Time Management for Productivity and Work-Life Balance

You will agree that time is a priceless commodity and a moment lost can never be regained. In this lecture, you will realise that some popularly held notions about managing time are not true at all. More importantly, you will get an overview of what good time management actually involves.

This lecture outlines the four core modules that form the fundamentals on which this course is built. The lecture also provides a brief outline of what is covered in each module of the course.

In this lecture, one of the best-kept secrets of managing time efficiently is revealed. Also revealed are the choices one needs to make as an individual to become a smart time manager.

How did Edison have more than 2332 patents to his name? How did Shakespeare manage to write 38 plays and 154 sonnets in a span of 24 years? This lecture offers an insight into how successful people manage to get so much done so that you can follow in their footsteps.

This lecture highlights the importance of managing one’s time. There are a range of benefits that smart time managers enjoy – work-life balance being one of them. This lecture touches on some of the benefits you will enjoy as a smart time manager.

This is an introductory lecture to the module Time Traps that Kill Productivity. In this lecture, you will understand how time traps eat away precious hours and minutes. This introductory lecture provides an overview of the six common time traps that are fleshed out in the subsequent lectures of the module.

Multitasking has become a way of life and is supposed to be the secret to boosting productivity. In this lecture, the myth of multitasking is busted. Far from boosting productivity, multitasking is a time trap that actually lowers productivity.  The lecture offers an alternative method of approaching tasks.

This lecture explores some of the most common techno time traps you face at work and strategies you can use to neatly sidestep these time traps.

This lecture highlights one of the biggest time traps around – procrastination also commonly known as the thief of time. This lecture uses case studies and scenarios to explore five common reasons that drive procrastinating behaviours among people.  Also given are strategies that can be used to end procrastinating behaviours and translate them into actionable items.

This lecture explores the consequences of workplace interruptions and the importance of managing and minimising such interruptions. It provides a four-pronged strategy to manage interruptions caused by people at work.

This lecture identifies two distinct spheres in which people are normally disorganised. The first sphere is space, information and paperwork and the second is time and tasks. A reflective scenario is used to highlight the consequences of personal disorganisation at the workplace. Also given are some battle-tested strategies that can be used to deal with the habit of being disorganised.

This lecture identifies two distinct spheres in which people are normally disorganised. The first sphere is space, information and paperwork and the second is time and tasks. A reflective scenario is used to highlight the consequences of personal disorganisation at the workplace. Also given are some battle-tested strategies that can be used to deal with the habit of being disorganised.

This is an introductory lecture to the module Time Management Techniques for Work-Life Balance. This lecture explores the value of time management techniques and how they can help us achieve work life balance. This introductory lecture provides an overview of the eight time management tools that are fleshed out in the subsequent lectures of the module.

This lecture explores the value of making the most of your productive time. The lecture has a brief reflective exercise which will help you analyse your personal productive time when energy levels are high. Finally the lecture covers the importance of aligning the right tasks to suit your energy levels.

Use the worksheet given after the lecture to analyse your productive or peak time when you are at your productive best.

How did the billionaire finance mogul Warren Buffett become such a phenomenal success? Today he is the fourth wealthiest person in the world. The key to Buffett’s success lies in his productivity. Take this lecture to find out Buffett’s productivity secret.

Use the worksheet given after the lecture to gain the same level of focus on your tasks as Warren Buffet did.

Did you know that time and productivity are inversely proportionate to each other? It is ironical but true that the more time you have on hand, the less productive you are. This lecture explains Parkinson’s Law of Productivity. Also given is a systematic four-step process you can use to apply Parkinson’s Law to increase your own productivity.

We have all faced the frustration of staring at a long to-do list and wondering where to begin. When you start your work on a certain day of the week, wouldn't you like to know exactly what you are supposed to do on that day? The latest buzzword in productivity allows you to do just that! Dig into this lecture to find out more about this.

Use the worksheet given here to apply what you have learned to your regular tasks and activities.

Do you have many tasks on your list? Do they all seem equally important? Do you wish there was some technique you could use to zero in on your important tasks? This lecture explores Pareto’s 80/20 principle, which is a key principle in prioritisation. Also given is a key example of how this technique can be applied in a professional setting to prioritise tasks and save time.

This lecture elaborates on yet another productivity hack on prioritisation: Eat a Live Frog Every Morning, and Nothing Worse Will Happen to You the Rest of the Day. And in case you are wondering what eating frogs has to do with prioritisation and time management, why don't you dig into this lecture and find out.

You may have heard of Stephen Covey’s time management matrix. It classifies tasks into four quadrants based on their urgency and importance. This lecture elaborates on the kind of tasks that fall into each quadrant of the matrix along with pointers on which quadrants require greater focus and attention for long-term career growth and development.

Use the worksheet given here to apply Covey’s time management matrix to your daily activities.

This lecture helps you hone up on yet another technique you can use to save on valuable time – delegation. Find out the benefits of delegation so that you understand why it is a win-win situation for all concerned. Did you know that not all tasks can be delegated? This lecture highlights four key questions you need to ask yourself before you hit the ‘delegate’ button. Also given is a clear three-step strategy you can use to delegate tasks.

This lecture explores the various types of schedules available and clearly lists steps that can be used to create a schedule. A few tips that can come in handy while creating schedules are thrown in for good measure. You can also take a brief look at the various tools available to create schedules.

This is an introductory lecture to the module Habits of an Effective Time Manager. This lecture provides an overview of what is covered in this module including tips to program yourself to become a skilled time manager and ten habits that can transform you into a terrific time manager.

This lecture highlights how you can use positive affirmations and positive visualisation to program yourself to become a skilled time manager.

In the final lecture that wraps up this course, ten habits of a smart time manager are explored along with handy tips on how you can acquire each of these habits. If you work on developing these habits one at a time you can transform yourself into a terrific time manager who is in complete control of your time.