TIME

MANAGEME
NT
Carolyn Hensley
McDowell County
Retired

Different people = Different types of time

management

If you are an
Average
American, in
your lifetime you
will spend..

Seven Years in the bathroom.

Six
Years
Eating

Five Years Waiting

Three years in a meeting.

Two
years
playing
telephon
e tag.

Eight
months
opening
junk
mail.

Six
months
waiting
at red

You will also

Get
interrupt
ed 73
times a
day.

Take an hour of work

Read
less
than 5
minutes
a day.

Exercise
less than
3
minutes
a day.

The average
person can
gain 2 hours
per day
through the
use of time
management.

No one
works
well
under

Why Time
Management
is Important.

Bad time management

Most people waste about 2 hours a day.

Signs of wasting time:

Messy desk and cluttered

Cant find things.

Missed appointments.

Tired/unable to concentrate.

DO YOU EVER:

Start a job without thinki

Do unproductive things from

habit.

Fail to
anticip
ate
crises.

unnecessary visits or phone

Socialize between tasks

Fail to
build
barriers
against
interruptio

THINGS TO
DO TO MAKE
YOUR LIFE
EASIER.

Do important or unpleasant jobs

first thing in the morning.

waiting time to do paperwork in small b

Keep paper work in

color-coded folders
so that you can
find it quickly.

Establish
limits for
things
like
phone
calls and
reading

THE
PICKLE
JAR
THEORY

Start
with the
rocks or
the
importa
nt

Work on the pebbles

(things you enjoy).

Do the things
you have to do
(sand).

Pickle Jar Theory

Big things first

ith smaller things and things you

THIRTEEN TIMELY TIPS

FOR EFFECTIVE
PERSONAL TIME
MANAGEMENT

1. Spend time planning and organizing.

2. Set goals.

3. Prioritize.

4. Use a to do list.

5. Be flexible.

6. Consider your biological prime time.

7. Do the right thing right.

8. Eliminate the urgent.

9. Practice the art of intelligent neglect.

10. Avoid being a perfectionist.

11. Conquer procrastination.

12. Learn to say NO.

13. Reward yourself.

Be sure the use some

kind of Time Management
system.
You will have to choose
for yourself, what works
for one wont work for
everyone.