time management mcmaster engineering society academics week
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Time ManagementMcMaster Engineering Society Academics Week
Presented by:
Emily Au Electrical and Biomedical Engineering IV
MES President
Erin Middaugh
Engineering Physics V
ESSCO AGM Chair
What if you received $24 a day, every
day?
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How does this relate to time management?
What happens if we don’t practice good time
management?
• Stress
• Tasks take longer
• Illness/fatigue
• Disorganization
• Becoming behind in classes
What is time management?
TM refers to a range of skills, tools and techniques used to manage events in your life in relation to time.
Strategies
1. Use Planning Tools
2. Set Priorities
3. Get Organized
4. Schedule
5. Ask For Help
6. Stop Procrastinating!
7. Avoid Multi-Tasking
8. Stay Healthy
1. Use Planning Tools
2. Set Priorities
• Urgent
• Not urgent
• Important
• Not important
3. Get OrganizedTime management experts say that we spend
about 7 hours per week just looking for things or being distracted by clutter
Keep - Give Away - Toss
4. Schedule
• When do you learn best?
• Plan to do something, then actually do it!
5. Ask For Help
• Ask your Professor questions!
• Go to TA/Prof office hours
• Academic Advisor drop in: JHE-A214, 1:30 – 4:00, Mon-Fri
• Thode Basement, Math help center (HH 104)
• Upper Years
• BLUE Lounge
6. Stop Procrastinating
Do any of these apply to you?
7. Avoid Multi-Tasking
- Multitasking does not save time, it limits concentration and restricts focus!
- Avoid watching movies/TV/texting while you study. You will save time and study more efficiently
8. Stay Healthy
• In the transition to University, don’t forget to stay healthy
• Schedule in time for runs, work outs, and remember to eat healthy
• Staying healthy helps to reduce stress, and helps develop a healthy daily routine
Activity – Time Management
• Please get into groups of 3 or 4
• RED letters mark conditions that must apply – example: 8:30am – 6:00pm. The activity must happen in between those times.
• Blue items can not move
• Try to fit all items in your schedule!
The Calendar is you Planning Tool
You must Set Priorities to determine which item is more important to complete
Get Organized, which pieces are left to use? How many more do you have left?
The task is to Schedule your week
We’re here to help you, so Ask For Help.
Stop Procrastinating! Get off your phone/Facebook!
Only focus on one block at a time Avoid Multi-Tasking
Stay Healthy? Did you eat breakfast?
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