Managing Time

Overview/Description
 "Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of," so said Benjamin Franklin. Therefore, making every moment count is the surest path to living the good life. In this course, the third in the series "Achieving Balance in Your Professional and Personal Life," you'll begin by recognizing many of the everyday activities, interruptions, and attitudes that waste your time and, in turn, eat away at the very thing you should value most. With your time savings account thus enriched, you will then learn to hone your time-management skills and achieve much greater results for the same effort.

Target Audience
 Anyone interested in improving his or her personal and professional development process.

Expected Duration
2.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Where Does the Time Go?

  • recognize the value in becoming more efficient in the use of time.
  • identify basic factors in time management theory.
  • choose factors that influence effective goal-setting.
  • specify behaviors that avoid wasting time.
  • specify actions that effectively deal with procrastination.

    • Dealing with Perfectionism

  • recognize the value in understanding how perfectionism works.
  • identify the characteristics of negative perfectionism.
  • select the characteristics of positive perfectionism.
  • differentiate between behaviors that use the positive aspects of perfectionism and overcome the negative aspects.

    • Conquering Burnout

  • recognize the value in understanding how burnout is overcome.
  • identify the manner in which burnout works.
  • identify strategies that reduce burnout.
  • identify behaviors that heal burnout.

    • Using Time Effectively

  • recognize the value of good time-management skills.
  • choose actions that aid efficiency.
  • identify processes that strengthen the effective use of time.
  • choose activities that encourage optimum work patterns.
  • specify strategies that improve scheduling.

    • Course Number: PD0113