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Important Time Management Skills For Nursing Assistants

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Nursing is one busy profession that requires a lot of time management skills to be able to keep up with all of the tasks that are involved with a typical Nursing assistant job.  For those nursing assistants that come in with no time management skills, it can be a hard road.  Read on for more about time management and nursing assistants.


Do your CNAs know what their time at work is worth? Here’s an example: Mary makes $12.00 an hour as a nursing assistant. She works eight hours every day. So what is Mary’s time at work worth? Every day is worth 96 dollars. Every hour is worth 12 dollars. Every minute is worth 20 cents. When you do the math for your CNAs, how much money do you think is wasted at your workplace? Here is some information about time management that you can share with your nursing assistants.

What’s Your Time Worth?

Studies have shown that the average American actually works only 6 hours of each 8 hour day. The rest of the time is wasted! Why? Those same studies say that people waste time because:

  • They are too tired to get through their work.
  • They get involved with personal matters at work.
  • They aren’t organized.
  • Or, they spend too much time socializing.

Mary makes $12.00 an hour as a CNA. If Mary actually worked only 6 out of 8 hours every day, that would mean that in a year, she would waste $6,240.00. Let’s say that Mary has 25 coworkers who also make $12.00/hour. If those coworkers also waste two hours every day, Mary’s workplace will lose nearly $156,000.00 every year in wasted time!

Some people might say, “So what? My workplace makes lots of money. They won’t miss $156,000.” But that would be wrong. The more money a workplace loses, the less it has for employee raises or for improving working conditions! So, people who waste time at work are hurting themselves in the long run.

Time: Spend It Wisely

Have you ever heard the expression, “You have to spend money to make money”? Well, the same is true with time. You have to spend time to make time. In other words, if you spend a little bit of time every day to get yourself organized by making a “to-do” list with priorities and goals, you will actually save yourself time throughout the day. And, if you spend time focusing on each task as you do it, you will avoid mistakes… and the time it takes to fix those mistakes! By planning ahead, you give yourself the BIG PICTURE of what your day looks like. You can make decisions about what actually needs to get done and what can wait.

We live such complicated, hectic lives. Our “to-do” lists seem to get longer every day. And, with all these commitments and obligations comes an increased level of STRESS! Understanding the principles of time management will help you simplify your busy life. You can get a handle on all the tasks you want to do and all the tasks you have to do throughout the day. You’ll be left feeling calmer and less stressed at the end of the day! By planning a bit, eliminating time wasters, and giving your full attention to the task at hand, you with find more time in your day to do the things that are important to you!

The Problem with Procrastination

Procrastination is when people put things off-especially things they don’t like to do. Many people procrastinate until the very last minute and then end up with a huge job on their hands. For example, have you ever put off doing required paperwork and ended up having a huge pile to finish? Or, have you ever waited to wash dishes until there were no more clean dishes at all? There is a saying: Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. This is good advice, since procrastination is a real time waster-and a bad habit. Here are some ways that people procrastinate:

1. Too Much Planning, Not Enough Action!

Example: Susan spends so much time cutting out recipes and planning what she wants to cook that she never has time to cook. She ends up going out to eat instead-even though she can’t really afford it.

Solution: Susan could set a time limit for her menu planning. She could schedule an hour every weekend to look through recipes and plan meals for the week. Then, she should buy the ingredients so that she has no excuse not to cook.

2. Avoiding Boring Tasks.

Example: Tom finds it really boring to fold his client’s laundry. He tends to put off the job, leaving the laundry in a heap until it gets wrinkled. Family members have started to complain, so now his supervisor is unhappy with him-all because of some laundry!

Solution: Tom could alternate boring tasks with ones that are more interesting. The interesting tasks can be like a “reward” for completing the boring ones.

3. Putting Off the Unpleasant.

Example: Lydia finds it hard to get along with one of her clients, an elderly woman named Mrs. Jones. She puts off taking care of Mrs. Jones until late in the day. But by then, both Lydia and her client are tired. This means that it takes longer than it should to finish Mrs. Jones’ personal care and the client is even grumpier than usual.

