Enjoy Better Grades By Focussing Your Energies On Important and Urgent Tasks
Author: DrMarcR.Dussault Total views: 8 Word Count: 620
Have you ever noticed in your life that the times you were most productive were times when you had the least amount of time to spend, or a deadline to work to that you had to have a project or study finished by.
Do you find it easier to complete your tasks when you are stressed for time and having to push to complete work before the deadline ,than when you have no deadline?
These are some more detailed examples:
Not important and not urgent. You have a book report to hand in at the end of the semester. It'll take you 10 to 20 hours to read the book and 4 or 5 hours to write the report. You have 3 months and it's worth 10% of your final grade.
Get to work as early as you can so you don't end up rushing later on.
However, how often does this important task turn into and "Important and urgent" task, which is exactly what you don't want What you need to do is pretend in your own mind that you only have a quarter of the time to get it completed, then you'll complete it much faster and be able to spend the rest of the time "polishing" the finished product into something really great.
Not important but urgent. A quizz is scheduled for the next day, but you haven't been to able to review anything. Though it is only 5% of the total, you are desirous of getting the maximum mark you can.
You should have made time for this between everything else you were doing. You could have easily avoided all of the stress and anxiety that you have now subjected yourself to.
You need to spend most of your time honing the skills you need more practice on, while still perfecting the strongest areas.
Important but not urgent. You've been given a project with a one month deadline. You estimate you will need approximately 20-25 hours to complete this project. When completed, the project will comprise 35% of your final grade.
On top of chunking it down into bite size chunks you also need to give each bite size chunk a deadline and timeline, so that you have a realistic expectation and understanding of your workload, this will take the pressure off you, so you can relax when you set time to relax and be very focused in the times you allot for each chunk.
Important and urgent. An important you had the final exam in two days, it is worth on 70% of final grade. You hadn't put in enough time - so much new material to cover you don't know where to start an exam.
This is not where you want to be spending your time. You want to spend as much time as possible on important but not urgent issues. Of course, this takes planning and preparation But you will find times when you need to manage important and urgent situations in your education, life and work.
The ideal coping method is to take a more objective look at the issue, and take the time to think it over calmly. There is no situation that can be best dealt with in haste; every difficulty needs some thought put into it, and every difficulty can be better overcome if you plan a little before diving into the situation.
When you get the balance of urgency, study and researching for projects right and align them with a prioritized time table, in particular the urgent assignments and tests, you'll have a success formula that will see you through not only your education, you'll have a valuable skill that will enable you to complete any project in your working life as well.
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