Time Management

When collaborating with a team, time management is an essential part of success. In this lesson, you will look at what time management is and explore strategies for managing your time effectively.

Time Management

Have you heard the expression “There just isn’t enough time in the day?” Many of us probably think this quite often. As a student when you consider all the school and extracurricular activities, family events, job responsibilities, etc., it is often difficult to find the time you need to do all you want to do. We would all love to have an extra couple of hours each day. Seeing as this is impossible, we need to work smarter on things that have the highest priority, and then create a schedule that reflects our work and personal priorities.

Think about this quote by John F. Kennedy on time!

“We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.”

Once we start understanding how time can be used as a tool to reach a goal, rather than something we passively rely on, life gets much easier.

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Time Management is the process of organizing and planning how to divide your time between specific activities. Good time management enables you to work smarter – not harder – so that you get more done in less time. Failing to manage your time damages your effectiveness and causes stress.

By using effective time-management techniques, you can improve your ability to function more effectively – even when time is tight and pressures are high. Good time management requires an important shift in focus from activities to results.

This effort in developing time management will result in great benefits, including:

- Greater productivity and efficiency.
- A better professional reputation.
- Less stress.
- Increased opportunities for advancement.
- Greater opportunities to achieve important life and career goals.

Just as managing time can result in benefits, failure to manage your time effectively can have some very undesirable consequences:

- Missed deadlines
- Inefficient workflow
- Poor work quality
- A poor professional reputation and a stalled career
- Higher stress levels

As discussed, there are a number of pros and cons of time management that have an impact on your success. Here are a few tips that can provide you with a bit of guidance in effective time management.

Tips to Improve Time Management

Click the next button on the Time Management presentation to learn some ways to improve your time management.

It seems that there is never enough time in the day – but, we all get 24 hours so why is it that some people achieve more with their time than others?

The answer lies in good time management. Good time management lets you work smarter – not harder – so you get more done in less time. Time management is a practice of skills to help you organize and plan how long you spend on specific activities. Investing and spending a little time learning about and practicing time management techniques will have huge benefits now and throughout your career.

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