Where Do I Begin? How to Plan a Variety of Goals at OnceDubuque Circles Initiative Leadership Track Series

Either you run the day

OR…

THE DAY RUNS YOU.

Time Management

Time Management =

Self management

All tasks are not created equal

Effective Self-Management

Self-Awareness Imagination Conscience Independent Will

Continually Ask Yourself…

“What is the best use of my time, right now?”

“What one thing could you do (something you aren’t doing now) that, if you did it on a regular basis, would

make a tremendous positive difference in your personal life?”

Time Bandits

1. Drop In Visitors

Remove extra seating from around your work area (Or, at HOME)

Post a “Do not disturb” sign Use conversational or physical cues

2. Lack of Focus

Shift the energy Find some place isolated to work Single task Power hour

Turn off all pop-up notifications Email Instant messaging Texts Voicemails

3. Procrastination

Ask yourself: What is the price of delay? Break tasks into sequence of manageable

steps Look at the big picture Busy vs. slow work cycles

Clarify Purpose

Roles in Your Life

Write down 7 roles you identify yourself filling in your life

These roles can be in categories such as: Individual Family member Work Church Community affairs

Goals for Your Roles

Think of 1 or 2 important results you feel you should accomplish in each role during the next 7 days.

Schedule

Now you can look at the week ahead with your goals in mind and schedule time to achieve them

Having identified roles and set goals, you can translate each goal to a specific day of the week, either as a priority item or, even better, as a specific appointment

Even with time set aside to accomplish 19 important goals during the week, look at the amount of remaining unscheduled space on a schedule