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Five Ways to Control Your Time

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Find more time for what's most important. Learn key time management strategies (from saying "no" to overcoming perfectionism) to reduce distractions and focus on what matters.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Take control of your time
1. The Importance of Time Management
  • The objective of time management
  • The importance of clear goals
  • Make the most of every day
2. Prioritizing
  • What prioritizing really means
  • Separate important from urgent tasks
  • Use Eisenhower's matrix of tasks to prioritize
  • The most important box of Eisenhower's matrix
  • Get more from your life through planning
  • Why working longer doesn't work
  • Get more time for important things
3. The Five Ways to Control Your Time
  • Option 1: Say "no" at home
  • Option 1: Say "no" at work
  • Option 2: Negotiate the time allotted
  • Option 2: Use negotiation tactics to save time
  • Option 3: Delegate to save time
  • Option 3: Understand why you avoid delegation
  • Option 4: Improve your systems
  • Option 5: Identify perfectionism to save time
  • How to apply time-saving tactics
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Chris Croft

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