9.10 Knowledge Check
This chapter began by pointing out that stress can be reduced and grades improved as a result investing some time, in improving your time management.
- The cost of not investing in developing good time management strategies include: money, an increase in stress, loss of goals, time, and self-esteem which may be difficult to recover from right away.
- Creating a plan to be successful includes: starting early to understanding what your tasks include, accurately estimating the time they will require to complete, creating a plan based on this time estimation, blocking off the time required in smaller chunks, being flexible and having a back up plan if things don’t go the way you expected.
- Procrastination, or putting something off, was identified as the biggest obstacles to getting things done. Reasons why we procrastinate include lack of focus, lack of energy and fear of failure, each of which feeds into the other, creating a procrastination cycle.
- The key components to prioritization are making certain you understand each task and making decisions based on importance, impact, and urgency.
- The chapter contained several sections on how to effectively manage time (including predicting time on task), how to prioritize tasks and some specific strategies to try like the Pomodoro Technique, Top Three and Eat the Frog.
Reflective Practice
Option 1
Answer the reflection questions below in full sentences.
Option 2
Pick at least one of the three strategies discussed in this chapter to try this week (Pomodoro, Eat the Frog, or Top Three) and use it for a full seven days in a row.
Applying Your Knowledge
Glossary
“4.8 Reflecting” and “4.11 Key Takeaways” from Fanshawe SOAR by Kristen Cavanagh is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
A method where you determine which three things are the most important to finish that day, and these become the tasks that you complete.
A time management approach where a person takes care of the biggest or most unpleasant task first, so that everything else will be easier after that.
A method of organizing priorities to ensure that you focus on the correct tasks.
A method where you use a timer to set work intervals that are followed by a short break.
Ordering tasks and allotting time for them based on their identified needs or value.
The act of delaying some task that needs to be completed.