Time management is an important skill that allows students to be productive and successful. It involves setting goals, prioritizing tasks, and creating a schedule to manage your time effectively. Sticking to a schedule and avoiding procrastination and time wasters are key to making the most of the limited time available. With good time management skills, students can feel less stressed and more confident as they are able to achieve a better work-life balance and meet their goals.

2. Time ManagementTime Management
Time management is nothing but common
sense. I do well in school, so I must be
managing my time effectively.
Managing
your time
well makes
you
successful.
Earn yourself
some extra
time to relax!!!
No
matter
how busy
you may
think you
are, you
must find
time for
reading

3. ContentsContents
 Why Time Management isWhy Time Management is
Important?Important?
 Goals, Priorities, and PlanningGoals, Priorities, and Planning
 Scheduling YourselfScheduling Yourself
 The Benefits of TimeThe Benefits of Time
ManagementManagement
 Time Management TechniquesTime Management Techniques
 conclusionconclusion

4. The Value of TimeThe Value of Time
 thethe most valuablemost valuable thing on earth is Timething on earth is Time
wisdom - have all you want, but if you do not have time, itwisdom - have all you want, but if you do not have time, it
means - you have nothing.means - you have nothing.
Time is a special resource that you cannot store or saveTime is a special resource that you cannot store or save
for later usefor later use
““You delay, but time will not.” –You delay, but time will not.” –
 It teaches you how to manage your time effectively andIt teaches you how to manage your time effectively and
make the most of it.make the most of it.
 True, time has a meaning. It moves. What was yesterdayTrue, time has a meaning. It moves. What was yesterday
is not today. What is today will not be tomorrow. Yesterdayis not today. What is today will not be tomorrow. Yesterday
is gone. Today is and tomorrow is yet to come.is gone. Today is and tomorrow is yet to come.

5. Steps to Managing Your Time
1. Set goals
2. Make a schedule
3. Revisit and revise your plan

6.  Make your goals specific and
concrete.
 Set both long-term goals and
short-term ones to support
them.
 Set a deadline for your goals.
 Integrate your goals: school,
personal and career.
 Realize that goals change, but
know which goals to stick to!
Go for
the
goal!
Where to start?
1. Set Goals!

7. Set Goals! continued
 What’s important and what isn’t?
 What order do things need to be done in?
 Once you know what your priorities are, you
need to plan out a schedule for the
semester, the week and the day.
 Planning may seem hard at first, but the
more you do it, the easier and more natural
it gets.
 “If you can dream it, you can do it”
From your goals, set priorities.

8. 2. Make a Schedule
Set Up Your Semester Calendar
 Look at the syllabus for the class schedule.
 Begin with blocking all class and lab times.
 Block all other set time obligations:
 Highlight all exams and project due dates.
 Identify routine homework days.
 Work backwards from exams and papers and map out
study/writing time.
 Don’t forget to take a break once in a while.

9. Make a Schedule continued
Set Up Your Weekly Plan
Spend 30 minutes or so mapping out the week.
Ask yourself these questions about the week:
 What do I expect to accomplish?
 What will I have to do to reach these goals?
 What tasks are more important than others?
 How much time will each activity take?
 When will I do each activity?
 How flexible do I have to be to allow for
unexpected things?
Where
does the
time go?

10. Do you have a schedule?
Organizing Your Day:
“Work smarter, not harder.”- Alan Lakein
 Set realistic goals, there are only 24 hours in a
day.
 Use spare time to review.
 Study at the same time each day: make it a
habit
 Divide study time into 50-minute blocks.
 Don’t forget to reward yourself when you do
something right!

11. 3. Revisit and Revise Your Plan
Are you making progress?
 Now that you’ve been paying attention to your schedule, how are you
actually using your time?
 Which tasks were you able to do? What didn’t get done?
 Was your energy level appropriate? Your stress level?
 What changes need to be made to your weekly schedule?
 What are persistent time wasters?
 Could better communication have helped you stick to your plan?
 Was procrastination an issue?

12. Procrastination
 Win the mental battle by committing to being on time.
 Set and keep deadlines.
 Organize, schedule & plan.
 Divide a big job into smaller ones.
 Reward yourself when you’re done.
 Tell your friends and room mates to remind you of
priorities and deadlines.
 Learn to say “no” to time wasters.
 “Never do today what you can put off ‘till tomorrow”
Use lots
of
Stickies

13. Tackle Time Wasters
 First, learn to recognize when you’re wasting time.
 Decide what you need to do and can realistically do.
 Learn how to say “NO” when you don’t have time.
 Use an answering machine and return calls at your
convenience. The telephone is a major time killer.
 Learn to say “I can’t talk right now. I’ll get back to you.”
 Wasting time is often linked to a lack of self-discipline.
 Ask yourself, “Do I really need to do this or not?”

14. Time Management Techniques
The Set Time Method
Block out a specific time to accomplish a task.
Examples:
Monday 1:00—2:00 Work physics problems
Saturday 9:00—11:30 Go to the gym
The Swiss Cheese ApproachThe Swiss Cheese Approach
Whenever you find yourself with some free time, do aWhenever you find yourself with some free time, do a
small part of a larger tasksmall part of a larger task
Examples:Examples:
Arrive to class 10 minutes early andArrive to class 10 minutes early and
brainstorm research ideas while waiting forbrainstorm research ideas while waiting for
your friend to arrive for lunch, review notesyour friend to arrive for lunch, review notes
from today’s History lecture.from today’s History lecture.

15. The Truth!
Yes!
As college students, you are very busy people, and to make those
168 hours effective, you have to do some planning.
The Benefits of Time Management
You are moreYou are more productiveproductive..
You reduce yourYou reduce your stressstress..
You improve yourYou improve your self-esteemself-esteem..
You achieveYou achieve balancebalance in your life.in your life.
You avoidYou avoid meltdownsmeltdowns..
You feel moreYou feel more confidentconfident in your ability toin your ability to
get things done.get things done.
You reach yourYou reach your goalsgoals..
What is Time Management?
Simply, making the most of your time and energy!

16. Review
 Time and energy management can make you more
productive and reduce your stress level.
 The Three Steps
 Set goals
 Make a schedule
 Revisit and revise your plan
 Be tough with your time. Actively avoid procrastination
and time wasters. Learn to say “no” to distractions.
 Relax and enjoy the extra time that you’ve discovered!

17. Conclusion
 Hear Me Now Believe Me Later
 Managing your time well makes you
successful.
 Time is the most valuable thing a man can
spend.
“Time is too slow for those who wait, too
swift for those who fear, too long for those
who grieve, too short for those who rejoice,
but for those who love, time is eternity.”

18. Last but not least :-
‫تقطعه‬ ‫لم‬ ‫إن‬ ‫كالسيف‬ ‫الوقت‬
‫ قطعك‬
 Time is like a sword: if you don't
cut it, it cuts you.