Mr. John Rouda

Mr. John Roudahttp://faculty.winthrop.edu/roudaj/

Time is the one resource we cannot renew.

• Equate time to money

• Make a time budget

Things we’re going to talk about.

Goal Setting

80/20Rule To Do

Lists

TimeMGMT

Don’t do moreDo Less

Goal Setting

• SMART Goals– Specific– Measurable– Achievable– Relevant– Time-bound

Goal Setting

• Step Goals

• Sprint Goals

• Stretch Goals

4 Quadrant To Do List

80 / 20 Rule – Pareto’s Law

Tackling the task

• “Eat That Frog” – Brian Tracy

Eat That Frog

• 1. Set the table (goal setting)

• 2. Plan everyday in advance

• 3. Apply the 80/20 rule to everything

• 4. Consider the sequences

• 5. Practice the ABCDE Method continually (rating and prioritizing)

• 6. Focus on key result areas

• 7. Obey the Law of Forced Efficiency (do the most important first)

Eat That Frog

• 8. Prepare thoroughly before you begin

• 9. Do your homework

• 10. Leverage your special talents

• 11. Identify your key constraints

• 12. Take it one oil barrel at a time

• 13. Put the pressure on yourself

• 14. Maximize your personal powers

• 15. Motivate yourself into action

Eat That Frog

• 16. Practice creative procrastination

• 17. Do the most difficult task first

• 18. Slice and dice the task

• 19. Create large chunks of time

• 20. Develop a sense of urgency

• 21. Single handle every task

Desk & Screen Space

Phone Time

• Call just before lunch or the end of the day

• Stand while talking

• Know exactly why you’re calling

Email Tricks

• Check email “AFTER” you’ve completed your top task for the day

• Email things you want done to 1 and only 1person

• If it’s been more than 48 hours, resend.

Delegation & Batching

• Do the Dirty Work

• Don’t Dump

• Don’t be Vague

• Batch your requests

• Challenge People

Use the Pomodora Technique

• 25 Minutes of Focus

• 5 Minutes of Distraction

Efficiency vs. Effectiveness

• “It’s better to be inefficiently effective than to be efficiently ineffective.”

The SDS – Same Day Summary

• Also called a 1 minute minutes.

• Simple summary of meetings:– Who– What– When– Where– Why

Procrastination

• Parkinson’s Law

• Doing things at the last minute is expensive

• Find out Why you’re procrastinating?– Mostly Fear

• Deal with the Fear… Play out your worse case scenario.

Exchange $$$ for Time

• When it comes to the things that matter, exchange time for money.

• “Time is all we have. You may find one day that you have less than you think.” – Randy Pausch

Conclusion – Homework

TimeManagement

Time JournalCreate a time journal for 1 week (start to finish). Email it to me. Download the sample time template from the class website – http://faculty.winthrop.edu/roudaj/difd321/

THANK YOU

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