Manage
Yourself
- manage
your time!
Everyone has 2 choices:
ORGANIZE
or
‘go with the flow’
(Yoder-Wise, 1999)
Think of
‘time management’
more as
SELF MANAGEMENT
Stephen R.Covey
When we begin to
MANAGE OURSELVES
we will begin to
MANAGE OUR TIME!
Where does
our time go?
Group Work
Where does our time go?
Doing too much
 Inability to say ‘no’
 Procrastination
 Complaining
 Perfectionism
 Interruptions
 Disorganization
 Too much information

What are our
existing ideas
or methods to
manage time?
Group Work
“That which we persist in
doing becomes easier - not that the nature of the
task has changed, but our
ability to do has increased.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pareto’s Law
(80/20 Principle)
Vilfredo Pareto –
(1843-1923),
a French- Italian economist &
sociologist.
• “Law” first published in 1896-97, related to taxes, i.e.
20% people paid 80% of taxes.
• Currently, observed/used in diverse settings.
– e.g. ~20% patients utilize up to ~80% hospital’s resources.
–
80% of the work is done by 20% of the people!
Pareto’s Law
20% of our time is spent
accomplishing 80%
of the important tasks.
If we can "expand" that
20%, we can greatly "expand"
our accomplishments.
Classification of Priorities
IMPORTANT
URGENT
YES
NO
YES
I
III
NO
II
IV
The ABC Method
It ranks tasks into three categories:
A = Vital
B = Important
C = Nice
‘TOSS’ Principle re.
Paperwork / E-mail
• Trim – remove yourself from excess E-mail, mail,
memos, minutes, policy documents, newsletters...
• Outsource immediately – throw it away, pass it
on...
• Save – file things you must save immediately.
Regularly compress and purge paper and electronic
files. 80% of what you keep, you’ll never use again!
• Start – Do it now. Set aside time daily to handle
Email and paperwork, then bin it, handle it, answer
it, file it as you work through the pile.
Final
Thought
If you do nothing
about it in 24 hours…
you’ll do probably
do nothing about it!!
Thank You
Diolch