Timeless Techniques for

Time Management

By

Andrea Nierenberg

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Take control of the calendar and clock and make the most of your time. Reduce stress and remove the emotional time wasters.

Time Management

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Everyone can use more “Time Management!”

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“You can have it all, if you don’t do it all.”

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• Where do you feel the most stress & why?

• Whether you came on this cruise to treat yourself or to escape, both good reasons!

• Take the TIME to make TIME for yourself!

• Reducing Stress is managing your energy differently.

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• Have clear goals with what you want to do … prioritize & simplify

• For this cruise (yes, planning for using your time here is important too!)

• At home– For a day

– For a week

– For a month

– For a year

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The Five Emotional Time Wasters

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INDECISION

GUILT

WORRY

PERFECTIONISM

PROCRASTINATION

The Effective “NO”

• Master the art of the effective “NO.”

• Value your time.

• Know your priorities.

• Practice saying no.

• Don’t apologize.

• Be nice to yourself.

• Say no to someone you always say “yes” to.

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Time and Stress

When you manage your time,

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Little things can make a difference.

You manage your stress.

Simplicity

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”Leonardo Da Vinci

•Simplicity is not simple–complexity is.

•Simplify your own complexity.

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Action Plan

1. Write down your objectives.

2. Identify 3-5 primary areas where you spend your day–personal, business, family.

3. Write down your tasks in each area.

4. Prioritize each list.

5. Pick the top 3 tasks across all lists.

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TIME

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Think and PlanT

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Implement One Idea or Tactic

Manage Your Time–the same 1440 minutes we all haveEvolution / Process

STRESS

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Stop; slow downS

TRE

Take care of yourself

Relax, Reminders of the basics

SS

Steps–one at a time

Success

Exercise and Eat right

REMEMBER

Stress is a result of trying to control the uncontrollable.

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Session Summary

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• CALENDAR/CLOCK/COMPARTMENTALIZE

• RELAX.

• YOU are the focus.

• SERENITY, know when to stop. Slow down.

• THINK and plan.

• AGENDA and ACCOMPLISH

• LIST tasks.

• COOPERATE with the inevitable. CONTROL what you can. Deal with CHANGE.

• REMIND yourself of the details.

• UNDERSTAND your priorities.

• INTERRUPTIONS are part of life.

• SHARPEN your saw.

• EFFICIENCY – EVOLUTION – ENERGY Management