Refers to how to organize time for each activity of daily life
The benefits are
Productivity and efficiency
A better professional reputation
Less stress
Opportunities to achieve important life and career goals.
Not managing your time effectively has consequences
Poor work quality
Inefficient work flow
Missed deadlines
Higher stress levels
DETECTING DIFFICULTIES IN
MANAGING YOUR TIME
Discuss some of the difficulties
It is important to
analyse where you are
wasting time
Utilise the R-A-C method
Record
Analyse
Change
PROCRASTINATION
Means putting off a task you should be doing.
Why do we procrastinate?
Difficult, or very tedious, or boring, or there simply may
be so many other more interesting things to pull your
attention
STRATEGIES TO PREVENT PROCRASTINATION
Take action
Salami Technique
Nota:
Involves breaking down the task to its smallest parts and then working through each of them in order until the task is
complete.
Five minutes
Work on
related tasks
Do the
hardest bits
first
Set goals
Make commitments
Nota:
If you are working on a large piece, such as studying towards the leaving certificate, you can give yourself deadlines to have different
topics covered within a subject by specific dates.
Reward yourself for achievement
Nota:
When you get a piece of work
done effectively without wasting time you should reward yourself with a cup of tea, a chocolate biscuit, a quick break from the books.