Solution: Lydia could ask Mrs. Jones what time of day she would like her personal care-and then do it at that time. This might make Mrs. Jones easier to get along with. Or, Lydia can plan to do Mrs. Jones’ care first thing in the morning. This way, Lydia’s least favorite task is finished early and she doesn’t have to worry about it all day.

4. Unrealistic Deadlines.

Example: Bill tends to work slowly every morning, taking several breaks and taking time out to talk to coworkers. After lunch, when Bill feels that time is running out, he speeds up, rushing through his work to get it all done by the end of the day.

Solution: Bill can set up “mini” deadlines for himself. He can divide his work into fourths and tell himself that he needs to finish one fourth by 10:00, another fourth by 12:00 and so on. Until this new way of working becomes a habit, Bill could ask his supervisor or a coworker to check if he’s meeting his mini deadlines.

Linda H. Leekley BS, RN
President, In the Know, Inc.
http://www.knowingmore.com

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Little Known Time Management Tools and Tricks which Drown Out Distractions

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

Sometimes the best tools are the ones that arent heard about when it comes to time management.  Read on for more.


Distractions make your workday much longer than necessary as they disrupt your thought process and flow of energy. Studies have found that people who get distracted take about 10-20 times the length of time of the disruption to recover their earlier level of concentration.

There are lots of time management mistakes that home-based business owners make that cost them hours of work time — procrastination, not concentrating, breaking the schedule, etc. Let’s narrow down the list and pinpoint the one thing that majority of work-from-home business owners really struggle with–unscheduled interruptions. Research confirms that people waste an average of more than two hours everyday on avoidable interruptions.

Try these tools and tips for drowning out distractions and keep the energy and thought process flowing. They may seem petty but every little bit can help increase productivity.

  1. Block off or reroute digital signals. Yep, the digital devices are the number one distractions. Turn off your mobile phone, IM settings, Twitterrific, the automatic pop-up function in your email, or just forward calls to your voice mail. Get all similar tasks done all at once then move on to the next set. So, make major phone calls all at one time, check emails at set hours, and allot a fixed time to chat with people you really need to settle concerns with or update communications in all your social media business accounts.
  2. Regulating email and SMS. You don’t really need to reply to all your emails or text messages. Skip those that just need a “thank you” or “okay” or “see you.” If you need to reply to an email or text message at length, call instead. This saves time and your thoughts are spoken straight out from the moment you think them.
  3. Go “Invisible” on IM, Facebook, Google chat so everyone thinks you’re, offline but you can still contact the people you need. The “Busy” mode does not usually work as some inconsiderate people still choose to interrupt you.
  4. Work some place else. That’s the flexibility of a work-from-home business. You can take work anywhere other than your home office. For some people this works. The change in setting stimulates creativity, recharging your thought process and energy level up to 50% helping you concentrate on work more. Try the coffee shop, the mall or in your parked car while waiting for your kid to end school. Also, the change in your routine can help sidetrack some people for awhile, giving you a bit more uninterrupted time to get some work done.
  5. Drown out background noise like the sounds of the TV or radio by wearing earplugs, play instrumental music or use ChatterBlocker.com, a free download that plays out natural sounds to mask distracting noises.
  6. Firefox LeechBlock is a free downloadable application that aids you in self-control. You can set it to block specified sites like Facebook or YouTube that can really eat up your time during periods you’re tempted to wander off from work.
  7. Make a habit to jot down random thoughts. It avoids mind clutter and regulates your brain to focus on one idea at a time so you don’t get worked up on starting at every new idea every time they pop up in your head.
  8. The Mac Isolator or Windows DropCloth are free downloads that help in visual distractions. You can blur out or completely hide from view all the other desktop and icons and focus on just the application you’re working on at present.
  9. Avoid worry. Worry is an irritant. It increases stress levels and interferes with your normal line of thinking. It makes you more prone to sporadic work habits like indecisiveness, changeableness, unreliability. A daily To-Do list will help you center attention at the present time, the here and now. Finish the to-do list at the end of the workday so that it’s one task that will no longer distract you when you start work in the morning.

