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Topics for Discussion
• The Bigger Picture – Setting Priorities• Dividing Up Your Time
• Micro-level Tips for Studying and Working
Efficiently• Staying Organized and Your Personal Style
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The Bigger Picture of Time Management
• Start with Self-Assessment• Identify Life Categories
• Consider Big Picture Goals
• Align Activities to Goals
• Manage Daily Tasks
(adapted from Time Management from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern)
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Assess Who You Are
• Strengths and weaknesses• Personality style
• What energizes you
• Time management preferences(structured/unstructured)
• Energy cycles and sources
(adapted from Time Management from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern)
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Choose Your Major Life Categories
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WORK
Studies
Religious/
Spiritual activities
Home and
FAMILY
EXERCISE/ MEALS/SLEEP
Hobbies/
Entertainment
Social Life
SERVICE
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Identify Your Big Picture Goals
• What is most important to you?• What would you like to achieve?
• What makes you happy?
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What Activities Align with Your Goals?
Studies Academic Success
Work Career Progression
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Major LifeCategories
Big PictureGoals
Activities
Post discussions
Review resources
Complete assignments
Perform job duties
Acquire new knowledge/skills
Volunteer at professional assn
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Advice for Task Management Success
• Sort tasks in groups• Eliminate unneeded tasks
• Assign to others
• Contain behaviors (procrastination, lateness,interruptions)
• Adjust for change
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Dividing Up Your Time
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168 Hours in a Week
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Time Management for Your Academic Life
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Time Management Tips from Dr. Gary Kelsey
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• Set regular study days and times – reserve larger 2to 4 hour blocks for big projects.
• Ask friends and family to support you and to avoid
pressuring you to do other activities when you need
to study.
• Have a dedicated study space where you can
safely leave out your materials.
• Always carry work with you – e.g., take classreading materials to medical appts.
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Walden Doctoral Student Ildiko Roxane
Bocskay, R.N.
• Pursuing PhD in Public Health,Specialization in Epidemiology
Walden University
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• MBA in Health ServicesManagement
• MSc in Biology
• Bilingual ─ Hungarian and English
• Learning Spanish
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Ildiko Bocskay’s Time Management Tips
• Set your goal and pursue it no matter what• Design your schedule around your #1 goal
• Focus on only a few life categories; put the
rest on hold• Delegate to others
• Always make sure to
maintain your health!
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Time Management Tips for Your Work Life
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Tips from Author Stephanie Chandler
• Check email less frequently – twice daily.• Create junk email filters.
• Do a daily “to do” list.
• Get filing systems in order.
• Delegate chores to family members.
• Set expectations that meetings will end on time.
• Use pre-printed lists for supplies, groceries, etc.
• Use templates (e.g. Excel spreadsheets) for repeat projects. – http://ezinearticles.com/?10-Time-Management-Tips-for-Busy-
Professionals&id=11339
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Tips for the New Year by Dan Rockwell for
American Management Association
• Perfection slows progress.• Work expands to the time allotted to it – hold shorter
meetings.
• Get your highest priority items done by noon.
• Do what you dread first.• Make prioritized check lists.
• Use O.H.I.O. “only handle it once” – deal with it or delete it! – http://www.amanet.org/training/articles/printversion/New-Years-Resolution-Get-a-Grip-
on-Time.aspx
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Organizing for Your Brain Type by Lanna
Nakone, professional organizer
Four Types – which describes you best?Maintaining Style: Organized, detail-oriented,
accurate, practical, reliable, follow routine,
on time, thinks ahead to next step, linear &structured style, don’t like interruptions
Strategies: 1) Blackberry/Outlook/calendar
showing your whole schedule; 2) To Do listranked by priority 3) Electronic Organizer for
all your contacts – e.g., Outlook or LinkedIn
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Harmonizing Style
Harmonizing Style: Thrive in open spaces, “in themoment” attitude to time management, skip from
this to that, want a comfortable and peaceful
environment, drop anything to help someone
Strategies: 1) Organize schedule around when you
are most energized and what the top to do items
are; 2) Write “to do” items down in one place to
remember them; 3) Keep track of time as it getsaway from you easily – one idea is to set
clock/watch 10 minutes ahead
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Innovating Style
Innovating Style: Intuitive, visionary, artistic, creative,big picture thinking, tend to organize in spurts, not
into details, likes change and variety
Strategies: 1) Don’t overschedule the calendar –
leave time blocks to brainstorm and think betweenappointments; 2) Keep a large clock in clear view
so you don’t lose track of time – use a watch or
phone for time; 3) Ask others for reminders of
appointment times
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Prioritizing Style
Prioritizing Style: Adept at time management, logicaland clear thinker, set/accomplish goals and finish
“to do” list daily, perfectionist, works well under
pressure, throws unneeded papers and items out –
functionality is key.Strategies: 1) Goals motivate you - set short and long
term goals; 2) Though you may have a running “to
do” list in your head, write it down; 3) Delegate
insignificant tasks to others if possible
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Time Management E-Books in Walden Library
• Mancini, M. (2003). Time management . New York: McGraw-Hill.
• Alexander, R., Dobson, M. S., & Alexander, R. (2009). Real-world time
management . New York: American Management Association.
• Allen, D. (2003). Getting things done: The art of stress-free productivity .
New York: Penguin.
• Panella, V. (2002). The 26-hour day: How to gain at least two hours aday with time control . Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press.
• Levin, P. (2007). Skillful time management! . Maidenhead, England:
Open University Press.
• Adair, J. E., & Allen, M. (2003). The concise time management and
personal development . London: Thorogood.
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Resources
• Stephanie Chandler on Time Management
http://ezinearticles.com/?10-Time-Management-Tips-for-
Busy-Professionals&id=11339
• Dan Rockwell on Time Management
http://www.amanet.org/training/articles/printversion/New-
Years-Resolution-Get-a-Grip-on-Time.aspx
• Time Management from the Inside Out , by Julie
Morgenstern
• Also see “Time Expectations for Online Learning” document
posted with this archived webinar
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A final thought…
“I am definitely going to take a course ontime management… just as soon as I can
work it into my schedule.” Louis E. Boone
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