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Snowgoose Veterinary Management Consulting
The 25 Hour Day:Making It Work
Louise S. Dunn
12 Snowgoose Cove
Greensboro, NC 27455
336-286-0878
The 25 Hour Day: Making It Work
1. What is it?
2. Some facts
3. Stress
4. Knowledge
5. Time Management
6. Solutions
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Comfort VS Style
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1. What Is it?
• Family
• Career
• Personal growth and enrichment
• Down time
• Giving back
• Silly time
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Life-Work Intelligent Integration
Why • Industry Leaders
– Motorola and Cisco
• It’s A Mind set
– Billable hours VS time clocked in
• What’s “in”
– Passion and “deserve”
• What’s “ not in”
– Too many “things”
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2. Some Facts • Stress is costing $200-$300B– EAPA Employee Assistant Professional Association
• 46% is self inflicted
• from 43.6 to 47.1 hrs /week– Willing Slaves – How the Overwork Culture is Ruling our Lives, Madeleine Bunting
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USA Today Snapshots
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From USA Today Snapshots 2010
USA Today Snapshots
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From USA Today Snapshots 2010
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Historically In Society
• It is accepted that successful people are too busy
•Being a workaholic is often admired
• If you are not busy, you are lazy
Spirals
Downward Upward
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3. Stress Affects:
• Immune system
• Cardiovascular
• Eating
• Smoking
• Exercise
• Alcohol & drugs
• Sexual health
• Mental health
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Life Stress Test Dr. Tim Lowenstein
www.cliving.org/lifestresstest.htm
reprinted with permission from the author'
“Life Happens”
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Sometimes You JustHave to Multitask
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SchedulesSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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4. Be Willing To Make Choices
• What clubs you join and how many.
• What study groups work best for you.
• If you choose to have a job.
• How far away you live from campus.
• Marry or start a family.
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Know The Culture
• An elite group
• Professors work hard and long hours
• Praised for all the accomplishments
• No awards for balance
• You are in a seductive profession
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Know The Stressful Periods• First Year
– First week
– First exam after the first week
– Information overload
– Not getting discouraged
• Second Year
– Twice the amount of material to retain
– Selecting electives for next year
– Learning to apply what you learn
– So many tests in a row
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Know The Stressful Periods• Third Year
– Labs and surgery
– Having a clinician watch over your techniques
– Clinical rotations
• Fourth Year
– Time commitments medicine and surgery blocks
– Job search, internship applications
– Realizing you will soon be in the “real world”
– Thinking about debt load
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5. Tips For Time Management
• Prioritizing proactively
• Effective processes
– Palm Pilots
• Surrounding yourself with the correct team
– Compliment each others’ styles and strengths
• Delegating
– Learn the skill
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Covey’s Big Rocks
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Covey’s Time Matrix-Activities
•Pressing Matters
•Crises/ Panics
•Fire- Fighting
•Deadline-Driven Projects
•Prevention
•Relationship Building
•Planning/Preparation
•Implementing
•Professional Knowledge
•Interrupts
•Some Mail/ Calls
•Some Reports/ Meetings
•Unprepared Meetings
•Popular Activities
•Trivia
•Busy Work
•Time Wasters
•Unproductive-Activity
•Everything Else
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Urgent Not Urgent
•Stress
•Burnout
•Vision
•Perspective
•Control
•Balance
•Out of control
•Short-term focus
•Feel victimized
•Irresponsibility
•Dependence on others
Important
NotImportant
Covey’s Time Matrix*- Results
* “Principle Centered Leadership”
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Jack Canfield’s: The Power Of Focus
• Focusing Strategies
–90% of behavior is habit
– Identify your good and bad habits
– Identify results of changing and
set up an action plan
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Canfield’s Make a Stop List
• Know what you want and why
• Discover and use your talents daily
• Work hard and smart
• Give and love unconditionally
• Find and live your purpose
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David Allen’s Getting Things Done
• Capturing Tasks
• Discipline (e.g. only check emails 3x day then go for a short walk)
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Allen’s Workflow Diagram
In-basket
What is it?
Is it actionable
Yes
Trash
Tickler
ReferenceNO
nonononoyesyesyesyes
Multi-step projects need a step by step plan
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References
6. Some Solutions• Leadership• Right people• Trust & believe in yourself• Develop relationship• Exercise• Systems
• Prioritize• Set limits and boundaries
• Say “No”• Breathe deeply
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Action Decisions• Make your own list
• Assign a value
– Be realistic
• Don’t second guess
yourself
• “Just do it”
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Do Not Forget Your Passion
What gets you up in the morning?
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Questions
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References
• USA Today 2010
• Allen, David; Getting Things Done
• Canfield, Jack; The Power of Focus
• Covey, Stephen; The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• Lowenstein, Tim; Life Stress Test
– www.cliving.org/lifestresstest.htm
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Thank You
Louise S Dunn
12 Snowgoose Cove
Greensboro, NC 27455
snowgoosevet.com