Distractions will always be present. But, there are few issues in business that are a matter of life or death, so it’s really okay if you’re not able to attend to all the concerns right away. Understand that if you let them, distractions can really take a substantial amount out of your working hours. Figure out what your distractions are and get to work managing them without delay.

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The ABC’s of Priority Management – Getting It Into Control

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Priority management and task management are two sides of the same coin.  priority management is getting a good handle on which priorities are the most iportant to you and managing them is such a way that you are able to easily juggle them between other people if necessary.  This articel below discusses how to understand priority management at the basic level.  A great place to start for those that want to approach time management from a place that is more pragmatic.

If you have never prioritized your activities before, it is hard to know exactly where to start. When we focus on completing tasks, we tend to want to make everything on our list more urgent then it actually is. Start by every morning writing a list of everything that needs to be completed. At the end of the day, check your results against the list. Were you effective?

This very powerful list is you-the boss – directing you – the employee. Without a daily plan – directed with a purpose – nothing changes. Therefore, if it is your plan, your idea, your desire – write it down and track your results. You will become a great employee but an even better boss.

To make it easier for you to prioritize, I have used the ABC’s of prioritizing. This is a standard format utilized in most Time Management systems. It helps to ensure you focus and accomplish your high pay-off activities between the other details you are working to accomplish in a day.

A Priority

If you do not accomplish an A priority, it will create financial loss, severe problems, or a loss of credibility. Consider these tasks as “have-to.” The activity must be completed within 1-3 days.

B Priority

These have little or no pressure attached. They are generally your “want to do” items. B priorities mean you have established the beginning of balance on your schedule and you are controlling the details. These are the tasks, which come from your Item’s To Do Journal and your Flight Plan Goal Setting Journal, if you are using the Strategic Self Management System. If you are a list maker, it would be those items from your list. B priorities should be done between 3-7 days.

C Priority

C items are the ones you have scheduled as “would like to do” if I have time available and so carry no urgency. Whether it is a favor, odd item, any task which can be done at your leisure, would be considered a C priority. This task can easily be accomplished 7+ days with no fear or loss of consequence.

The difficulty with establishing priorities is that we tend to want to make all items on our list an A. This can create an abundance of problems as, no matter how we look at it, we only have 24 hours in a day. All items you mark as an A are items you are absolutely committed to accomplishing for that day. These items carry stress because of the “have to” factor. Select them wisely.

You should consider A priorities as carrying a negative undertone because it should trigger to you that you are reacting to your environment and falling behind in the details. It represents potential problems and it should warn you it is time for a planning session as your tasks are getting in the way of your goals. If you find yourself having a difficult time deciding what priority to label an item, ask yourself, “What will be the result if I don’t do it today?” Think about the effect and decide from there.

B priorities are your action steps from your Flight Plan, your To Do List and your monthly priority list. These are the items you wanted to do, are committed to doing, and can accomplish on a timely basis. If you do not have either of these journals, you can easily create an ongoing electronic list or a regular notebook will do. You will want most of your priorities to remain B as often as possible as it means you are in control of your schedule and your life is in balance. You are pro-acting to your plan versus reacting to others. These tasks represent what you WANT. Understanding with realization if you accomplish these tasks, you will have achieved what YOU set out to do.

C priorities are items, which eventually you would like to get to if you have some time available. This could include reviewing advertising materials for marketing ideas. Looking at course flyers to see what skill based learning you may want to take. You may decide to read an article on a new product you are interested in adding to your current line. A business owner may decide to pick up their own mail because they have some time left in their day. C priorities have no consequences attached but if done can create ideas or increase skill based awareness. If a C is on hold – there are no consequences. They are just items you would like to accomplish – if you can.

