Time management is the process of exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities.

FIRST GENERATION: reminders based on clocks and watches SECOND GENERATION: planning and preparation based on calendar

THIRD GENERATION: planning, prioritizing, controlling activities on a daily basis

FOURTH GENERATION: being efficient and proactive using any of the above tools

Definition How do we spend our time Goals

Rules

Strategies

Analyze your schedule

 Definition:
Excessive and chronic inability to manage time effectively may be a result of Attention Deficit Disorder.

Diagnostic criteria include: A sense of underachievement, difficulty getting organized, trouble getting started.

Prefrontal

cortex: The prefrontal cortex is the most recently evolved part of the brain

Caveats:

Dwelling on the lists According to Sandberg, task lists "aren't the key to productivity [that] they're cracked up to be". This could be caused by procrastination by prolonging the planning activity.

Hendrickson asserts that rigid adherence to task lists can create a "tyranny of the to-do list" that forces one to "waste time on unimportant activities".

Listing routine tasks wastes time.

To remain flexible, a task system must allow for disaster. To avoid getting stuck in a wasteful pattern

Categorization of large data into groups. Groups marked A, B, and Chence the name. A Tasks perceived as being urgent and important, B Tasks important but not urgent, C Tasks neither urgent nor important. Each group rank-ordered in priority. Some individuals force-rank all "B" items as either "A" or "C". Can incorporate more than three groups. Frequently combined with Pareto analysis.

80% of tasks can be completed in 20% of the disposable time. Remaining 20% of tasks will take up 80% of the time. Sort tasks into two parts. Tasks falling into first category be assigned a higher priority. it is assumed that 80% of the productivity can be achieved by doing 20% of the tasks. 80% of results can be attributed to 20% of activity If productivity is the aim then these tasks should be prioritized higher.

"Eisenhower box" to help evaluate urgency and importance. Items may be placed at more precise points within each quadrant. All tasks are evaluated using the criteria important/unimportant and urgent/not urgent and put in according quadrants. Tasks in unimportant/not urgent are dropped, tasks in important/urgent are done immediately and personally, tasks in unimportant/urgent are delegated and tasks in important/not urgent get an end date and are done personally. used by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, hence the name.

Assertiveness is standing up for your right to be treated fairly. It is expressing your opinions, needs, and feelings, without ignoring or hurting the opinions, needs, and feelings of others. Assertiveness is not about showing people that you can shout and its not about scaring them but it's something between being aggressive and being passive.

Goal-oriented response. Assertiveness is a skill, style of behaviour common to many different kinds of personality Encountering frustrating situations, passive or aggressive individuals often feel they have little choice but to continue with their habitual behaviour which is often unsatisfactory to them Assertive responding is about picking your battles, choosing when to try an assertive response. Involve negotiating a new solution with another individual. Concerns not only what you say but also how you say it. Includes asking directly for something you want.

AGGRESSIVE & PASSIVE BEHAVIOR

AGGRESSIVE

PASSIVE

Put down Fights Loud denial Physical violence Disrespect others

Praise Giving in Gossip or rumor Fake crying Disrespect you

 express their feelings, thoughts,

and desires freely comfortable in relationships know their rights self-control willing to compromise

'I count my needs.

I count your needs.'

Broken record Negative assertion Negative inquiry Fogging I-statements

APPLICATIONS
Prevention of alcohol-use disorder.

Intervention for variety of disorders.

CRITISISM
Not practiced in a balanced way Complex and situation-specific Assertiveness turning into aggressiveness