TIME MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

As a student, there are some basic Principles of Time 

Management that you can apply.

1. Identify "Best Time" for Studying: Everyone has high and low periods of attention and concentration. Are you a "morning person" or a "night person". Use your power times to study; use the down times for routines such as laundry and errands.
2. Study Difficult Subjects First: When you are fresh, you can process information more quickly and save time as a result.
3. Use Distributed Learning and Practice: Study in shorter time blocks with short breaks between. This keeps you from getting fatigued and "wasting time." This type of studying is efficient because while you are taking a break, the brain is still processing the information.
4. Make Sure the Surroundings are Conducive to Studying: This will allow you to reduce distractions which can "waste time." If there are times in the residence halls or your apartment when you know there will be noise and commotion, use that time for mindless tasks.
5. Make Room for Entertainment and Relaxation: College is more than studying. You need to have a social life, yet, you need to have a balance in your life.
6. Make Sure you Have Time to Sleep and Eat Properly: Sleep is often an activity (or lack of activity) that students use as their time management "bank." When they need a few extra hours for studying or socializing, they withdraw a few hours of sleep. Doing this makes the time they spend studying less effective because they will need a couple hours of clock time to get an hour of productive time. This is not a good way to manage yourself in relation to time.
7. Try to Combine Activities: Use the "Twofer" concept. If you are spending time at the Laundromat, bring your psychology notes to study. If you are waiting in line for tickets to the REM concert, bring your biology flashcards to memorize.

Developing Effective Study Habits

Do you practice effective study habits? Do you actually get on with your work when you want to?

I'm sure most of student have face this problem seriously. We always keep our assignment until the last day we want to submit it. this problem can't be solve until we change our time of study. 

I have tips that can we share together to change ourselves to become good student by developing effective study habits. Whenever you get given work, do it tomorrow. Whatever task, project or assignment you're given, start working on it the day after you get it. Don't worry about how much time you spend on it. Just make sure you actually do something daily. The important thing is to get the started on it and keep working on it until it's done.

For example, imagine it's is Tuesday, and you are given an assignment with a deadline three weeks later..

• Tuesday. Do nothing on it
• Wednesday. Start working on it
• Thursday. Continue it

...then , keep working at it every day you can until you finish it.

Why does this work?

Creating a buffer between receiving work and doing means you’ll enjoy these benefits:

• Thinking time. Starting it the day after you’re given it gives you some breathing space. You know when you will start, giving you a day to mentally prepare yourself to get on with your work.
• Less need for willpower. All you need to do is start each day. Stop after an hour if you want. Or 30 minutes, even five if you feel like it. Doing it daily is the habit that means you can work for as long as you want to.
• Greater satisfaction. Getting things done is a great feeling. Finishing is obviously the ultimate destination, but simply doing brings a degree of satisfaction. The knowledge that you’ve made progress towards completion is its own reward.
• Less last minute stress. Unlike many of your peers, you avoid, or at least massively reduce, the amount you have to do the day before it’s due.

Tempted to start the day you get it? Before you do, think about what won’t get done today if you do. If you’ve got nothing else to do, go for it. But ‘Do It Tomorrow’ is as habitual as you make it.

This can help you to get rid with many assignment and settle it on time perfectly.

Developing good study habits mean you use your time well. Time, of course, is the most valuable resources you have; but it’s so easy to waste. This is about developing good study habits, not skills. Skills make you better at studying; effective study habits make you better for studying.

There are 18 keys to successful study:

1. Best time of day.

When do you work best? Are you an early bird, night owl, or something in between? Find your rhythm, then plan to study at your peak production time.

2. Plan.

The next day, week, term or semester. Whatever time  you use, time you invest to plan will pay for itself many times over.

3. Ask questions.

4. Get and stay organized.

Once you learn how to get organized, make sure you know to stay organized.

5. Lower your resistant.

Learn how to overcoming procrastination daily can make all the difference.

6. Practice the law of the farm.

Stephen Covey suggests that it's better to study in the right time rather than cramming it all at the last minutes. A farmer can't cram with crops. It has to be done in it's season.

7. Manage your time-waster

Give yourself permission to waste time. Make it a priority. This reduces the thrill of what you shouldn't be doing.

8. Look at your goal.

Your dream grade, posted on the wall next to your bed or computer means you'll see and think about it daily.

9. Do the worst first.

First thing is often the best time to do this. It limits the effect of the task on your mind if you do it early.

10. Isolate yourself.

Turn your communications off when you study. Even better, put them out of site.

11. Finish wanting more.

12. Time box it.

Give a task a block or 'box' of time to get it started. Enough time boxed sessions will mean you finish it. Learns how to avoid procrastination by time boxing.

13. Use capture tools.

Better time management for student with good study habits depends on time management tools that are simple to use, easy to access and consistently work as a way to capture information that would otherwise be lost.

14. Drink water.

Keep a bottle nearby because good study habits depend on hydration.

15. Add on.

Tack on a pre-study task to prepare yourself. The more your senses engage with this, the more effective it is.

16. Sell it to yourself.

The see-your-goal is a simple way to start the process of marketing to yourself. Visual images, such as posters, have an impact, as does your language.

17. Practice selective listening.

When you do listening, do so really well. Use whatever capture tool you like-just do it.

18. Do something for someone else.

Help someone else and you reinforced your own understanding.

If you do all these keys, you can be a better student and can be love by your lecturer and friend with colorful result.

ACHIEVING GOALS – 

HAVE YOU TAKE YOUR STEP EVERY DAY ?

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time..?

Rob O’Loughlin

I’m a strong believer in the power of consistency. Doing something small consistently can make a big difference in the long term. Your goal might seem big like an elephant, but if you take your one step every day you will eventually achieve it.

The problem, of course, is it’s not easy to be consistent. It’s easier to just follow your mood and do things that you feel like doing. But consistency is essential to achieve big goals so you should learn to put it into practice.

Here’s how:

1. Set a goal you believe in

You need a powerful source of motivation to stay consistent in the long term. Because of that, your goal should be something you believe in, something you really care about. Otherwise you won’t be able to keep at it for months or even years.

2. Allocate time for it every day

Don’t just wait until you have time. Instead, make the time. I usually allocate a minimum amount of time to work on my goal daily. You may want to take time off on the weekend and some other occasions, but other than that thrive to meet your commitment.

3. Use the time for real work

What’s the use of allocating time if you use most of it to procrastinate? So make sure that you do real work during it. For this purpose, I use a timer. Whenever I stop working in the middle of a session, I stop the timer. Then I restart it when I get back to work. This way I know that I’ve spent the whole allocated time for real work.

4. Take the shortest path

Allocating time for your goal won’t help if it doesn’t take you closer to your goal. A common pitfall is using the time for things that aren’t really necessary.

To avoid this, always keep your goal in mind and build the desire to achieve it as soon as possible. Setting a tight deadline is a good way to help you stay focused.

What do you think? How do you achieve big goals?