Twenty Minutes Can Change Your Life

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Presented by Nora Riva Bergman minutes can change your life. 2011 ©

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Do you struggle with constant interruptions and have trouble finding time to focus on your legal work? Did you know that every interruption you deal with during the day is costing you up to 20 minutes? Nationally recognized attorney coach Nora Riva Bergman shares simple yet effective time management strategies that, if implemented, will help you work more effectively, more efficiently and ultimately improve your bottom line.Read more about Nora's attorney coaching and consulting services at http://reallifepractice.com/attorneys/time-management/ or call toll free: (866) 662-0993.

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Presented by Nora Riva Bergman

minutes can change your life.

2011 ©

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“We have been conditioned to think that productivity is enhanced by longer work days and a faster pace. This is a fallacy.”  ‐ Karlin Sloan

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Our culture says work late, every night, no matter what you are working on.

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Recent research has shown that it can take our brains up to 20 minutes to recover from an interruption.Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life, by Winifred Gallagher

Three needless interruptions a day means one hour lost.

Over the course of one year,that adds up to 240 hours.

Six forty‐hour weeks.

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Double a penny each day for a month . . .

The Value of a Minute

At the end of the month

536,870,912 pennies . . . 

$5,368,709.12

At the end of the month

536,870,912 pennies . . . 

$5,368,709.12

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“I have no control over my time. . .”

“There just aren’t enough hours in the day. . .”

Productivity and Time Management Myths

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Understand you cannot manage time.You can only manage yourself.

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You  have the same amount of time – exactly the same number of hours each day that were given to Helen Keller, Mother Theresa, Leonardo daVinci, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, and Michelangelo.

You  have the same amount of time – exactly the same number of hours each day that were given to Helen Keller, Mother Theresa, Leonardo daVinci, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, and Michelangelo.

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Get rid of bad habits.Get rid of bad habits.

Up to 90% of our behavior is based on 

our habits.

Up to 90% of our behavior is based on 

our habits.

Create new habits.Create new habits.

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Can doesn’t mean should.Can doesn’t mean should.

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The more you think you can control your calendar, the more you will try to control it, and the more you will control it.

Set Boundaries

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Take 30 minutes to plan your week. Take 30 minutes to plan your week. 

Take 10 minutes at the end of the day to plan the following day.Take 10 minutes at the end of the day to plan the following day.

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The Illusion of “Multi‐Tasking”

Multi‐Tasking creates an illusionof efficiency and productivity.

Unfortunately . . . It is just an illusion.

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Create a Power Hourfor yourself.

Focus on yourhighest value work.

Group similar tasks.

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Chunk it down.15 to 30 minutes of focus are better than none.

Even 5 to 10 minutes of 

focus can make a difference.

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Stop interrupting yourself.Stop interrupting yourself.

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Close your door.

Create visual cues.

Listen to music.

Give your team permission tohelp you.

Close your door.

Create visual cues.

Listen to music.

Give your team permission tohelp you.

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Don’t let email run your life.

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Ask your team to batch their questions.

Put an end to lurk & blurt.

As your team respects your time,

respect theirs.

Bring an answer for every question.

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Huddle, Baby, Huddle.Stand‐up meetings.15 minutes in the morning and15 minutes at the end of the day.

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Do it.

Defer it.

Delegate it.

Do it.

Defer it.

Delegate it.

Dump it.Dump it.

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Have fun!Have fun!

One day your life will flash before your eyes.

One day your life will flash before your eyes.

Make sure it’s worth watching.

Make sure it’s worth watching.

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Presented by Nora Riva Bergman

minutes can change your life.

2011 ©