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Time Management
Training Classes:
We help the participants in our
Time Management training classes to accomplish their time management goals through the use of our
Time Management Use Analysis Tools which include case study
analysis, time management skill analysis, group problem solving, priority
analysis, time management games and exercises, and on line pre-work.
For free, no obligation information on how we can help
you please contact
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Participants in our Time Management training classes will learn:
- How to devote more time to important activities every day
- How to prevent those daily “fires” from undermining important
goals
- To identify and communicate goals that keep priorities straight
- How to design an effective To-Do list
- How to deal with interruptions
- The art of delegating low-priority tasks
- How to organize your “busy work,” errands, etc.
- How to use Time Blocks to maintain effectiveness
- How to eliminate most annoying paper work
- To balance professional responsibilities with personal time
- To choose and use time management tools
- How to set goals and evaluate them so that they provide value
- How to stop procrastinating NOW
- How to say NO (in a nice way, of course)
- Identify and arrest time bandits
Time Management:
Time Management Classes 101 - Functional Versus Dysfunctional
Time management techniques are something we all have whether we realize it or not, whether they are functional or dysfunctional, and whether they are created consciously or by default.
Examples abound about each of these but I'll give a couple of quick examples. Sometimes we handle situations out of habit, maybe because someone else does it that way or just because we've always done it the same. An example of this would be spending all day on Saturday doing laundry instead of a load every day.
Too, sometimes these habits are functional--such as combining errands--and sometimes they are dysfunctional or harmful--such as going through the drive-thru at McDonald's on a hectic soccer practice night. An example of a conscious strategy might include, for instance, crock pot cooking or left-overs on that same soccer practice night. While an example of a default technique would be waiting to perform maintenance on your computer until you actually need to be on it.
Let's break this soccer night practice down into bite-sized chunks. OK, you know at least three things:
- Soccer practice is every Monday night. This is not something that the coach decided to do just for the sake of making your life harder. Also, it's not like he didn't let you know just so it could throw your whole life in a tailspin. You knew when you signed Junior (or Junioress) up that there would be time commitments. And when you signed that consent form and paid the money, you were agreeing that you would modify your life during soccer season to accommodate time for the coach to yell at your kid (we love you, Coach).
- You know your family still likes to eat, even though soccer practice interferes with the normal dinner routine (if there is a normal routine). Now, if we add 1+2 we get...
- Therefore, you need to plan, in advance (such nasty words here, huh?) for a quick, easy and nutritious meal for the family. So, the above scenario would be you not realizing (hopefully) that you were using a dysfunctional default technique.
The flip side would be utilizing a functional conscious time management technique. Think of this, before soccer practice Jr. eats a small but nutritious meal. The real meal is simmering in the crock pot (e.g., stew) or slowly finishing cooking in the oven (e.g., potroast) or is a casserole in the fridge waiting to be warmed up (e.g., shepherd's pie made with left-over spaghetti sauce). When Jr. is finished with soccer practice he will eat a bigger more nutritious meal and you will also have saved money while being a good role model for thriftiness and nutrition. Do I need to point out how this is an all around win-win situation?
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