Wishing you continued success in the accomplishment of your short and long term, predetermined, worthwhile goals.

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Time and Task Management – Solving Workplace Challenges For People With ADHD

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Time and task management, especially for those with ADD can be a challenge.  You always have to  get past the “Oh look, bright shiny objects” condition and soon enough, you are down a completely different path than you originally intended.  I find that using lists help keep focus.  You may tend to go down non-intended paths, but you are able to pull yourself back before it has been too long or too far.  At any rate, read what this article says about task management for those with ADD or ADHD.


TIME/TASK MANAGEMENT

Time and task management, as we all know, is something we learn to do in school and is necessary to succeed in most areas of our life. However, when you have ADHD, you do not possess the brain function ability that your class mates or coworkers do. What may be elementary to them can be extremely challenging for you. What they may pick up naturally as a way to stay on track with their tasks and projects, you won’t have access to. This does not mean you are any less intelligent. In fact you are just the opposite! But it does mean that you think and work differently and because of that, you will not always be able to meet the expectations of the organizations and people around you. You will need to develop other ways to perform successfully. In this article we are going to talk about some solutions to time and task management that will help you do that. These strategies and practices have been used with hundreds and thousands people successfully. Hopefully, one or two of them will work for you.

Typically, workers with ADHD have trouble beginning and completing projects and tasks on time. But first let’s remember that today time/task management is not just an ADHD issue. Because life in the 21st century is increasing frenetic and overly committed, many of us run into difficulty beginning and completing tasks on time. Of course, this makes it twice as hard for people with ADHD to address their challenges than it did in the past. But the challenges of time and task management will always be greater for people with ADHD due to the role of executive functions in the brain where the ability to manage time and tasks is severely compromised. Remember that the executive functions of the brain are where ADHD challenges reside and basically are the ability to decide, recall, memorize, understand and inhibit.

So what are people with ADHD to do due to address the lack of executive function ability in the time and task management arena? How can they share their above average ability to perform, create and solve problems – but do it in a task and time managed way? Luckily there is help through understanding.

Time/Task Management issues arise from:

  • Procrastinating and delaying getting started
  • Needing the adrenaline rush of a looming deadline to get creative
  • Getting distracted by/taking action on things around us of lesser importance
  • Failing to plan ahead for how we will manage tasks effectively
  • Hyper-focusing on an activity for long periods and losing track of time
  • Forgetting the unexpected will happen and plan for it
  • Not getting help when we need it or not knowing we need help
  • Attempting to keep our brain activated by constantly seeking stimulation

So what do we learn from these issues? We learn that any solution that will hold weight for us will need to include structuring the environment around us, planning ahead for our day and week, understanding, accepting and managing our behavior, and finding fun and rewards in what we are doing.

Here is what I’ve learned from my clients about what really resolves Time/Task Management issues in the workplace:

  1. Learn to prioritize your values, tasks and projects. And, most importantly, once identified, stick with these priorities for 5 weeks, no matter what. By then, prioritizing will be a habit and you’ll be keeping your most important commitments. How would that transform your life?
  2. Break the tendency to hyper-focus during work. What structure do you need to put in place to alert you to the time? Things like a co-worker reminder, setting an alarm on your computer or watch, having your schedule book open right next to your computer, a sticky reminder on your monitor?
  3. When a project is assigned, or instructions are given, immediately record the due date and time on your calendar. Then work backwards, day by day and week by week, until you have captured, in writing, all the steps and resources necessary to get the project completed on time.
  4. When you need to be somewhere at a specific time, plan ahead. Start getting ready 30 minutes before you have to walk out the door and allow an extra 15 minutes for traffic congestion. Yes – that’s 45 minutes added to your usual timeframe. But this tactic could very well transform your life. And if you’re early, enjoy a cup of coffee, mediate for a few minutes and reconnect with the person you used to be before you started ignoring yourself. Or simply arrive early, showing that you care and are prepared for the day ahead.
  5. Keep in mind that change takes time. You will make mistakes. The key is that you learn from them and move ahead. Remember: “You cannot fail; you can only learn and grow.”
  6. Partner with an ADHD Coach to learn a task management system that puts you in control. Finding the best system for you may take some trial and error, so be patient and keep experimenting until you get it right. Be sure and write on a calendar or planner – no palm pilots or blackberries while you’re learning your new task/life management system. Remember: “If it isn’t written, it isn’t real”.

