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Skills to Enhance Personal SuccessS.T.E.P.S

Time Management

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•Proactive Vs. Reactive•Pickle Jar Theory •Set SMART goals•Plan your study time•Create your to do list•Tips to avoid procrastination

Time Management

•Proactive Vs. Reactive•Pickle Jar Theory •Set SMART goals•Create your to do list•Plan your study time

“We can always fit more things into our day”

What are your marbles? Sand? Water?

Weekly Schedule

Weekly Schedule

Time Management

•Proactive Vs. Reactive•Pickle Jar Theory •Set SMART goals•Plan your study time•Create your to do list•Tips to avoid procrastination

SMART Goal Setting

Weekly Schedule

Weekly Schedule

Managing Your Time

•Proactive Vs. Reactive•Pickle Jar Theory •Set SMART goals•Plan your study time•Create your to do list•Tips to avoid procrastination

Weekly Schedule

Why is this stage important?Why is this stage important?

Time Management

•Proactive Vs. Reactive•Pickle Jar Theory •Set SMART goals•Plan your study time•Create your to do list•Tips to avoid procrastination

Prioritizing Your To-Do List

I M P O R T A N C E

U RGENCY

DO IT NOW

Urgent, Important

DECIDE WHEN TO DO

IT

Not Urgent, Important

DELEGATE IT

Urgent, Not Important

DUMP IT

Not Urgent, Not Important

TIPS TO AVOID PROCRASTINATIONAs easy as 3 steps!

Discuss 3 things you’ll start applying from now on

Take charge of your time (i.e. To Do Lists, Schedules, Goal Setting)

Get organized (and re-organize when necessary) Create rewards that are meaningful to help

motivate yourselfAsk someone else to check in with you Identify the unpleasant consequences of

procrastination Take a different approach to the project (i.e.

break it into smaller, more manageable tasks) Meet with a study buddy or study group

How to…

Read, Take Notes & Study EFFECTIVELY

SQ4RSurveyQuestionReadRecordRecite/RespondReview

Organization is key!

The Cornell Note Taking System

Record the lecture as meaningfully and fully as possible.

Reduce ideas and facts to concise

jottings as cues for Reciting, Reviewing,

and Reflecting.

RecallColumn

Terms/ Key Words

Questions

Connections

Categories

Test Alerts/ Reminders

Summary

Being an ACTIVE learner!

My final advise…Use all resources!!