{"product_id":"2940014401845","title":"How To Become A Highly Effective Time Manager","description":"Your Planner Is Your Friend\u003cbr\u003eWhen you are organized, that will help you achieve your goals in a timely manner. You need to\u003cbr\u003eorganize your tasks so you will know what needs to be accomplished and when they need to be\u003cbr\u003eaccomplished. No student should be without a daily planner.\u003cbr\u003eYou have probably used various kinds of planning tools before, including a daily or weekly\u003cbr\u003eplanner, a month-at-a-glance planner, and so on. It is important to keep in mind that the purpose\u003cbr\u003eof scheduling is not to enslave you to your planner, but rather to record your decisions about\u003cbr\u003ewhen certain things should happen.\u003cbr\u003eYour planner should include your schedule for classes, study time, social events, club meetings,\u003cbr\u003eexercise time, and any other time necessary to achieve your goals. Keep the planner with you\u003cbr\u003eduring class and note all assignments along with the due dates of those assignments. Check\u003cbr\u003ethem off as you complete them so you know where you are at all times with your projects.\u003cbr\u003eRefer to your planner often - multiple times a day. Make this a regular part of your routine.\u003cbr\u003eWhen you get up in the morning, look at your planner to see what needs to be done for that day.\u003cbr\u003eIf you have an appointment, be sure to include a phone number next to the notation in case you\u003cbr\u003ehave to cancel or change times.\u003cbr\u003eUse a highlighter. Color-coding can help differentiate between appointments and assignments.\u003cbr\u003eFor example, highlight in blue your classes, yellow for assignments, and green for everything\u003cbr\u003eelse. The key here is easy recognition. When you open your planner, you can easily see what\u003cbr\u003eneeds to be done.\u003cbr\u003eHow To Become A Highly Effective Time Manager\u003cbr\u003e© Wings Of Success Page 10 of 10\u003cbr\u003eTime Management 101\u003cbr\u003eThe time you spend on task has some relationship to the quality of work you end up producing.\u003cbr\u003eA good gauge to follow is to perform 2-3 hours of schoolwork outside class for every hour of\u003cbr\u003eclass time. Yes, this means for a full-time student with 15-hours of class per week load the\u003cbr\u003erecommendation is to do between 30 and 45 hours of homework each week.\u003cbr\u003eSure, that's a big jump, especially if you breezed through high school or previous years of\u003cbr\u003ecollege on less. This estimate simply reflects the time it actually takes to learn effectively. It's\u003cbr\u003enot steadfast and set in stone. If you find yourself really grasping the concepts of a chapter\u003cbr\u003eafter a half-hour, feel free to stop. The key here is to set aside this time exclusively for studying.\u003cbr\u003eIf you get done earlier than expected - that's a bonus!\u003cbr\u003eNow this number shouldn't mean that you completely forgo time for yourself. It is important to\u003cbr\u003ehave some personal time. Even though you may work a part-time job, and doing so isn't\u003cbr\u003enecessarily counter-productive to success at school, you'll need to take some time for yourself\u003cbr\u003eand for recreation each week.\u003cbr\u003eA starting guideline might be something like 10% of your week, or 17 hours. What is more\u003cbr\u003eimportant than these specific targets is that you spend enough time on school work to ensure\u003cbr\u003ethat you're successful and that you spend enough time outside of school to ensure that you\u003cbr\u003ehave a healthy balance.\u003cbr\u003eAllow for unanticipated interruptions in your schedule. This means leaving some empty spaces\u003cbr\u003eduring the day or in some way being flexible enough to handle interruptions. If the unexpected\u003cbr\u003edoes not happen, time is available to do something we were saving until the next day.\u003cbr\u003eSchedule homework early in the day so it is less likely to be crowded out by unexpected events\u003cbr\u003elike meeting an old friend or having a roommate ask for help with one of his classes. Homework\u003cbr\u003eshould be a part of each day's schedule. Students who participated in a major study on stress,\u003cbr\u003ereported doing homework as the most frequently used method for reducing stress in their lives.\u003cbr\u003eHow To Become A Highly Effective Time Manager\u003cbr\u003e© Wings Of Success Page 11 of 11\u003cbr\u003eI’ll Stop Procrastinating Tomorrow\u003cbr\u003eProcrastination is a schedule buster. It's easy to put things off until later, especially when you\u003cbr\u003edread the task such as writing a term paper. But in college, this is a real problem. If you put off\u003cbr\u003eyour assignments or studying for tests, you are only hurting yourself. Procrastinating leads to\u003cbr\u003estress and anxiety not to mention poor performance. You CAN stop procrastination from\u003cbr\u003eaffecting your schoolwork.\u003cbr\u003eIt can be difficult to start working. Most of the time, however, not starting seems to be related to\u003cbr\u003efear of poor results or negative evaluations than it is to the actual difficulty of the work. Aim to\u003cbr\u003esubdivide tasks into small steps and convince yourself that to get started all you need is 10 full\u003cbr\u003eminutes working on a task. Often, the 10 minutes will elapse and you'll be right into the swing of\u003cbr\u003ethings, prepared to continue on productively.\u003cbr\u003eSometimes you just don't feel motivated","brand":"Laiftllc.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070600986864,"sku":"2940014401845","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014401845_p0.jpg?v=1763607500","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014401845","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}