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This document discusses time management and common mistakes. It lists 10 common time management mistakes: not setting personal goals, not prioritizing, failing to manage distractions, procrastination, taking on too much, thriving on "busy", multitasking, not taking breaks, and ineffectively scheduling tasks. It also discusses systems thinking and provides a strategic planning framework. The key message is that time cannot be managed directly, but rather priorities must be managed.

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Timemanagementworkshop 121011010305 Phpapp01

This document discusses time management and common mistakes. It lists 10 common time management mistakes: not setting personal goals, not prioritizing, failing to manage distractions, procrastination, taking on too much, thriving on "busy", multitasking, not taking breaks, and ineffectively scheduling tasks. It also discusses systems thinking and provides a strategic planning framework. The key message is that time cannot be managed directly, but rather priorities must be managed.

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A SESSION ON TIME MANAGEMENT

TIME IS NOT THE ONE THAT IS BEING


MANAGED.
PRIORITIES ARE.
10 COMMON TIME MANAGEMENT MISTAKES
 Not Setting Personal Goals
10 COMMON TIME MANAGEMENT MISTAKES
 Not Prioritizing
10 COMMON TIME MANAGEMENT MISTAKES
 Failing to Manage Distractions
10 COMMON TIME MANAGEMENT MISTAKES
 Procrastination
10 COMMON TIME MANAGEMENT MISTAKES
 Taking on Too Much
“Bright lights cast dark shadows when shone
from only one direction.”
10 COMMON TIME MANAGEMENT MISTAKES
 Thriving on “Busy”
SYSTEMS THINKING
 Every system has a purpose within a larger system.
 All of a system’s parts must be present for the
system to carry out its purpose optimally.
 A system’s parts must be arranged in a specific way
for the system to carry out its purpose.
 Systems change in response to feedback.

 System maintain their stability by making


adjustments based on feedback.
10 COMMON TIME MANAGEMENT MISTAKES
 Multitasking
10 COMMON TIME MANAGEMENT MISTAKES
 Not Taking Breaks
10 COMMON TIME MANAGEMENT MISTAKES
 Ineffectively Scheduling Tasks
STRATEGIC PLANNING FRAMEWORK
10 COMMON TIME MANAGEMENT MISTAKES
 Failing to Keep a To-Do List
 Not Setting Personal Goals

 Not Prioritizing

 Failing to Manage Distractions

 Procrastination

 Taking on Too Much

 Thriving on “Busy”

 Multitasking

 Not Taking Breaks

 Ineffectively Scheduling Tasks


CONTRIBUTION
 Can I contribute?
 Add value to your organization.

 People only pay for what has value.

 Be as specific as possible in terms of function.

 Be yourself, and naturally, you will flow out and


contribute to others.
EXCELLENCE
 Can I excel?
 Excellence in the flesh.

 Everyone is excellent at something.

 Look at where you have excelled and can potentially


excel.
 No one can do better what you were designed to do
best.
 Good is the enemy Great.
NATURAL ABILITY
 Does the activity involve my natural ability?
 Winners focus, losers spray.

 Not all gifts were meant to be developed in the same


intensity and depth.
 Find your area of gifting in any situation.
TURN-ON
 Does it turn me on?
 Do not underestimate the power of fun in determining
the quality of one’s life or one’s leadership.
 “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Instead, ask
yourself what makes you come alive and go do that.
Because what the world needs is a person who has
come alive.” – John Eldredge, Wild at Heart
 Attitude, not aptitude, determines your altitude.
SPIRIT-LEADING
 Is the Spirit within me leading me to accept this
opportunity?
 If you feel that you have been in the wrong direction
and are being led to move into a better way, don’t
simply ignore that feeling because you have gone so far.
 Choose a decision of significance, not just of success.
C.E.N.T.S.
 Contribution (Can I Contribute?)
 Excellence (Can I Excel?)
 Natural Ability (Does it Involve My Natural Ability/ies?)
 Turn-on (Does the Idea of Doing it Turn Me On?)
 Spirit-Leading (Is the Spirit within me leading me to accept
this Opportunity?)
BOTTOMLINES
 Time can’t be managed. Only priorities.
 Count all your time as time to be used and make every
attempt to get satisfaction out of every moment.
 Keep paper or a calendar with you to jot down the
things you have to do or notes to yourself.
 Do first things first.

 Have confidence in yourself and in your judgment of


priorities and stick to them no matter what.
 Concentrate on one thing at a time.

 Delegate responsibilities whenever possible.

 Get a life! Have fun!


WORKSHOP

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