Monday, September 26 -- Week 4 Ends TRADITIONAL CALENDAR

Shout out to Markayla for posting quality work! 

 

Week 4 is due today.  Remember that our weeks are due on Mondays at midnight. 

Ready, learn, lead!

Covey's Quadrants are one of the most useful tools you will find to help you prioritize your time.  Here are a few more tips from Franklin Covey for using them wisely:

Tip for Quadrant 1: Think about it, how many real emergencies do you really have each day or week?  Be careful of what's you define as an actual emergency. It's easy to make other people's problems our emergency!  Often times, quadrant 1 'emergencies' are entirely preventable if we planned more wisely.

Tip for Quadrant 2: Procrastinating on quadrant 2 tasks can easily make them quadrant 1 emergencies.  Handle them while they're small to feel in-control, clear, and confident about your schedule. 

Tip for Quadrant 3: Ask yourself this,...when you're on high alert in quadrant 3, whose handling your business?

Tip for Quadrant 4: The solution to this quadrant: plan for down-time. If you love watching tv, great! Be sure to watch or record your 'favorite' shows, set a 15 minute timer for social media, and have 'unscheduled' time for being spontaneous. Because most things that 'end-up' here become time wasters don't serve you.  Think about it - Do you ever really feel good when you've wasted time? It's much better to make room for your fun, rest, and downtime each day, so you're not feeling like a quadrant 4 zombie!

                             ---From http://www.timecounselor.com/covey-time-management.html (Links to an external site.)

To fully embrace your time management goals, take a moment to figure out your time management style.  Go to http://www.timecounselor.com/time-management-strategies.html (Links to an external site.) to see the 5 styles based on the 5 elements of nature.  Now that you understand how you manage (or do not manage time), embrace your type and strive for becoming the type you would like to be.  

  

Message me in the course using the inbox on the left of the screen, text/call me outside of Canvas at 9196-435-2008, email me at melissa.dettman@ncpublicschools.gov, or message me using Remind.  If I do not answer right away, I will answer as soon as I can and definitely within 24 hours.  You can also get help using the Peer Tutoring Center -- click on the PTC quick link on our homepage.