TIME MANAGEMENT &

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
CHAPTER 4 – WEEK 2

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 1. Using Time-Management Strategies
Content
2. Reducing Procrastination

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1. USING TIME-MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO STAY
MOTIVATED

FIVE STRATEGIES TO DEVELOP A SUCCESSFUL SYSTEM OF STUDY

1. use a weekly schedule
2. use a daily planner
3. use a semester calendar
4. balance academic with social and personal demands
5. avoid procrastination

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2. REDUCING PROCRASTINATION
 PROCRASTINATION (avoiding and postponing what should be taken care of now) can rob you of your time and
detail your best intentions.
 STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME PROCRASTINATION
1. Know what you should accomplish
2. Determine deadlines
3. Use schedule/planners/calendars
4. Prioritize
5. Break a task into a series of steps
6. Do the unpleasant task first
7. Change how you think about the task
8. Have fun with the activity
9. Establish rewards as personal incentives for completion

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CONTINUE

ADVANTAGES OF BEING ORGANISED

 If you organize your time well, you will:
1. keep on schedule and meet deadline;
2. reduce stress caused by a feeling of lack of control over your work schedule;
3. Complete work with less pressure and fulfil your potential;
4. build your confidence about your ability to cope;
5. avoid overlapping assignments and having to juggle more than one piece of work at a time.

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TIME MANAGEMENT TIPS

 Plan for rewards after unpleasant tasks.

 Do the most unpleasant tasks first.
 Learn to say no.
 Plan for change (involve others and ask for help if needed).
 If you are too busy, ask, "What is essential?"
 When you are indecisive or unsure, remember that you can rarely be 100 percent sure.
 Waiting is inevitable; plan for it.
 Let someone else do when possible (delegate).
 Finish fully. It leaves you energized and motivated.
 Do one thing at a time.
 Watch out for the TYRANNY of the urgent!
 Let others make the smaller decisions.
 Model, ask, and observe.
 Planning for one minute saves four or five minutes in the execution of a task.
 Once you have found the extra time, enjoy it!
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 THANK YOU ☺

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