2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

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

6. 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

7. PLANNING Short term planning Medium term planning Long term planning

8. 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