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1. Time
Management
By
Kumeh Mensah Eric
Final Year
BSc Natural Resources Management
CANR-FRNR
KNUST
Kumasi
Ghana

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What is Time?
According to Einstein, “Time is the occurrence
of events one after the other.”

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What do we use our time for?
1. Thinking

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What do we use our time for?
2. Conversing

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What do we use our time for?
3. Acting

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What is management?
“To manage is to forecast and to plan,
to organize, to command, to
co-ordinate and to control.”
Henri Fayol (1916)

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Given the definition of management,
can we manage time?

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Can we manage time?
NO!
“Time lost is never found again.”
– Benjamin Franklin

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So then, what is
“Time Management”?
The predictable
control an
individual can
exercise over a
series of events.
In short,
Knowing when to
do what.

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Why Time Management?
• Time management
helps you get the most
out of your
education/work.

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Why time management?
Allows you to be
better prepared for
the demands of your
life…
therefore decreases
anxiety

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Why time management?
Helps you to assign
time to tasks in
proportion to
their importance
(prioritizing)

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Why time management?
• Helps you achieve
a more balanced
life

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Why time management?
Makes you a
more
productive,
successful
person

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What causes people to
waste their time?
• Unclear
objectives and
priorities

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What cause people to
waste their time?
•Procrastination
is
the
thief
of
time

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What cause people to
waste their time?
• Inability to say
"No"!

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What cause people to
waste their time?
• Doing too
many things at
once
(Multitasking)

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What causes people to
waste their time?
•Periods of
inactivity
(delays & pauses)

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What causes people to
waste their time?
• Stress and fatigue

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What cause people to
waste their time?
• Interruptions
(personal
visitors)

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How can I use
my time effectively?
 Set
Goals
“There is nothing
so useless as
doing efficiently
that which
should not be
done at all.” –
Peter F. Drucker

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How can I use
my time effectively?
 Prioritize
“Managing your time
without setting
priorities is like
shooting randomly
and calling whatever
you hit the target.” -
Peter Turla

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How can I use
my time effectively?
 Organize
Know
When
To
Do
What

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How can I use
my time effectively?
 Its
NOW
or
NEVER
“Know the true value of time;
snatch, seize, and enjoy
every moment of it. No
idleness, no laziness, no
procrastination; Never put off
till tomorrow what you can do
today.” – Lord Chesterfield
“All the flowers of all of the tomorrows are
in the seeds of today.” – Chinese Proverb

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How can I use
my time effectively?
 Learn to say
NO!
If you can’t
perform
the task.

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How can I use
my time effectively?
 Use your waiting
time wisely
“The bad news is time
flies. The good news is
you’re the pilot.” –
Michael Altshuler

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How can I use
my time effectively?
 Concentrate on
one thing
at a time
on

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How can I use
my time effectively?
 Consider
you
personal
prime time

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How can I use
my time effectively?
 Take a rest
when you’re
TIRED
“Take a rest. A
field that has
rested yields a
beautiful crop.”-
Roman poet Ovid

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Did You Know
31,557,600
Seconds
525960
Minutes
8766
Hours
In a Year?

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Did you know?
the average
person
falls asleep in
7
Minutes?

33. Did you know?
Did you know a
hummingbird's
heart beats at
over a One
thousand times
every minute!
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34. Did you know?
If you watch
Television 4 hours
a day, you would
have spent 10
years watching
television by the
time you are
60 years old?
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35. Conclusion
“I recommend to you
to take care of the
minutes; for hours
will take care of
themselves.” – Lord
Chesterfield
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36. Thanks for your attention
Questions
and
Discussions