Effective Time Management Strategy

Sue W. Chapman
Michael Rupured

Time Management

INSIDE:

Know How You
Spend your
Time

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Set
Priorities
Use Planning
Tools
Get
Organized
Schedule
Delegate
Stop
Procrastinating
Manage
External Time
Wasters
Avoid Multitasking
Stay Healthy

10 strategies for better
time management

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Ten Strategies
For Better
Time Management
The term Time Management
is a misnomer. You cannot
manage time; you manage
the events in your life in
relation to time. You may
often wish for more time
but you only get 24 hours,
1,440 minutes or 86,400
seconds each day. How you
use that time depends on
skills learned through selfanalysis, planning,
evaluation, and self-control.
Much like money, time is
both valuable and limited:
it must be protected, used

wisely, and budgeted.
People who practice good
time management
techniques often find that
they:
• Are more productive,
• Have more energy for
things they need to
accomplish,
• Feel less stressed,
• Are able to do the
things they want,
• Get more things done,
• Relate more positively
to others, and

•

Feel better about
themselves (Dodd and
Sundheim, 2005).

Finding a time management
strategy that works best for
you depends on your
personality, ability to selfmotivate and level of selfdiscipline. By
incorporating some, or all
of the ten strategies below,
you can more effectively
manage your time.

1. Know How You Spend Your Time
Keeping a time log is a helpful
way to determine how you are
using your time. Start by
recording what you are doing
for 15-minute intervals for a
week or two. Evaluate the
results. Ask if you did
everything that was needed;
determine which tasks require
the most time; determine the
time of day when you are most
productive; and analyze where
most of your time is devoted –
job, family, personal,
recreation, etc. Identifying

Analyze
where most
of your time
is devoted—
job, family,
personal,
recreation,
etc.

TIME

MANAGEMENT

your most time-consuming
tasks and determining...