Unit 4
Behavioral Science
Semester 1
Royal Global University
Time management: It is actually
self-management.
The Skills that we need to manage
others are the same skills that are
required to manage ourselves
These skills are ability to plan,
organize, direct and control
“The busy
man has
time for
everything”
The 80:20 Rule
• Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian
economist discovered this
principle in 1897.
• The 80:20 rule states that
the relationship between
input and output is rarely
balanced. When applied to
work, it means only 20% of
your efforts produce 80% of
the results.
• Learning to identify and
focus on that 20% is the
key to making the most
effective use of your time
Signs that will help you to
recognize your time
efficiency
You are in your 80% if You are in your 20%
⚫ You’re working on the You’re engaged in activities
tasks other people want that advance your overall
you to, but you have no purpose in life
investment in them
⚫ You’re frequently working You’re doing things that you
on tasks labelled “urgent” always wanted to do
⚫ You’re spending time on
tasks you are not good at You’re working on tasks you
doing don’t like, but you know doing
⚫ Activities are taking a them is an added advantage for
lot longer than you you
You’re hiring people to do the
expected tasks you are not good at
⚫ You find yourself
complaining all the time
You’re smiling
Three Secrets
of Time
Management
• Value of time
• Unlike money and
• Material, time once
lost
• cannot be regained or
• replaced.
Three
Secrets of
Time
Management
• Time budgeting
• More than money,
time is
• To be budgeted
properly
Three
Secrets of
Time
Management
• Concentration
• Doing one’s
immediate duty
• On hand with
proper care and
Attention.
Effective
Scheduling
⚫ Scheduling is the process
by which you look at the time
available to you and plan how
you will use it to achieve the
goals you have set.
⚫ A schedule is a tool that
help you plan your time
and work.
1 2 3 4 5
Understanding Making the Leaving Preserving Minimizing
what you can best use of enough time contingency stress
really achieve time available for things that time to handle
you absolutely the unexpected
must do
Importance of
Scheduling
1 2 3 4 5
Set specific Create a term Create a Decide on Make a to-
goals(be it calendar weekly specific do-list for
academic or recording schedule of times to work each day the
personal) major events your classes, on each night before
meetings etc. course
Five Steps
to
successful
time
management
Rate each answer
on a scale of 1-
10(1 is never,10
is always and 5
is sometimes.
1. Do I ever postpone decisions?
2. Do I ever procrastinate?
3. Do I put off my routine work?
4. Do I get buried with reading?
5. Do I have too many interruptions during work and
study?
6. Do I put off difficult tasks because they need hard
work?
7. Do I fail to delegate and share my work with others
with whom I work?
8. Do I have too many visitors?
9. Do I have trouble saying no?
10. Do I attempt too much at once?
11. Do I arrive late for meetings, appointments, classes?
12. Do I leave job undone?
13. Do I leave job half done?
14. Do I have a messy stacked study/workarea?
15. Do I always want to do it myself?
16. Do I socialize too much?
17. Do I spend too much time for movies, watching T.V,
reading novels?
18. Do I feel a lack of self discipline?
19. Do I worry a lot about my work/study ?
20. Do I feel as though I’m neglecting my
family/friends?
How many of these questions you
have rated 7 or higher?
10-8: you are in great shape
Scoring 9-15: Right in the middle, time mgt
will help you.
16-25: You need help.
Coping
with
emotions
and
Stress
Stress
• It is the wear and tear your body experiences
as you adjust to your changing environment
• It is the emotional, physiological and
psychological effects caused by an internal or
external mental pressure.
• Stress is the body’s automatic response to any
physical or mental demand placed on it.
Adrenaline is a chemical naturally produced
in our body as a response to stress . Fight or
Flight response is elicited.
Effects
of Stress
Kinds of stress
⚫ Acute stress: it is
the result of short-
term stressors. It is
quite intense, then
disappears quickly. It
can be exciting and
invigorating in small
doses, but too much is
exhausting.
⚫ Episodic acute stress: This
is the person who elicits the
response “what now”?
⚫ They cannot seem to get their
act together and cannot
organize the many self-
inflicted demands and
pressures clamoring for their
Kinds of attention.
stress ⚫ They often blame their
problems on other people and
external events.
⚫ They are short-tempered,
irritable ,anxious and tense
⚫ Symptoms: persistent tension,
headaches, migraines,
digestive problems, chest
pain and heart disease
Kinds of stress
⚫ Chronic stress: it is a long-term
stress resulting from those
nagging problems that just do not
seem to go away.
⚫ It can result from long-term
health problems, emotionally
draining relationships, or from
staying in an unfulfilling energy-
draining job.
⚫ Chronic stress kills through
suicide, heart attack, and violence
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⚫ Significant life adjustments: any critical changes, both pleasant
and unpleasant taking place in one’s life can cause stress
⚫ Daily routines: fighting the rush hour traffic, meeting the deadline
Sources on an important project frequently
⚫ Unrealistic self-expectation: it can lead to setting yourself up to
of stress failure and a lower self-esteem
⚫ Interpersonal relationships: Poor communication and inability to
work with others may lead to frustration and open hostility ,thus
leading to stress
Stress management tips
Stress
managemen
t tips
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