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    TIME MANAGEMENT FOR LEADERS

    “Procrastination is the thief of time.”


    Edward Young

    How are some people able to work so many activities into their schedules while
    others barely seem to have the time to attend classes? Are they smarter?
    Doubtful. More organized? You’re getting warm. Better at managing their time?
    BINGO!!!

    TIME MANAGEMENT is important to any student, but particularly so to those


    involved in student organizations. Involvement in an extracurricular group means
    that in addition to classes, meals, jobs, and socializing, another significant chunk
    of your time is automatically taken when it comes to scheduling your day. This
    handout will give some pointers on how to more efficiently manage one of your
    most precious resources: TIME.

    Note: Managing your time is a highly personalized skill – only you know your peak
    work hours, your attention span, your eating and sleeping needs. This handout
    will present general ideas necessary for successful time management and give
    specific examples of how these ideas might be applied. The important things are
    the IDEAS, not the applications. Whatever method works for you is the “right”
    one.

    THE BIG THREE….

    The three steps to efficient time management are:


    1. Organizing
    2. Prioritizing
    3. Scheduling

    The main idea is to be flexible in your planning. Disasters will come up, as we are
    only human. Allow for the unexpected. The only sure thing in a schedule is that
    the unexpected will always happen.
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    ORGANIZING

    Ideally, you should make a list each morning of everything that you want or need
    to do for that day. At this stage, don’t plan out every minute. Don’t even think
    about which jobs are most important – just write down everything you can think
    of. Another method is to list tasks or “things to do” every 5 – 7 days. This helps to
    plan better for longer projects (i.e. more than one day). There may be days when
    you forget or just don’t feel like doing some things. Giving yourself more than one
    day at a time gives you more flexibility.

    PRIORITIZING

    The next step is to rewrite your list in order of priority, with the intention of doing
    the higher priority tasks first, and working your way down the list. Much of this
    will be done for you if you keep in mind the due dates for the different projects
    you’re working on. If the project is for a class, consider things such as how much
    of the final grade that particular project is worth (5 % or 50 %). How you prioritize
    it is up to you. No one can tell you what is most important to you. Be responsible
    with your priorities.

    SCHEDULING

    Now that you have a prioritized list of everything that you need and want to do,
    you should look at your set class / work schedule to fit your projects around what
    you already have scheduled and cannot change. You may want to do this for a few
    days at a time, rather than every day. Remember to let your schedule be flexible.
    Don’t get overly ambitious – there’s no need to plan out every minute of your
    day. Make a reasonable schedule that you can be sure to stick to. Leave room for
    breaks, socializing, and those little things that tend to pop up. A good habit to
    develop is to use a calendar to mark your set schedule, projects, appointments,
    etc.

    Following these three steps will help you use your time more effectively, and a
    little more time is something we could all use!

    Source: Student Organization Development Center


    University of Michigan

    Rev. 7 / 2010 lm
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