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Time Management
U100
Unit #1
After Foreclosure do we take Control?
• When you were in Foreclosure, who was
in control of your life ?
• How important is it for you to be in control
of your life now ?
• What is the key “ingredient” in taking
control of your life ?
To take control of your life so YOU are
in control requires that YOU manage
YOUR time.
Why is Time Management important?
 Time management is key to
achieving our goals.
 Reduces Stress
Can you think of any other reasons why
Time Management is important?
Perceptions of Time
• In your learning community,
discuss how you think Time
Management would be
viewed by Felicia and
Daniel Mark. How would
each of James Marcia’s
identity levels view the
importance and control of
their time related to
coursework?
• Foreclosure
• Diffusion
• Moratorium
• Achievement
What is your perception of time in relation to your Identity?
Everyone has 1440 minutes in their day. How does a person’s Identity
impact their decisions about how they use their 1440 minutes ?
Time Management Topics
1. Natural Time Laws (by Stephen Covey)
2. The Four Quadrants of Time (by Stephen Covey)
3. Fighting Procrastination
4. Building a Schedule
Natural Time Laws (three of the ten laws)
(by Stephen Covey)
1. Control your life by controlling time
2. Daily Activities should reflect priorities/values
3. Planning increases focus and your self-control
What do you think?
2. Daily Activities should reflect priorities/values
Identify the four most important facets of your life
(education, family, friends, faith, work, etc.). Do the daily activities
you choose match what you say matters most to
you? What one area needs more time? What one
area is less important and should have less time?
Discuss your ideas in your learning community.
Great Benefit Yet No Action. Why?
List one activity in your academic life that right now you
are NOT doing that would give you tremendous benefit if
you did it consistently and well.
List one activity in your personal life that right now you
are NOT doing that would give you tremendous benefit if
you did it consistently and well.
If we know these things, why are we not doing them?
What Keeps us from our Goals ?
How does our use of time compare to our priorities?
Not Important
IMPORTANT
URGENT
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Not Urgent
Last minute preparation for test
Rush to finish writing a paper
Crisis situation at home
Register for spring classes
Other examples?
Quadrant of Necessity
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Quadrant of Leadership ___ %
Home of the Prioritizer
Home of the Procrastinator
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Answering text message
Talking to new friends at SAC
Responding
to drama
The Black-Hole
Responding
toisfriend’s
Where time
lost forever request
Other examples ?
Quadrant of Delusion ___ %
Home of the “Yes Man”
Review notes right after class
Create schedule and follow it
Set aside exercise time
How
can time
you take
of time?
Spend
withcontrol
children
Other examples ?
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Excessive Sports, TV, Hobbies
Obsessing on Facebook, etc.
Excessive sleep
Hanging out for hour after hour
Other examples
Quadrant of Waste ___ %
Home of the Slacker
Finding Time for What Matters Most
What keeps us from achieve our important goals?
URGENT
Not Urgent
Not Important
Is procrastination to blame ?
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Answering text message
Talking to new friends at SAC
Responding to drama
Responding to friends request
Other examples ?
Quadrant of Delusion ___ %
Home of the “Yes Man”
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Excessive Sports, TV, Hobbies
Obsessing on Facebook, etc.
Excessive sleep
Hanging out for hour after hour
Other examples
Quadrant of Waste ___ %
Home of the Slacker
In your learning communities identify your top “Yes Man” interrupter.
What is your plan to say “no” to this interruption?
Identify your “Slacker” activity. What is your plan to say “no” when
this activity wastes the time that could help you achieve your goals?
Reasons for Procrastination
“I just don’t feel like doing it”
Remember action precedes
motivation. (Once you begin
the task, you will likely feel
motivated to continue.)
Reasons for Procrastination
Facing an Overwhelming Task
Break Tasks into Smaller Parts
Major tasks, such as long papers, can be
intimidating. But putting them off will lead to
much more stress and a poor performance.
Take these tasks one step at a time.
Mile by mile, life is a trail.
Yard by yard, life is hard.
Inch by inch, life is a cinch.
Reasons for Procrastination
Fear of Failure –
The #1 reason for procrastination AND failure
Consider the cost of missed opportunities.
Take action – The best way to reduce fear
and build confidence is taking action.
If you never dare to fail your success will have
a low ceiling.
Reasons for Procrastination
• “I just don’t feel like doing it.”
Law of Procrastination: Procrastination reduces the fear of failure by
reducing the expected quality of the project from the best of all possible
efforts to the best that can be expected given the limited time.
• Facing an overwhelming task.
• Fear of failure
Pages 82-83 in your textbook discusses reasons for
procrastination. In your Small Learning Community,
discuss the reasons you are most likely to
procrastinate. Did you procrastinate for the U100
test? Why? What was the consequence? How
can you avoid procrastination for you next test?
Begin with a Plan
Many U100 students come to recognize their time management
problem right after their Communications Test. Let’s begin to build a
plan with your Time Monitor from the week before your first U100 test.
• In your Small Learning Community share you time monitor
• Discuss what worked (if something did work) and what was the
problem with you “plan” for the Unit #1 Communications Test
– Did you plan your time early or did you procrastinate?
– What distractions (Urgent and Unimportant) were a problem during the
week leading up to the test?
– How did your Identity (especially diffusion and Moratorium) impact your
time management decisions?
Building a Schedule
Key Components of Creating a Schedule
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• Semester
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• Monthly
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• Weekly
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• Daily
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Building a Schedule
Semester
Schedule All Major Assignments
Refer to each syllabus for every
class. In your planner schedule
every test, paper, presentation, large
reading assignment, any major
project.
If you only look to the assignment of the day or the week how
can this cause problems? By scheduling out your semester how
will this protect you from academic problems?
Building a Schedule
Monthly
Be mindful of all your major assignments coming up
in the month. You may want to have a monthly
calendar. The monthly calendar makes it easy to
forecast the upcoming major tests, projects, etc.
Take time (Leadership and the Home of the Prioritizer) to put all you
of your major assignments and tests in your Planner
for the rest of the semester. Managing you time
means knowing what is coming up next week.
Building a Schedule
Weekly
 Schedule activities that have a planned time: classes,
work, picking children up, meetings, etc.
 Schedule Study times for each class. Don’t just write
“Study” write “Study Math”, “Study English,” etc
 Schedule activities/projects/assignments that are
very important but not urgent – (exercise, working on a
writing assignment due next week)
Building a Schedule
Daily To-Do List:
 Either the night before or that morning make a to do
list.
 Prioritize the list
1. Priority 1: Most crucial
2. Priority 2: Important but can be more flexible
3. Priority 3: Routine
 Anticipate how long each task will take. Schedule time
in your planner to complete each activity. when you will do
these activities
Making Your Own Schedule
Complete your Worksheet
and Discuss it with your Learning Community