Time - The most Important Resource

• What is time?
• Time wastage
• How do I use my time
• Time Log
• Job analysis

The Pareto Principle

Motivations

• Procrastination vs. motivation
• Maslow - hierarchy of needs
• Encouraging motivation

The Importance of Personal Goals

• SMART goals
• Accomplishing goals
• Personal action plan, Planning Time
• Prioritisation
• Eisenhower grid
• Daily planning ritual
• Planning tools
• Energy cycle

Performing Under Pressure

• Identifying stressors
• Awareness of stress signals
• Strategies for harnessing stress positively

Time Stealers

• Meetings
• Telephone
• Delegation
• Distribution of responsibility
• Priorities, communication
• Indecision, crises
• Saying No!
• Involved in too much
• Unfinished tasks
• Self-discipline
• Drop-in visitors
• Too much routine work
• Paper, reading
• Personal disorganisation - Your Workplace
• Your desk
• The in-tray and the out-tray
• The desk file system

Thirty Ways to Make More Time

• Preparation and organisation
• Dealing with interruptions
• Meeting management
• Dealing with the telephone
• Office systems