Talk to people with ADHD who have engaged a coach. You will find that those who enlist the support of a coach are happier and able to implement change faster and with longer lasting results.

As the founder and CEO of ADD Insights, LLC, Carol’s passion is to provide services that transform the lives of people with ADHD.

Carol Gignoux is well established as an expert within the ADHD coaching, consulting and training profession with over 35 years experience working with ADHD and over 16 years as a professional coach. Carol specializes in working with both teens and adults, with or without an ADHD diagnosis, who want to see better results in their academic, professional and personal life. In addition to being owner and CEO of ADD Insights, LLC, she has been with the Hallowell Center for over 9 years.

Carol is a Licensed Certified Financial Coach and is trained as an Executive Coach. She has worked with executives and managers to create high functioning, successful businesses locally as well as nationwide. She is a founding board member of the Institute for the Advancement of ADHD Coaching that is the responsible certifying body for ADHD Coaches worldwide.

In addition, Carol is qualified as a Senior Certified ADHD Coach: SCAC. She is a member of T. Harv Eker’s Private Circle Club, and has completed many of his training programs on marketing, coaching, business building, and personal transformation. She is a master at leading instructional classes on: meditation, knowing your financial blueprint, and finding peace and security in uncertain times.

Carol has spoken locally and nationally on ADHD topics, and is a motivational speaker on living powerfully and honestly. She trains and supervises new ADHD coaches, and produces tele-classes and seminars on a variety of important and relevant topics to those with ADHD.

You can reach Carol at Carol@addinsights.com or visit her website http://www.addinsights.com.


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Task Management Skills Tip – Check Your Floor!

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Task management and time management are for the most part 2 sides of the same coin.  If you have your tasks managed properly, you have more time on your hands.  You will actually be able to be more efficient with your time when you have your tasks prioritized and managed.  There is a growing trend towards this type of tiem management and this article is no different.  Read on for more on growing your task management skills.


Picture your house as it is today. Like most homes, it has walls, doors, windows, a roof, a few floors and ceilings, and hopefully a good foundation.

I always tell people that being organized is the foundation for being more productive. I believe it’s true because without being able to trust your systems like you trust your home’s foundation, your productivity will crumble.
Your foundation, or trusted systems, would include one place to find all your contacts, one calendar, an organized file system for reference files, an organized file system for electronic files, etc. There would be no clutter and you would know where to find things when you need them. You would be on solid ground and not a shaky foundation.
But what about your to do list or task list? Should that be a trusted system? You bet.

So what part of the house is your Task list?

I would say it’s the floor.

The floor in your home helps you get from here to there with ease… from room to room. You can navigate your house with a solid floor like you can navigate your work day with a good solid task list.

What if your floor wasn’t solid though? What if it had holes in it? Big, dangerous ones? It would be hard to get from the kitchen to the living room if you had to step around big holes.

Today, if you went from room to room, you wouldn’t have to look down to see where you were going. You would just walk. If your floor had holes, you would HAVE to look where you were so you could see the holes and avoid them. Your progress is much slower since you have to navigate around the holes.

An incomplete task list is like a floor with lots of holes. If your tasks are on pads of paper and post-it notes… plus some on the computer, some in e-mail and some in your head… plus you use the papers and files around you as reminders of what to do each day, then you’re walking a floor with lots of holes.

