1. Performance Indicator: Use time-management skills
2.05 Utilize critical-thinking skills to determine best options/outcomes
Performance Indicator: Use time-management skills

2. Definitions
Time management – systematic, priority-based structuring of time allocation and distribution among competing demands
Stress – mental, physical, or social pressure that puts real or perceived demands on the body, emotions, mind, or spirit
Procrastination – to put off something that needs to be done

3. Definitions cont’d
Free time – time spent away from business, work, or chores. Leisurely moments
Weekly master list – a list of all important items that need to be achieved within a given week
To do list – a list of tasks to be accomplished
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4. Identify characteristics of time
Is very valuable – use it wisely
Is a free resource – given 365 days a year
Is equally distributed – 24 hours in a day

5. List benefits of time management
Effectiveness – time wasting is eliminated; routines = becoming better
Prioritize
Relaxation – setting a schedule allows time for YOU!
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Handling interruptions – if something comes up, you’re better equipped to handle it
Improvement – you’ll zone in on weak areas and improve over time
Organized – you’ll eliminate clutter that can cause confusion

6. Describe ways to manage time
At the heart of time management is an important shift in focus:
Concentrate on results, not on being busy
Many people spend their days in a frenzy of activity, but achieve very little because they are not concentrating on the right things.
The 80:20 Rule
This is neatly summed up in the Pareto Principle, or the '80:20 Rule'. This argues that typically 80% of unfocused effort generates only 20% of results. The remaining 80% of results are achieved with only 20% of the effort. While the ratio is not always 80:20, this broad pattern of a small proportion of activity generating non-scalar returns recurs so frequently as to be the norm in many areas.
By applying the time management tips and skills you can optimize your effort to ensure that you concentrate as much of your time and energy as possible on the high payoff tasks. This ensures that you achieve the greatest benefit possible with the limited amount of time available to you.

7. Describe ways to manage time contd.
Just say NO! – don’t take on more than you can manage
Eat that FROG – do the thing you dread the most FIRST
No PHONE ZONE – time away from the phone
Task by Task ACCOMPLISHED – be efficient with your time, make a list of what needs to be done & POST where you’ll see it
Good Night to Breakfast – good sleep, energize in the morning will help keep you FOCUSED

8. Explain the time-management process
Before you start working on a project/assignment/task
Make sure you understand what you’re to do
Discuss the assignment, etc. to make sure all parties are clear
List all tasks that must be done
Prioritize the tasks
Delegate responsibilities (if applicable)
Plan what needs to be finished and when

9. Use time-management principles
Realize time management is a myth – only 24 hours in a day. You can only manage yourself
Find out where you’re wasting time – what are your time-wasters? Facebook, videogames, phone
Create time management goals – focus is on changing behaviors, not time
Implement a time management plan – track progress

10. Time management principles cont’d.
Use time management tools – Day Planner, Microsoft Outlook, etc.
Prioritize ruthlessly – what really needs to get done?
Learn to delegate and/or outsource
Establish routines and stick to them
Set time limits for tasks
Be sure your systems are organized – your files
Don’t waste time waiting – always have something to do

11. Performance Indicator: demonstrate appropriate creativity

12. What is creativity?
The act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality
Requires passion and commitment
Two processes:
Thinking, then
Producing

13. Personal traits associated with creativity
Physical energy – work long hours with great concentration
Smart yet naïve – how smart is open to question. Psychologist call this the “g factor” or general intelligence
Combing playfulness and discipline
Alternate between imagination and fantasy
Tend to be both extroverted and introverted – can roll with the crowd or watch them go by

14. Personal traits cont’d
Humble and proud at the same time
Rebellious and conservative
Passionate about their work
Openness and sensitivity often expose to suffering and pain yet also a great deal of enjoyment

15. Ways in which people can demonstrate creativity
Write with pen/paper – keep a journal
Write songs to your pets
Dance around the house
Make a collage
Make a list of things you love
Eat with your hand
Be quiet
Visit a gallery
Stop watching television

16. Specific techniques for developing/enhancing creativity
Implement the 3 Cs
Common techniques
Consider – envision how an idea might work, don’t analyze
Compliment – having considered, compliment. Make people feel good, it’s motivating.
Challenge – the final step, challenge the suggester to improve his/her idea & make it better
Brainstorming
Learning
Questioning
Journaling
Participating in new activities
Taking a different point of view

17. How creativity can be applied beneficially to solve problems
Creative problem solving focuses using imagination and innovation. The goal is to redefine your challenges and develop creative ideas to solve the problem you’re facing.
In practice, creative problem solving techniques are designed to shift a person’s mental state into one that fosters creativity in order to develop new ideas. This approach is based on the belief that a larger number of ideas increase the chances that one of them has value, and that many times, coming at a problem from a new angle can result in a different but more effective solution.

18. Apply creativity to situations
Techniques to try
Brainstorming and Mind Mapping: write down all possible/impossible solutions
Random ideas: choose a random object in your environment and attempt to relate it to the problem
Provocation: thought is by making unrealistic statements you’ll discover new approaches
Lateral thinking: facing problems with less obvious solutions – coming at it from the side if you will

19. Assignments
Keep a log of school, work, leisure activities for one week. Evaluate to determine how you thought you spend your time versus how you actually wanted to spend your time. Identify two time management goals
Give students a piece of poster board. Ask them to identify a current problem/obstacle. Allow students to PAINT their way to a solution and be prepared to share as their comfort allows.
Visit for role plays, have students solve customer/employee problems.
Warm up – describe something you’ve seen or heard that is particularly creative. Describe how creative you are in your own life. What would you do to increase your creativity?