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Time Management: Understanding and Working with Time
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(15 ratings)
29 students

Time Management: Understanding and Working with Time

Learn to prioritize projects among the changing and competing demands on your time.
Created byLearnit Anytime
Last updated 6/2022
English
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What you'll learn

  • Increasing our awareness of time
  • 6 concepts to think realistically about time
  • Improving our regulation of time
  • Calendar blocking
  • What gets in our way
  • Finding our flow
  • Ways to shut down distractions
  • How to navigate shifting priorities

Course content

1 section • 10 lectures • 54m total length

  • Introduction4:22

    Explore the psychology of time management, identify barriers and the myth of multitasking, map activities to energy cycles, and enter flow state to set priorities and plan non-negotiables.

  • Time Management Barriers9:49

    Explore the psychology of time management and common barriers like procrastination and unclear scope, and learn how to prioritize, schedule, and communicate to protect your time.

  • The Myth of Multi-Tasking10:08

    Discover why multitasking hinders performance as the brain shifts between tasks, causing mistakes and rework, and learn to protect focus with heads down time and minimizing context switching.

  • Getting in the Flow State (Being in the Zone)3:32

    Enter the flow state by focusing fully on a single task, shutting out distractions, and aligning work with your energy cycles to boost productivity up to 500%.

  • Mapping Activities to Our Natural Energy Cycles6:53

    Map your daily energy cycles by identifying peaks and valleys, aligning peak tasks with high energy. Schedule tasks around energy levels and create a timeline to optimize focus and productivity.

  • Discover What Matters5:16

    Set clear priorities by organizing tasks into must complete, should complete, and nice to complete, and communicate changes when interruptions arise to protect time and meet due dates.

  • Calendar Management4:42

    master calendar management by scheduling breaks, lunch, and email checks, using varied meeting durations to protect focused work, and maintaining regular one-on-one alignment with your manager and direct reports.

  • Weekly Planning3:32

    Develop weekly planning by reviewing calendars every Sunday, scheduling recurring tasks, and communicating changes, while protecting time by advancing tasks two to three weeks and aligning work with peak energy.

  • Reviewing What We've Learned3:54

    Revisit your initial time-investment list, map it to your calendar and energy levels, and schedule more time for high-value tasks while trimming or delegating others.

  • Conclusion2:15

    Explore the psychology of time management, identify barriers, and leverage flow state and energy cycles to focus on high-value tasks. Plan priorities and optimize calendar management for clarity.

Requirements

  • This course can be taken and enjoyed by anyone.

Description

Learn to prioritize projects among the changing and competing demands on your time. You will also gain an understanding of how your current workplace requires you to constantly retool to work strategically instead of working harder. This course will help you to focus on key practices for managing your time effectively. You will learn practical tools that can help you to better align your daily activities to accomplish your goals.

Who should attend:

  • Individual contributors and mid-level and senior leaders who are seeking to increase their abilities to thrive in chaotic, unpredictable environments will benefit from this workshop.

  • Individual contributors and mid-level senior leaders who are seeking to increase their abilities to shut down distractions and maximize their time management by reaching a state of flow.

Course outcomes:

  • Increasing our awareness of time

  • 6 concepts to think realistically about time

  • Improving our regulation of time

  • Calendar blocking

  • What gets in our way

  • Finding our flow

  • Ways to shut down distractions

  • How to navigate shifting priorities

Course breakdown:

  • Time awareness

  • Efficiency vs effectiveness

  • Pareto principle

  • Energy peaks and valleys

  • Time audit

  • Sunk cost fallacy

  • Regulating your time

  • REP Plan

  • The Planning Fallacy

  • Calendar Blocking

  • Improving your time management

  • Habit stacking

  • What get’s in our way?

  • Multitasking is a myth

  • Flow State

  • Controlling your distractions

  • Pomodoro technique

  • How to say “no” professionally

  • How to navigate shifting priorities

  • Reactive vs Proactive Time

  • Distinguishing urgent vs important

  • 2-minute rule

Who this course is for:

  • Individual contributors and mid-level and senior leaders who are seeking to increase their abilities to thrive in chaotic, unpredictable environments will benefit from this workshop
  • Individual contributors and mid-level senior leaders who are seeking to increase their abilities to shut down distractions and maximize their time management by reaching a state of flow

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