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Time Management

Randy PauschCarnegie Mellon

University


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August 15th, 2007: 3 to 6 months


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Today is 3 months and 12 days.


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History folks here?


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Goals

Avoid wasting time

Bosses & delegation

Specific skills and tools

Stress and procrastination


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= really important point

www.randypausch.com


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Remember that time is money

--- Ben Franklin

what are you worth an hour?


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Time must be managed, like money

Much of this will only make sense later

Boss / Advisor / Parent

Lightning pace, heavy on techniques


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One Good Thief is Worth Ten

Good Scholars:

Time Management for Teachers,

Cathy Collins, 1987

Career Track Seminar: Taking

control of Your Work Day 1990


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The Time Famine

Bad time management = stress

This is life advice


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The overall

goal is FUN!


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Two hours wasted per day

Messy desk

Cant find things

Miss appointments

Unprepared for meetings

Tired/unable to concentrate


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Being successful doesnt make

you manage your time well.

Managing your time wellmakes you successful.


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Goals, Priorities, and Planning

Why am I doing this? What is the goal?

Why will I succeed?

What happens if I chose not to do it?

Doing things right vs. doing the right things

100 things to do in my life


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The 80/20 Rule

Critical few and the trivial many

Having the courage of your convictions

Good judgment comes from experience

Experience comes from bad judgment


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Inspiration

If you can dream it, you can do it

-- Walt Disney

Disneyland was built in 366 days.


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Planning

Failing to plan is planning to fail

Plan Each Day, Each Week, Each

Semester

You can always change your plan, but

only once you have one!


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TO DO Lists

Break things down into small steps

Like a child cleaning his/her room

Do the ugliest thing first


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Coveys four-quadrant TODO

Important

Not

Important

Due Soon Not Due Soon


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1Important

Not

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1

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Important

Not

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1 2

3 4

Important

Not

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Paperwork

Clutter is death; it leads to thrashing.

Keep desk clear: focus on one thing at a

time Touch each piece of paper once

Touch each piece of email once; your

inbox is not your TODO list


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A good file system is essential


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My Desk


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Speaker phone

lowers stress


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Telephone

Keep calls short; stand during call

Start by announcing goals for the call

Dont put your feet up

Have something in view to do next


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Telephone

Get done: I have students waiting

How to hang up on telemarketers

Group calls: 11:30am and 4:30pm


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My phone hour every day


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Office Logistics

Make your office comfortable for you, and

optionally comfortable for others

No soft comfortable chairs! I have folding

chairs, some people cut off front legs


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Scheduling Yourself

You dont find time for important things,

you make it

Everything you do is an opportunity cost

Learn to say No


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Gentle Nos

Ill do it if nobody else steps

forward or Ill be your deep fall

back, but you have to keepsearching.

Moving parties in grad school


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Everyone has Good and Bad Times

Find your creative/thinking time. Defend it

ruthlessly, spend it alone, maybe at home.

Find your dead time. Schedule meetings,

phone calls, and mundane stuff during it.


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Interruptions

6-9 minutes, 4-5 minute recoveryfiveinterruptions shoots an hour

You must reduce frequency and length ofinterruptions (turn phone calls into email)

E-mail ding on new mail is aninterruption -> TURN IT OFF!!


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Blurting: save-ups


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Cutting Things Short

Im in the middle of something now

Start with I only have 5 minutes you canalways extend this

Stand up, stroll to the door, complement, thank,

shake hands

Clock-watching; on wall behind them


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Time Journals

Its amazing what you learn!

Monitor yourself in 15 minute increments

for between 3 days and two weeks.

Update every hour: not at end of day


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Fred Brooks Time Clocks


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Using Time Journal Data

What doesnt need to be done?

What can someone else do?

What can I do more efficiently?

How am I wasting other peoples time?


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Work-LifeBalance


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Coming to Charlottesville


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Procrastination

Procrastination is the

thief of time

Edward Young

Night Thoughts, 1742


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Balancing Act

Work expands so as tof i l l the time available for

its completion

Parkinsons Law

Cyril Parkinson, 1957


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Avoiding Procrastination

Doing things at the last minute is much

more expensive than just before the last

minute

Deadlines are really important: establish

them yourself!


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Comfort Zones

Identify why you arent enthusiastic

Fear of embarrassment

Fear of failure

Sometimes all you have to do is ask!


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Delegation

No one is an island

You can accomplish a lot more

with help


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Delegation is not dumping

Grant authority with responsibility.

To the worst job yourself

Treat your people well

Staff and secretaries are your lifeline; theyshould be treated well!


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Specific thing to do

Specific date/time

Specific penalty

Or reward

for THEM

Alf Weaver Taught Me


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Challenge People

People rise to the challenge: Delegateuntil they complain

Communication Must Be Clear: Get itin writing Judge Wapner

Give objectives, not procedures

Tell the relative importance of each task


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Never too Early to Delegate


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Sociology

Beware upward delegation!

Reinforce behavior you want repeated

Ignorance is your friendI do notknow how to run the photocopier or

the fax machine


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Meetings

Average executive: > 40% of time

Lock the door, unplug the phone

Maximum of 1 hourPrepare: there must be an agenda

1 minute minutes: an efficient way to

keep track of decisions made in ameeting: who is responsible for whatby when?


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Technology

Janitors comment

Only use technology thats worth

it


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Change the

way youredoing things


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Randys Magic E-Mail Tips

Save all of it, for searching

If you want something done, only one

recipient.

If you really want something done, CC

someone powerful.

Nagging is okay after 48 hours


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Care and Feeding of Bosses

Write things down

Whens our next meeting?

Whats my goal to have done by then?

Who to turn to for help?Remember: bosses want results !

Time Management Advice


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General Advice: Vacations

Phone callers should get two options:

1. If urgent, contact John Smith at 555-1212

2. Otherwise please call back June 1

Its not a vacation if youre reading email.


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Important Advice


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Important Advice

Kill your television28 hours/week

Turn money into timeespecially

important for people with kids

Eat and sleep and exercise. Above allelse!


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General Advice

Never break a promise, but re-negotiate them ifneed be.

If you havent got time to do it right, you donthave time to do it wrong.

Recognize that most things are pass/fail.

Feedback loops: ask in confidence.

Recommended Readings


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Recommended Readings


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Action Items

1. Get a day-timer or PDA

2. Put your TODO list in priority order

3. Do a time journal, or count hours of TV

4. Make a note in your day-timer to revisit

this talk in 30 days. Ask What have I

changed?


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Time Management

Randy Pausch

Carnegie Mellonwww randypausch com

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