & Monthly Planners’  Organise yourself to prevent or limit interruptions

PROCRASTINATION Ways we procrastinate :- Put it off until later Do the easy tasks first Try and contact someone when we know they wont be there Common areas of procrastination :- Small or boring tasks Large or difficult tasks People Phone calls Unfamiliar tasks Cluttered desk

GOAL SETTING Focus your energies on what is important Set out a time frame Motivate you Goals tell you where you want to be and by when.

GOAL SETTING Goals need to be. SPECIFIC MEASURABLE ACHIEVBLE REALISTIC TIMELY

PRIORITISING Short term/Daily Medium - Long term High - Have to do Key Performance Areas (K.P.A’S.) Medium - Important but not needed yet * Sales * Admin Low - delegated, * Budgeting delayed or even * Personnel Mgt discarded * Attending courses * Training others

PLANNING Short term planning Medium term planning Long term planning

ORGANISE YOURSELF Your Work Area Chairs - if you really need more than one, put something on it Desk - if its near say the vending machine, move. If you can’t move sit with your back to it Paperwork - only have the paperwork you need to do the current task on your desk The Way You Work Have a system to let others know when not to disturb you Use body language to fend off unwanted advances