time management in an electronic age
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Time Management in an Electronic Age. Doug Berschauer. Doug Berschauer. Brrrrr – Shower (think “cold shower”) Quarter century club CH2M HILL Regional Technology Manager SEAWYED: S eattle W ater Y oung E ngineer D evelopment Program Development programs for 12 years. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Time Management Time Management in an in an
Electronic AgeElectronic Age
Doug Berschauer
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Doug BerschauerDoug Berschauer
• Brrrrr – Shower (think “cold shower”)
• Quarter century club
• CH2M HILL – Regional Technology Manager– SEAWYED: SSeattle WWater YYoung
EEngineer DDevelopment Program
• Development programs for 12 years
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Today’s ConversationToday’s Conversation
• Star Trek to Star Wars
• Warp Speed!
• Beam me up Scottie!
• Live Long and Prosper!
• Light Sabers and other great tools
• Avoid the Death Star!
• May the FORCE be with you!
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Star Trek Star Trek toto Star Wars Star Wars
• World is changing … fast– Great-Grandparents: electricity– Grandparents: telephone– Parents: television– Me: computers– You: ___________________
• More gadgets, more information– Cell phones, Blackberry’s, iPhones
Fill in the blank
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Warp Speed!Warp Speed!
• Information everywhere– Email – w/ and w/o attachments– Internet
• “Google it”• Search engines
• Communication– Mobile: voice and data (text)– IM– Email
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Beam me up Scottie!Beam me up Scottie!
• Overload– “You’ve got mail!”– “You have exceeded your mail capacity”– “Can you review the attached 6MB file
and get back to me tomorrow”– “What do you mean you did not do it, I
sent you an email”
• Feel like you need a brain upgrade?
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Live Long and Prosper!Live Long and Prosper!
• What good is all the gadgets if it brings stress … and shortens your life?
• What can you do to navigate the “Star System”?– More gadgets?– Tools– Internal focus– The FORCE!
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Star Trek … Star Trek …
… … Star WarsStar Wars
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Space the final frontier … Space the final frontier …
… … in a galaxy, far, far awayin a galaxy, far, far away
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Avoid the Death Star!Avoid the Death Star!
• You get so over loaded you are ready to explode
• You worry – Worrying is lost time
• Negative vibes
• You are not at your best
• People avoid you
• How do avoid being a death star?
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Light Sabers and other great toolsLight Sabers and other great tools
• Light Saber is a simple weapon
• Filters are great tools and simple– Email filters
• Highlight “TO” email • BOLD “TO” where it is just to me• No highlight or bold when it is “CC”
– Data filters• Autofilter in Excel• Other
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Light Sabers and other great toolsLight Sabers and other great tools
• Light Saber is ready use, anytime• Excel short cuts
– Named cells– Array formulas– Macro’s
• Why learn the short cuts?– Save you time!– Work smarter, not harder
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May the FORCE be with you!May the FORCE be with you!
• Darth Vader
• R2D2
• Hans Solo
• Obi Wan Kenobi
• Yoda
• May the FORCE help you manage time in an electronic age
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Darth VaderDarth Vader
• Focused
• Prioritize
• Minimize worry
• Too much focus can lead to the “dark side”!
• “Never underestimate the power of the dark side”
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R2D2R2D2
• Organized
• Tools– You need to figure out what is best for you
• Gadgets– Sign me up for the all the cool stuff!
• C3PO worried, R2D2 did not have time– Negative self talk, in multiple languages
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Hans SoloHans Solo
• Relaxed
• Easy going
• “No problem …”
• Take time to relax– Exercise– Fun!
• Being a complete person
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Obi Wan KenobiObi Wan Kenobi
• Compact
• Living in the moment
• Not worried about tomorrow
• Positive outlook– The power of suggestion– Even more powerful if something bad
happens
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YodaYoda
• Energy– Is he faking with cane?– Give him a light saber and watch out!
• Believing in yourself – We all have gifts– We can do anything we put our mind to
• Positive Energy – Biggest impact to time management
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May the FORCE help you manage May the FORCE help you manage time in an electronic age time in an electronic age
• Focused
• Organized
• Relax
• Compact
• Energy
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DiscussionDiscussion
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May the May the FORCEFORCE be with be with you … you … always!always!