Tips For Effective Time Management

Spend time in Planning and Organizing:
– Think and Plan
– Organize in a way that makes sense to you

Set Goals:
– Decide what you want to do
– Take a “SMART” approach
– Goals give you required direction

Prioritize
– Prioritize and identify what you value
– Flagging/Highlighting can be very helpful
– Once prioritize, concentrate on those that would add value

Use a to do list:
– Find out what is urgent and important
– Put them in order of preferences
– One completed delete them from your list

Be Flexible:
– Allow time of interruptions and distractions
– Save larger block of time for priorities
– Ask yourself questions and get back to your goal

Consider your Biological Time:
– Find out which is the best time for you study
– Are you a morning person?
– A night owl?
– Late Afternoon?

Do Right Things Right
– Doing things right is Effectiveness
– Doing things right is Efficiency
– Focus first for Effectiveness
– Concentrate on Efficiency

Eliminate the Urgent:
– Urgent tasks have short term Consequences
– Important tasks are long term and goal related
– Flagging and or highlighting items are important
– Attach deadline to each of the items

Conquer Procrastination
– Learn to say “NO”
– Reward Yourself