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Personal effectiveness
in Projects
• Basic personal effectiveness
• Dealing with pressure and stress
To get started and ready in time
Rune Olsson
www.iei.liu.se/pie/olsson-rune
A ”normal” student?
Step 1. ”What am I doing?” Be
aware about your doing in every
day life.
Write a dairy/time study over at least one
week.
Analyse the time study later.
Step 1: Time study
Take seven days.
Note what you are doing all 24 hours.
Hour
Mon
Tues
Wedn
Thurs
Fri
Sat
The goal? What
goal?
You mean it is not
enough for me
to run my
8 working hours?
Sun
6-7
7-8
8-9
9-10
10-11
11-12
And so on the rest of the day and night
How knowledge grows in
many small steps
or in a few big steps in the months before an
exam. Amount knowledge
Amount required knowledge
Between the steps
you can be very
doubtful and
uncertain
Analytic
Small steps
Two ways to use studying time.
One or two humps?
Hours
study
per
day
Reflect
afterwards!
Which was
my best
strategy
to learn
this?
Holistic
Big steps
TIME
EXAM
Weeks
A good schedule for a week
• Check how you fullfill these needs:
Regular times for food
Regular times for rest
Regular sleeping habits
Enough long working period with the same
assignement.
Step 2 ”What do you want with
your life"?
• What is your overall goal?
• How do you use that goal - vision in your
daily life.
In a project the vision should always guide
the work.
• Make a week-schedule you would like to follow!
Criteria for success
How do you know that you have
done well when you finish a
working day?
Write down!
Step 3. Realize that you are
responsible for your doings.
• Put this text above your mirror at home:
" This is the person who
has the greatest influence
on your life!"
• Give yourself a reward when successfull
Step 3. Realize that you are
responsible for your doings. 2
• Put up notes with this text on ”time
thieves”: TV, computer, fridge etc:
WHICH IS THE BEST WAY
TO USE MY TIME JUST
NOW?
Step 5. Take power, take charge
over your self.
• Influence what can be influenced
• Book time for the things that should be done
during the week
• Order on books and papers
• Fixed workplace
• Stamina and discipline to carry out the plan
• Practise relaxation
Step 4. Learn to steer things
around you.
• Write ”To do”-list
• Prioritize:
Do first all A,
Then all B,
last C.
• Be sure to be in contact with your lifegoal
Always find
something new…
something good
in every situation
It is good the fuel
tank is empty.
Now I will get
some exercise!
Be happy
Succeed often
Small steps
This is the first day in the rest
of your life.
Higher self-esteem
And self-reliance
+
You want to
achieve a goal
Good luck!
Lower self-esteem
And self-reliance
True
self-knowledge
Over-confidence
Big steps
Focus the negative
Fail often
What I am ”Good at”
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Put the ”Good at”-list clearly seen from
your work place
Add things you learn by time
Another list:
Things I need to learn.
Max 3 items.
When accomplished, put on the ”Good”
list
Good luck
With
The Rest of Your Life