Introduction to Your Use of Time

What you’ll learn to do: explain time management and factors that can help or hinder your ability to get your work done on time

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Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

—William Shakespeare, playwright

By the end of this section, you will be able to describe time management concerns in college and identify effective steps for proper time management. You will compare time management styles and identify tips for success for each of the four time-management personality types. You will also evaluate techniques for creating an effective schedule and for prioritizing tasks. In addition, you will describe procrastination behaviors and strategies to avoid them and enhanced task and time-management techniques.