IBM e-learning : Analyze Your Use of Time (overview)

 How many times have you said to yourself, "If there were more hours in the day."

People try hard to use their times effectively and to be productive in both their personal and professional life. Often, twenty-four hours just doesn't seem like enough time to get everything done in an organized manner.

 

Which of choices list below best reflect proper use of time?

 a. It's OK to put in extra hours at work every day. 

b. Everything is doable.

c. It's ok not to have enough time for your personal life. 

d. Delegate work to subordinates.

 e. One of the key elements to be productive is to be nice to yourself.

 

To archive true success, you have to understand the value of effective time management.

 

A common misconception is that hard work is an effective substitute for good time management. Good time management is critical to improving your overall performance. It increases your flexibility to respond rapidly to change conditions and requirements. Some people accomplish more in the same amount of time than others do. Do those individuals working harder or smarter? You will discover that it is a matter of time mastery. Those people have developed exceptional time management skills.

 

These three-part series ‘Taking control of your work day’ shows you how to balance and maintain in your personal and professional lives through effective time management.

 

This is part one of the three-part series. This course will outline the necessary steps to revolutionize your life. You will acquire the time you have never thought you have by:

l         Getting organized.

l         Prioritizing task.

l         Identifying the most valuable time of your day.

 

M. Scott Peck has said, “Until you value yourself, you will not value your time; until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”

In this course you will learn the value of proper utilization of time. The three lessons in this course will provide you tools and skills necessary for making optimum use of your time.

1.       In the first lesson, Getting organized, you will learn to use ‘To Do’ list as means of focusing the goal to be achieved. You will identify the source of ‘To Do’ list.

2.       The second lesson, Priority matrix, emphasizes the benefits of prioritizing task with the help of priority matrix. You will also learn to gain three or more weeks of time per year.

3.       In the third lesson, most valuable time of your day. You will look at the prime times and down times, and the innovative conception of control time. Finally, you will evaluate the time log and examine the Daily plan.

 

Balancing in the personal and professional lives is difficult without proper time management. Analyzing your use of time is the first step to make a best use of your time.