"Time equals life; therefore, waste your time and waste your life, or master your time and master your life.“
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Alan Lakein
a well-known author on personal time management, including How to
Get Control of Your Time and Your Life which has sold over 3 million copies. TIME
MANAGEMENT
Are you spending your time effectively? What is Time Management?
• Time Management is the fixation of priorities according to time. Time management comprises the following;
- Allocation of time against activities.
- What should be done first and what should be done second? - How much time should be given to a task according to its importance and nature?
- What is the right time for a task?
- Which tasks should be avoided in order to save time or to identify the activities which lead to wastage of time?
Why should I care about Time Management?
IMPORTANCE OF
TIME MANAGEMENT
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Time is limited
Accomplish more with less effort
Make better decisions
Be more successful
Learn more
Reduce stress
Higher quality work
Creates discipline
Time Management Matrix by Stephen Covey
• Stephen Covey, author of The Seven Habits of
Highly Effective People and First Things First popularized the concept of a Time Management
Matrix or sometimes called Urgent/Important Matrix for prioritizing. The system advocates the use of four quadrants to determine the tasks you “need” to do and deciding what should be made a priority.
What Are "Urgent" and "Important" Activities?
• Important - activities have an outcome that leads to the achievement of your goals, whether these are professional or personal. • Urgent - activities demand immediate attention, and are often associated with the achievement of someone else's goals.
– Urgent activities are often the ones we concentrate on; they demand attention because the consequences of not dealing with them are immediate.
Time Management Matrix by Stephen Covey