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I think the huge just distractions for any student are your email and Facebook.

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>> And I'm on my computer and I have to pop on the Internet, and I've got to

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check this fact, whilst I'm on, I'll just, >> And

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I have had moments of panic, but I think I'm not gonna have enough time to do it.

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>> Hello, my name is Liz.

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I'm a professional trainer in time management.

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I'm here to show you a few essential things you need to know in order

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to make yourself a success at Oxford.

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Don't worry about taking notes, I've got some top tips for

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you to download at the end.

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Now, in order to show you about time management, we need to get some sand and

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some stones.

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The stones to represent the activities, things that you need to do or want to do.

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The sand represents everything else, email,

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Facebook phone calls, whatever your distractions are.

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This box here represents the time you have available.

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And we all know there's only a limited amount of that.

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If I try and fill this container up with my sand first,

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And then put my activities in, you'll see very quickly I run out of space.

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Now this is about the problem, I can't practice sports now, I haven't got time

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for my problem sheet, and I've missed my tutorial prep, not good.

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Now, if we start again from scratch, and this time put the important stuff in

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first Now we can pour the sand in.

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And just like in the real world, the Facebook, the phone calls, the emails,

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looking at Ted on YouTube, that's one of my favorite ways to waste time,

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it all filters down and fills in the little gaps that you have.

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Whilst you're sitting on the train, whilst you're waiting for to start,

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while you're waiting for your friend in the coffee bar.

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And magically it all fits in.

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So, how about putting those things into the diary?

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>> So you can take a week for something like physics.

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You've got your fixed tasks, like your lectures, your labs, your tutorials.

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And then you've also got your other important tasks,

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like making sure you've got enough time to walk from one lecture to another.

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Or that you've got time to do your tutorial work, and

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that you've got time to eat.

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And once these are all in, your week looks so busy, it's almost like a working job.

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>> There's a smart way to organize your time.

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Imagine a four box grid.

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It's called a priority matrix.

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This column here is urgent.

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This column here is not urgent.

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This row is important and this row is not important.

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So that gives us, a urgent and important, b not urgent and important,

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c, urgent but not important, and d not urgent and not important.

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So let's think about some tasks that could fit into each of those areas.

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So for example, an a type activity might be for

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the tutorial prep that you need done by tomorrow or the day after.

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If the tutorial prep didn't need doing for another week,

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then maybe it's a b tie back to the t.

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>> You might have to weigh up say, doing your own revision,

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versus helping a friend with their essay or their relationship problem.

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And then you're gonna have to balance the two.

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>> In order to manage your time, sometime you're gonna have to say no.

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To say no, you need a bigger yes.

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So there has to be something that you really want to do instead,

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otherwise it's gonna be very difficult to say no.

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Sometimes people will have a hard job saying no to other people.

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If that's you, don't think you're helping them by saying yes all the time.

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In order to be successful here, you need to be responsible for yourself.

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And the only way they can do that is by taking responsibility early on.

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So, here are my three top tips for time management success.

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Number 1, use one diary.

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Number 2, timebox.

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Number 3, chunk.

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Let me explain this.

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One diary only, plan all your big rocks, remember those from earlier,

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into your diary and let your sand just fill in around them.

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Number 2, timebox.

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Put a distinct end to your task and make sure you stop there.

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Otherwise that difficult problem sheet can mean that you don't get your tutorial prep

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done for tomorrow, and that's gonna be a problem.

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You wanna make sure that everything is a success.

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If there's one thing you can't get done, leave it.

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Number 3, chuck.

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Put all the same type of things together.

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So all your library research together, all your computer working together,

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all your writing up together.

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That way you'll be far more efficient and less likely to get distracted.

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Hopefully that's given you some food for thought.

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>> You can check out the PDF that goes with this video,

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and there's loads of information on the student gateway.

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And as always, you can ask your teacher if you've got any problems.

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Thanks for watching.