Time Management & Personal Productivity Essentials

As we are exploring time management and productivity, it makes sense to review quick tips to help you get the most from your time investment.

Making the shift from 'making time' to 'finding time' is a key first step in understanding the reality of our use of time and the motivations that underpin it.

One of the most common limiting beliefs we encounter everyday is about time. Holding that limiting belief immediately erodes your ability to get the most from your day. Don't worry, there is a simple solution.

A lack of motivation to start, or complete a task plays havoc with our ability to be productive. This module reveals a surprising aspect of motivation, that might solve some of your more difficult motivation issue quickly and easily.

We are never short of reasons why we are not able to do something. Here are the top three. Which is your favourite? At the end of this lecture you are tasked with finding out how you use these common excuses.

We all feel overwhelmed and under pressure at times. It can be a very frustrating and demotivating experience. At these times, our attitude is critical to success. This lesson introduces a simple formula and question to challenge yourself with in these moments and encourages you to focus on what counts.

Without a full understanding of what success means to us, it is very likely that the decisions we make about how we invest our time will be misplaced and ineffective. The wheel of life is a great tool for helping you think through the key success factors for you.

Some students may wish to only focus on the work aspects of their time management and productivity.

It is easy to find yourself under pressure to work harder and longer. However, life is more than simply work. Finding the balance that is right for you is key in making the change to working smarter not simply harder.

An activity designed to put you in touch with where you are really spending your time. Frequesntly, the results are something of a shock for many people.

An activity to start you thinking about what is really important for you. Having a good sense of your values helps you maintain an appropriate focus and balance in your time management and productivity efforts.

If you don't know where you are going, you can take any direction and hope you get there. This module introduces you to a critical underpinning framework for developing clear objectives. Once you have these in place, making decisions about where to best invest your time become much easier; as do decisions about what you need to stop doing.

Now it's your turn to develop your personal work or life objectives.

Highly successful people tend to be excellent at establishing and working to their priorities. They know which activities and tasks add the most value for them. The priority matrix is a deceptively simple, yet powerful tool for enabling you to be crystal clear on your key priorities.

Many people use the priority matrix as a daily planning tool. Here's how.

It's time to start applying your learning directly to your own use of time. This activity starts the process of analysing the time log you completed in an earlier activity.

This activity ensures you are not wasting time trying to control things you simply cannot. Are you really in control or are you deluding yourself?

Apply these four decision factors to your task list every day and you will quickly transform the results you achieve.

Key tips to help you build self-discipline when you are scheduling your time.

Here are the key time bandits, the time stealers that can have a dramatic effect on your productivity and results if you do not tackle them head on.

It's time to get tough with one of the biggest time bandits - interruptions. This activity will help you do exactly that.

Develop this seemingly simple discipline and watch your productivity soar. Easier said than done, but well worth the effort.

These are the top tips on transforming your productivity from a wide range of highly successful people. We have covered quite a few within our course material as they are key to successful time management and improved productivity. However, there are still ideas to try out and see if they work for you.

Challenge yourself to identify what actions you need to take to get the maximum benefit from the course - then make it happen.

Before you go, a quick recap quiz to check your understanding and retention.

Now its your turn. You have the tools and strategies in place. It simply requires a little self-discipline and commitment to start achieving the results you want. It means changing your habits, and I've included some tips on how to do that.

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