You HAVE to keep looking around your desk or your office to see what you want to do next. You’re checking the pads of paper… you’re checking what’s on your desk… you’re looking at the post-it notes that adorn your computer monitor… these are holes! Your task list isn’t complete and it’s not a trusted system. It doesn’t hold everything that you need to do, including the target dates for taking action.

Don’t let this happen to you! I want you to be able to get from here to there, from day to day, without having to look down or anywhere else but ONE Task list. Repair your floor…. Get your Task list together so that it includes everything you need to do, have to do, want to do and dream of doing all in ONE place.

Leslie Shreve is a Productivity expert and CEO of Focus Consulting, LLC, a consulting and training firm specializing in individual productivity and information organization. To learn more about Leslie or sign up for her ezine Get in Focus, visit http://www.productiveday.com.

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Fun Time Management Games

Monday, May 10th, 2010

Time management is usually something that is learned and developed. It can be developed by using a number of different systems.  One way that is gaining in popularity is to learn time management through a system that is fun to learn and is more likely to get you to use the system.  In this short article, the author talks about how to look for time management games and some of the things that they do.  This is a high level view of how time management games work so read on for more.

The concept of time management games is familiar to the internet savvies. Although some call these games as a pure waste of time, while others find it plain and simple fun, very few do realize the real importance of these games. As the phrase suggests, time management games teaches you managing your time efficiently. The concept of these games occupies a vast area. These games are designed under different themes such as basketball, fishing and many other. Unlike the standard computer games these are strictly time-bound and need to be played within the stipulated time frame. You have to finish playing these games within a limited amount of time as allocated to you.

Online games are very common these days. Being an ardent internet browser, you can search for these games in any search engine. While you get certain game websites that allow you to play these games free of cost, some websites are there where from you require purchasing software programs for such games. Before all these, you must be convinced of the reasons that would drive you to play these games. A wide and easy availability of these games over the internet is the first reason to play these.

Although you always have the liberty to buy gaming software, it is however not imperative. Internet provides you with a variety of interesting Time management activities to suit people of different age groups. The biggest reason for playing games is undoubtedly the lessons and tactics that these games impart. Time management is a skill that enables any of us to utilize our time optimally in the most productive manner thus making us accomplish more than what we would have done otherwise.

Like other games, apart from being fun, these games act as teachers that teach us the crucial lesson of time management. Once you become efficient at in the workplace, you are bound to lead a much better life knowing your priorities and the ways to get them done, all within your estimated time!

Being efficient and effective, by utilizing the best practices for your efficiency can be learned from time management games as well. When you visit the site you can get a free eBook about managing your time that shows you how to maximize your free time and much more! http://www.time-management-workplace-techniques.com


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Time Management Strategies – the Ones That Work

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

There are many different time management strategies that are out there today.  Some of them are more successful than others.  Some of the characteristics in the ones that work include the ease in which it can be implemented in someone’s day to day activities, and how willing someone is in using it.  The more complicated, or the more someone has to change, the less likely it will be effective for the average person.  Read on for more on the time management strategies that work.

There is no crime against having poor time management skills. Not everyone is as motivated as they should be. There really is no set way to be when it comes to time management anyway. However, if you are looking for a new way to make your life better, employing strategies to utilize time might be the way to go. The ability to be flexible at the same time as punctual is a skill that can be learned and applied with careful time management strategies. Being flexible and easily adaptable is one of the best time management strategies one can employ. If you are not flexible, you can start to get frustrated when your short term goals are not met. When you get frustrated, stress starts to set in and any time management strategies you may have chosen to employ are no longer in effect.

Setting short term goals through out the progress of a project is a great way to keep your project in focus. Chunking the project allows you to keep a scope on the project and gives you a little boost of good feeling throughout the project. Achieving a lot of smaller goals can sometimes build up to one final goal that can be the icing on the cake so to speak.

