I think the huge just distractions for any student are your email and Facebook.
>> And I'm on my computer and I have to pop on the Internet, and I've got to
check this fact, whilst I'm on, I'll just, >> And
I have had moments of panic, but I think I'm not gonna have enough time to do it.
>> Hello, my name is Liz.
I'm a professional trainer in time management.
I'm here to show you a few essential things you need to know in order
to make yourself a success at Oxford.
Don't worry about taking notes, I've got some top tips for
you to download at the end.
Now, in order to show you about time management, we need to get some sand and
some stones.
The stones to represent the activities, things that you need to do or want to do.
The sand represents everything else, email,
Facebook phone calls, whatever your distractions are.
This box here represents the time you have available.
And we all know there's only a limited amount of that.
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.
Now this is about the problem, I can't practice sports now, I haven't got time
for my problem sheet, and I've missed my tutorial prep, not good.
Now, if we start again from scratch, and this time put the important stuff in
first Now we can pour the sand in.
And just like in the real world, the Facebook, the phone calls, the emails,
looking at Ted on YouTube, that's one of my favorite ways to waste time,
it all filters down and fills in the little gaps that you have.
Whilst you're sitting on the train, whilst you're waiting for to start,
while you're waiting for your friend in the coffee bar.
And magically it all fits in.
So, how about putting those things into the diary?
>> So you can take a week for something like physics.
You've got your fixed tasks, like your lectures, your labs, your tutorials.
And then you've also got your other important tasks,
like making sure you've got enough time to walk from one lecture to another.
Or that you've got time to do your tutorial work, and
that you've got time to eat.
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.
Imagine a four box grid.
It's called a priority matrix.
This column here is urgent.
This column here is not urgent.
This row is important and this row is not important.
So that gives us, a urgent and important, b not urgent and important,
c, urgent but not important, and d not urgent and not important.
So let's think about some tasks that could fit into each of those areas.
So for example, an a type activity might be for
the tutorial prep that you need done by tomorrow or the day after.
If the tutorial prep didn't need doing for another week,
then maybe it's a b tie back to the t.
>> You might have to weigh up say, doing your own revision,
versus helping a friend with their essay or their relationship problem.
And then you're gonna have to balance the two.
>> In order to manage your time, sometime you're gonna have to say no.
To say no, you need a bigger yes.
So there has to be something that you really want to do instead,
otherwise it's gonna be very difficult to say no.
Sometimes people will have a hard job saying no to other people.
If that's you, don't think you're helping them by saying yes all the time.
In order to be successful here, you need to be responsible for yourself.
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.
Number 1, use one diary.
Number 2, timebox.
Number 3, chunk.
Let me explain this.
One diary only, plan all your big rocks, remember those from earlier,
into your diary and let your sand just fill in around them.
Number 2, timebox.
Put a distinct end to your task and make sure you stop there.
Otherwise that difficult problem sheet can mean that you don't get your tutorial prep
done for tomorrow, and that's gonna be a problem.
You wanna make sure that everything is a success.
If there's one thing you can't get done, leave it.
Number 3, chuck.
Put all the same type of things together.
So all your library research together, all your computer working together,
all your writing up together.
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.
>> You can check out the PDF that goes with this video,
and there's loads of information on the student gateway.
And as always, you can ask your teacher if you've got any problems.
Thanks for watching.