Directions: Read the outline carefully, reflecting on what is stated. If you have any questions, ask them during one of the online office hours. Then complete the "Time Wasters Profile" at the end. Turn it in using an email attachment.

• I. Personality Types:
• A. Type A Personality:
• 1. Tense, hard-driving, aggressive, over-committed and out of control.

 

 

2. Compelling urgency to get things done, but are non-productive and careless. Often do it over and over again until it is right. Fear going on because they fear failure.

3. Operate in the panic zone.

4. Workaholic.
 

 B. Type B Personality:
• 1. Calm


2. Unconcerned

3. Procrastinates

 C. Type C Personality:
• 1. Uses expectation theory and images.


2. High achiever.

3. Confident, committed, and in control

4. Production in work.

5. Feels great about what they are doing.

6. Moves on - is not a perfectionist.

II. Expectations Theory: High expectations of self and others will help us obtain goals
• A. Examples of Expectation Theory
• 1. Athletes - continual breaking of records.


2. Healing arts - Norman Cousins - people will their destiny.

3. Business - hire people to give presentation to improve marketing product. Really improve listeners view of themselves - "corporate brainwashing."

4. Education - Pygmalion in the Classroom and Effective Schools Research.

B. Self-concept helps determine our expectations for ourselves and others.

C. Series of positive self images, personal expectations, and expectations of others is the most powerful concept one can imagine.

D. Visualization--We think through pictures. Visioning. The problem is that we do not use it except in the negative. Tend not to use it in the positive (as a habit). We have grown up with negatives and are the recipient of them.

IV. Expectation Research
• A. Is reproducible.


B. Change is possible by positive self-suggestion on a repeated basis.

C. Say and think - you can be much more effective if you pick a time of day for yourself.

 V. How to Become a Type C Personality
 
• A. Commitment is the key to excellence. Love what you are doing and be excited about it.


B. Health and physical exercise - 20 minute period of aerobic exercise at least 3 times per week reduces mental tension.

C. Program yourself to peak performance through visualization.

D. Set clear definite goals for high achievement. Know your goals; break them down into small manageable tasks.

E. Daydream to do better work. Where would you like to be five years from now? Visualize yourself there and see how you feel.

F. All workers can develop skills for high achievement - all are capable of Type C behavior.
 

 VI. Time Management -Alan Lakeinís How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life.
 
• A. Determine your goals (profession, social, financial, etc.).
• 1. Long-range


2. For the next six months

 B. Set priorities: Aís, Bís, Cís, A1, A2, B1, B2, etc. with A being extremely important requiring immediate attention, B being important, but not requiring immediate attention, and C being items that would be nice to complete, but not urgent.

 C. Make a "Daily To Do List."

• 1. Every day


2. At the same time every day

 D. Start with Aís not Cís
• 1. Do you have a C drawer? Meaning place the C's in a drawer or someplace out of the way so they wonít get your attention.
 E. Use the "Swiss cheese" approach:
• 1. Break down large tasks into smaller tasks.


2. Enables you to work on Aís during available, but limited, periods of time.

 F. Handle each piece of paper only once. This becomes more difficult with email, but we need to have a process in place that keeps us from handling information more than once.

G. If you have a secretary, use this person to help you establish your routine.

H. Ask yourself "What is the best use of my time right now?"--A good question to ask frequently during the day.

I. Do it now!
 

VII. Research - Things that Waste Teachers Time:
 
• A. Transition time - from classes and from one learning activity to another.


B. Socializing.

C. Inappropriate student behavior - discipline problems.

D. Lengthy explanations - unclear assignments.

E. Assigning inappropriate tasks - 70% of tasks should be able to be done with 100% success rate.

F. Giving activity with no academic goal.

G. Unsupervised activities.

H. Poor room organization.
 

IX. Things that Waste Administrators Time:
• A. Lack of planning.


B. Not prioritizing plans.

C. Becoming over-committed (too many tasks to do).

D. Managing by crisis.

E. Do things too quickly.

F. Paperwork and reading (should read selectively and delegate duties).

G. Doing routine and trivial matters.

H. Visitors

I. Telephone calls

J. Meetings

K. We donít delegate enough. Train them so you can trust them.

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After listing your "Top Ten", look them over and following some reflection, isolate the THREE most important and list.

My THREE most important TIME-WASTERS are:

1. __________________

2. __________________

3. __________________