In this tutorial, you will learn some ideas about how you can spend your time most effectively so th

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In this tutorial, you will learn some ideas about
how you can spend your time most effectively so
that you can achieve higher academic results.
Introduction
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Below are the four key factors that control
whether you can effectively use your
time Doing tasks quickly Finding good places
and times to work Working on important tasks
first Avoid overloading yourself with work
About yourself
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• If you find that you are not quite able to do
  your tasks quickly, try the followings
• Dont procrastinate (delay doing a task). Do it
  now if it is important.
• Accumulate similar tasks so that you can do a few
  tasks at one time.
• Concentrate on what you are doing.
• Try to finish as you go so that you dont need to
  attempt the same task again and again.
• Think well before you start so that you know what
  you are doing.
• Avoid perfectionism.
• Subdivide large, difficult tasks into smaller,
  easy-to-handle tasks and deal with them one at a
  time.

Doing tasks quickly
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• Good time and place management helps you work
  effectively. You should
• Find a hideaway. A quite place like the library
  or a study room that you can work away from
  disturbance.
• Make a study plan for the day, the week or even
  the month ahead.
• Dont over-schedule. Allow flexible time for
  relaxation, meals and daily chores, crises and
  unexpected interruption.
• Set reasonable time limits for each task. Try to
  accomplish all tasks within the limits.
• Use big blocks of time of difficult and important
  tasks.

Finding good places and times to work
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• The ability to identify what is important or not
  is important for effective use of time. You
  should
• Learn to set priorities on your tasks. In order
  to this may even mean you have to understand the
  priorities of your goals in life and what are the
  things you most want to accomplish.
• Start with the top-priority tasks.
• Minimize the time needed for low-priority tasks
  and routine tasks. Speed them up by adjusting the
  quality of the output to the level they deserve.
  Delegate, shorten or even cancelled them if you
  see fit.

Working on important tasks first
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• Understand your abilities and capacities. Doing
  more than you can handle sacrifices the quality
  of all of the tasks. You should
• Avoid over-commitment. Be realistic about what
  you can accomplish in the amount of time you
  have.
• Learn to say no to new tasks particularly if
  they are not important to you or can be done by
  somebody else.
• Learn to delegate.

Avoid overloading yourself with work
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In this tutorial, you have looked at how
effectively you are using your time by completing
a short survey. You have also read a lot of
suggestions on how to work more effectively.
Summary