This document discusses time management and provides tips for improving it. It defines time management as how people spend their time each hour. The benefits of good time management include getting the most from one's education, being prepared for life's demands, achieving goals and balance. Poor time management can lead to late work, lower quality work, missed commitments and lack of free time. The document recommends devising a weekly schedule and daily to-do lists to structure time use. It stresses that time management is a skill that needs continuous work.

1. Time Management
The future is something which everyone
reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour,
whatever he does, whoever he be. -- C.S.
Lewis
Dr Funke Baffour
August 2014

2. What is Time Management (TM)?

3. How do you spend your time?
• School work
• Chores
• Activities
• Revision
• Eating
• Sleeping
• Social life

4. The benefits of TM
• Helps you get the most out of your
education
• Better prepared for the demands of your
life
• Helps set realistic and manageable goals
• Helps you to achieve a more balanced life
• Helps you to be more productive
• Encourages a positive mind set

5. Poor TM leads too.....
• Handing in work late
• Submitting work that is not up
to your usual standard
• Forgetting commitments
• Finding that you often don’t have enough time
to complete a task
• Making excuses for why work is not done
• Having to let go of activities you enjoy
because of a lack of time or low grades

6. 2 Tips for TM
1) Devise a Weekly Schedule!
to be able to provide a structure for the
week that can be refined in your days
2) Write a To-Do List each day!
 to provide an overview how you will be
spending your 1440 minutes
Time management is a skill that must
be worked on

7. Exercise
• Exercise 1
• Analyze how your time is spent
• Make a list of every activity you have been involved in
since this time yesterday. For each activity you list,
estimate the amount of time you spent on that activity.
• When you add up your estimated times, you should
have close to 24 hours
• Are you happy with how you spent your time?

8. Your Future is What You Make It
TODAY!
“The best thing
about the future is
that it only comes
one day at a time.” --
Abraham Lincoln