A good plan to have when you are going into a situation where you need to employ time management is to identify your deadline. Also keep in mind your other projects. Ask yourself what are the deadlines for other projects. Also ask yourself what projects are higher priorities for you besides the actual deadlines. Some things are just more important, deadline or not.

Always make sure you have your time set up where you know when you are going to work and what you are going to do. Also keep your relaxation times set. Do not skip out on your stress relieving times. Stress relief is one of the more important parts of time management. Remember, the more stressed you are the more rushed you are going to feel and the worse your work is going to turn out. When you are in your working time, keep all unwanted distractions away from you. This will be your productive time and nothing should be allowed to interfere.

As you complete each smaller goal of a larger project, reward yourself. Make sure to only pick rewards that will not distract you from your larger picture. If you have five more smaller goals to achieve before the end of the day, it is not a good idea to have a reward that will distract your mind from the task at hand, otherwise you might not be willing to jump back into your project.

A positive attitude is your biggest weapon in the fight against distraction. Keeping your mind on your task and having a positive outlook to it will encourage you to continue on with the work in question. This is also part of where the smaller goals and rewards come into play.

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4 Easy Steps to Becoming a Time Management Master in College

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

College is a time for young adults to put their own self motivation to the test.  One of the biggest challenges that they have is their time management skills.  If they developed none in college, then there will not be the chance for them to become effective in their college work unless they develop them quickly.  In this article, the author discusses how to gain these skills quickly and easily.  read on for more.


Now that you’re in college you will find out sooner or later that managing your time is a skill that must be learned and put into practice in order to keep a level head, mature, grow and succeed. If you haven’t already noticed, sometimes it just seems like there isn’t enough time in the day to accomplish everything you need to do. Why does it feel like no matter how hard you try, time seems to slip away?

Whether you want to or not, mastering time management is a task that will be forced upon you in order for you to keep track and keep up with all the responsibilities and activities of college life. By following these 4 critical steps, you’ll be able to make time work for you and not against you.

Let’s start with figuring out how many hours a day can truly be classified as “free” time. Let’s break it down.

There are 24 hours in a day X 7 days a week = 168 hours total a week.

1. Take Charge

Realizing you only have 10 hours of free time available every day, a take charge attitude is imperative in making this allotted time work to your advantage. You’ve got to take the initiative in making decisions rather than waiting for others or circumstances to dictate your steps. Being proactive instead of reactive is imperative.

Taking the reactive approach will not allow you to utilize your time efficiently. Don’t choose to study “when your classmates are studying” instead, look at your own schedule and figure out the free time you have in between whatever other responsibilities you have for the day, making every minute productive.

2. Be Organized

Being organized is the foundational aspect of being proactive. How can you make decisions if you are unsure of what lies ahead? If you haven’t figured out a system to use, such as a planner, then get one. If you own a Mac, the iCal is a tool you can use to organize your life. Make sure you include everything, such as:

Test dates from your syllabus
Project deadlines
Last day to drop classes
School holidays
Professor office hours
Club and organization meetings and events
Doctor’s appointments
Football/Basketball games
Final exam/midterm dates and times
Any other event or task that you need to be aware of

Seeing everything down on paper/computer screen drastically reduces anxiety as well as feeling overwhelmed by too much to do.

3. Plan Each Day

When you get up in the morning, go to your planner and plan your day from beginning to end. You can even start by going over things in your head when you go to bed the night before. If anything important comes up, be sure to write it down in your planner.

4. Prioritize

Make sure when you look at the things that need to be accomplished for the day to prioritize what’s truly important. Finishing a group project is going to take top priority over organizing a basketball game with your friends. Rank your tasks by their level of importance and complete those first then continue down the list until the rest are completed.

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Business Time Management Tip – The Secret to Laser Sharp Focus

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Business time management focuses on the systems, and tools that business owners and entrepreneurs especially need to manage their time.  In this article the author discusses how to use the different time management strategies to allow the business owner to become much more efficient with their time.  Read on for more on this tip that can help keep the entrepreneur on track.

