TIME MANAGEMENT

To achieve maximum success and productivity as a student it is essential that we understand how we use our time at School. Like many things in life, we take time for granted and give little thought to it until we no longer have enough of it.

We all have the same amount of time each day but it is how effectively we use it that is important. That doesn't mean we have to schedule every waking second in our day, but there are several effective time saving habits that we can use to dramatically increase our productivity.

Time Killers Include
* Mobile Phones - particularly personal calls during odd hours (midnight calls)
* No planning of tasks - focus gives direction
* E-mail - constantly checking your e-mail throughout the day
* Surfing the Web - Jumping from one site to the next

Many of the poor time management habits we have formed can be easily fixed by simply being accountable for your lecture hours, understanding exactly how we use our time and having a plan for each day. There are also habits that we have had all our life that will require a lot more commitment to overcome.

Here's some good habits we can form to eliminate time wasting;

 How do you utilize each day
Honestly review your day and understand how you are wasting time, then commit to becoming more efficient with your time. It's important to be honest and objective about how you really spend each day.
It was someone that said “a stitch in time saves nine” It becomes critical for you to intentionally access your present State in other to move forward.

 Prioritize
Even with a well organized schedule and good work habits, there is still often not enough time in each day for Students, . So it is essential that we prioritize tasks and categorize them into Urgent, Very Important, Important and Not Important categories. Spend the majority of our time on tasks that are important and  delegate low priority jobs or move on to them only after completing the more urgent tasks. Taking from the 80/20 principle give more of your attention to the order of importants

Plan Your Time
By having a clear and precise plan for each day you have a target to aim at which eliminates many of the hours wasted in-between tasks or thinking about what to do next. Along with a daily plan, there should also be longer term goals to work towards. Setting daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals can dramatically increase your focus and productivity.This is important because if you don’t plan your time some one or peole will plan your time for you and you don’t want that


Evaluate Your Progress
Many School habits have been formed over a life time, so we will often slip back into them if we fail to continually evaluate our progress. Some habits will be harder to overcome than others, but the effort we put into overcoming them will be rewarded with added productivity, profitability and a more focused Academic life.

On wind
We're only human, so we should also plan for times when we can wind down and do less important tasks. Browse the web, call a friend or have a longer lunch sometimes, as the saying goes “all work and no play makes jack a dull boy”. It's only when we make a habit of doing these time wasting tasks that they become a problem.

Through better planning and a commitment to improve our use of time we increase productivity, become more confident, less stressed, cut costs and improve our chances of Academic success!