📝GNS101. GOAL SETTING

GOAL SETTING AND TIME MANAGEMENT

 *What is Time?*

*Time* is a *limited* , *non-renewable* resource. 

❗❗❗. Note:  those key words must be there

*What is Management?*

 *Management* is the skilful handling or use of resources such as people (human capital), money, 

materials and time

 *What is Time Management?*

*Time management* is an essential skill in the modern world where several activities have to be crammed into each day.

 *There are several time management tools you can use.*

 They are cheap and easily available.

🔘 a. *TIMETABLE* : 

this is a tabulated list of the times at which certain events or activities are required to occur. 

🔘b. *ORGANIZER* : This is a small portable calendar and data book used for planning, or a handheld 

computerized device with a simple database for managing appointments and other information. 

🔘 c. *TIMEPIECE* : A timepiece is any instrument for recording or showing the time, especially one that does not strike or chime, e.g. a watch or clock. You may also need an alarm clock which you can preset to wake you up.

*TIME MANAGEMENT* involves several sub-skills 7️⃣seven of which are discussed below. 👇

1️⃣.  *Making a things-to-do list*

 This may seem too obvious but many people face a day without a clear idea of their targets for that day. Apart from routine things like lectures and practical work, *you need to list any other activities that may engage your time and for which you need to budget time.*

2️⃣. *Prioritization*

❗ Your list of things to do may not follow any order; *you may list tasks as you remember them.*

 However, it is necessary to determine which, of the many items you have penciled down, are 

absolutely necessary (scale of reference)  and which must be done as soon as possible. This is what is meant by prioritization, 

"a ranking or ordering of things according to their importance or urgency."

3️⃣  *Time budgeting*

 *A budget* is a plan specifying how resources, especially time or money will be allocated or spent during a particular period. 

As earlier noted, time is a *limited* resource and there may 

be many activities competing for the use of a particular stretch of time. You must determine how much 

time you can afford to invest on an activity but be sure to include all your major activities, including rest 

and recreation. Your prioritization may be helpful here.

 4️⃣.  *Elimination of waste*

 If time is so precious, one cannot afford to waste it. If at all in the course of a day, you find yourself unoccupied, you should ask: what am I investing this time in? Rest is a legitimate time investment but if you find yourself spending three hours doing nothing.

 *Some of friends can be waste.... Eliminate them😹*  You understand??

5️⃣. *Task sharing*

 Some people have time management challenges because they get involved in too many 

activities. 

One way of better managing our time is by not biting more than we can chew. *Participation in too many clubs, other social and religious/fellowship activities will reduce the HMO and quality of time that should be given to priority responsibilities.* 

  Try engage yourself in group work... GNS102.

 6️⃣ *Multitasking*

 Multitasking is a concept used in computer science and it refers to a *mode of operation offered by an operating system in which a computer works on more than one task at a time.*

 It can also 

mean the simultaneous management of two or more tasks by a person.

 This concept or a version of it can help us maximize the use of time, especially in the execution of domestic chores. If your Saturday 

morning ‘To Do’ list has items like washing bed linen, cooking beans and cleaning the bathroom, it 

would be possible to soak the bed linen first (letting the detergent do the work), then put the beans on 

the burner before starting to clean the bathroom. Afterwards, the washing could be done while taking a few seconds off now and then to attend to the cooking.

 7️⃣.  *Re scheduling* 

8️⃣  *Micro Time Management*

 

QUESTION

1. The following are Time Management skills except

(a). Prioritization

(b). Time table

(c). Make a to-do list

(d). Multi tasking

2.  _________ is a small portable calendar and data book used for appointments and other information