Trying to stay focused is a crucial skill involved with business time management. As busy as our high tech world has become, maintaining focus is becoming even more challenging. However, individuals who are successful, both professionally and personally, eventually learn the most important aspect of staying focused.

Most people, when starting a new task, can concentrate on the job initially. They are usually mentally fresh, and able to focus.

Unfortunately, they allow themselves to be distracted, Especially when they are mentally tired. These distractions are devastating, because once an individual is distracted, it takes a long time to regain focus.

The key to maintaining focus is to plan your work in “chunks” of time. Generally, these blocks of time range from 90 minutes to 3 hours depending on how much concentration is required.

Literally, put these time blocks in your day planner. While working during these times, you will allow no other activities to take place.

No personal phone calls, texting, reading email, surfing the Net etc.

At the same time that you schedule your blocks of work time, you also schedule your breaks. The key is to stick to the schedule until it becomes a habit and a regimen.

GOOD habits are as hard to break as bad habits. Generally it takes between 3-4 weeks to establish a habit.

Also, part of business time management is to plan your time away from work. Put that time on a calender, and TAKE THAT TIME OFF! By doing so, you will discover that when you return to work it will be MUCH easier to focus.

You will be mentally refreshed, and ready to focus!

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Time Management Courses – Using iMac and Spaces For Improving Time Management

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

There are all kinds of tools and software that work in different operating systems.  One operating system that is of growing importance is the Mac operating system.  This post is about some of the time management tools that are available for the Mac.  Read on for more about how to use the iMac and Spaces to increase your time management efficiency.


Improving time management is something that everyone can benefit from. We can never create more time in a day, but if we can more effectively use our time, then we will have more time for the things that we want to do. There are a variety of online time management training tools, personal time management software, and you can even take a time management course, but this simple trick using your iMac and Spaces can get you on the right path by slightly altering the way you think about your work and time. This is a time management report that will drastically improve your life.

First of all, Spaces can be personal time management software if you use it correctly. Spaces allows you to have different desktops open at a time. As simple as that sounds, it can be very powerful. In each “space” only allow yourself to have 1 window open. This would be similar to the first item on your to do list. Cluttered desktops breed distractions, so narrowing down what you CAN look at will go a long way to improving time management.

The key is to not allow yourself to view other desktops until you have completed what you need on your current desktop. If you need multiple programs for some tasks, that is fine, but simply go to the space that holds that information, retrieve it, and then got back immediately.

You will be giving yourself a time management course. This may sound so basic that you are confused as to how it will help. Try it. Do not let yourself do anything but what is on your screen. And, do not allow yourself to open another window on a particular space. It will require discipline, but it will have its rewards.

Set up your spaces each evening for the tasks that you want to complete the next day and follow the path when you get there and it is time to do the work. KNOWING that you cannot do anything else until you have completed your current task will force you to get it done.

Here is how I have my day and spaces are structured currently, and I never had to take any online time management training (take good notice for where the email and Internet surfing coming):

Space 1: Market Samurai – I do keyword research for content I am posting

Space 2: Spreadsheet – Lists all the keywords I have selected and corresponding published content

Space 3: Twitter – social media marketing

Space 4: Personal development: Read inspirational content

Space 5: Word processor: Write article to post

Space 6: Video Software: Create a video to post

Space 7: Traffic Geyser: Distribute content

Space 8: Google AdSense: Pay per click advertising

Space 9: Facebook: Social media marketing

Space 10: Gmail: FINALLY check email

Space 11: Website: update pages

Space 12: Aweber: manage email lists

Space 13: Training: Make sure I stay on the cutting edge

Space 14: To do list: random things that have come up

Space 15: Miscellaneous: usually where I go to browse the web.

Space 16: iTunes – have to celebrate when the work is done.

As you can see it is very structured (and I have never been an organized person) and it drastically decreases the time it takes to get each of my tasks done because my focus is singular.

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