15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management pdfdrive com

ERIK FOGG is an MIT graduate who earned in only four years a Bachelor’s
degree, Master’s degree, and 2 minors. He is also the author of the bestseller,
How to Crush College. His advice:
Start by saving semesters before saving minutes. Clever students--especially
those looking for double-majors, minors, etc.--will find that many classes will
count towards multiple requirements. Finding and planning for these classes
means dramatically reducing the total number of classes needed for the degree
you want.
Stop working in groups. Seriously; they either waste time or give you the
answers so you lose the opportunity to learn. You may in time find one or two
study-buddies that will keep you accountable for being on task, and these are
great.
Give yourself play rewards. Time management is mostly about staying
focused--when we're playing a game we like, we're not tempted to be
distracted. Knowing that we have a reward coming up, like video games, a
show, or social time, is not only motivating, but it gives us a clear light at the
end of the tunnel that keeps us from the malaise of feeling like we're trapped in
work.
Lean on Wikipedia. If you're trying to learn concepts rather than memorize a
certain part of a textbook, Wikipedia is usually a much clearer, faster way of
getting 90% of the way there. Textbooks do a lousy job and there's a lot of
research that says you just go cross-eyed and lose focus when you're buried in
them.
My favorite app is StayFocused. The best way to beat the temptations of social

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media is to just block yourself from them, and not have to exert valuable,
limited willpower. I allow myself 15 minutes/day total for Reddit, Facebook,
Twitter, news, using this.
AMANDA KRUSE attends Council Rock High School South in Holland,
Pennsylvania. Her advice:
I make my own day-by-day calendar in a notebook and write down when
everything is due. I made my own system…I circle any tests I have the next
day, so I’ll know to study for them the night before, I put an X over anything I
don’t have to worry about but I was just writing it down as a reminder, I
highlight the things I already did, and I box things that aren’t homework but
that I need to remember later, like bringing money in for a special event.
When it comes to social media, I give myself goals, like if I do a certain
number of math problems, I’ll allow myself five minutes of Instagram. So it’s
an easy and nice break.