MODULE 4 - TIME MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS

MODULE 4 


LECTURER : RAMHA ROZAILI BINTI RAMLI 

TOPIC : TIME MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS 

CONTENT

  • OPTIMISING STUDY SKILLS
  • ORGANISING STUDY TIME

ON THESE MODULE, WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM MADAM RAMHA WAS ABOUT TIME MANAGEMENT.

SO, WHAT IS TIME?

DEFINITION OF TIME 

TIME IS THE INDEFINITE CONTINUED PROGRESS OF EXISTENCE AND EVENTS THAT OCCUR IN APPARENTLY IRREVERSIBLE SUCCESSION FROM THE PAST THROUGH THE PRESENT TO THE FUTURE.TIME IS A COMPONENT QUANTITY OF VARIOUS MEASUREMENTS USED TO SEQUENCE EVENTS, TO COMPARE THE DURATION OF EVENTS OR THE INTERVALS BETWEEN THEM, AND TO QUANTIFY RATES OF CHANGE OF QUANTITIES IN MATERIAL REALITY OR IN THE CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE. TIME IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE FOURTH DIMENSION, ALONG WITH THE THREE SPATIAL DIMENSIONS.

 DEFINITION OF TIME MANAGEMENT


TIME MANAGEMENT IS THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZING AND PLANNING HOW TO DIVIDE YOUR TIME BETWEEN SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES. GOOD TIME MANAGEMENT ENABLES YOU TO WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER. SO THAT YOU GET MORE DONE IN LESS TIME, EVEN WHEN TIME IS TIGHT AND PRESSURES ARE HIGH. FAILING TO MANAGE YOUR TIME DAMAGES YOUR EFFECTIVENESS AND CAUSES STRESS.


AFTER THAT, 
I'VE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A BENEFIT IF YOU MANAGED YOUR TIME PROPERLY.
THE BENEFITS ARE ENORMOUS:
  • GREATER PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY
  • A BETTER PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION
  • LESS STRESS
  • INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT
  • GREATER OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE IMPORTANT LIFE AND CAREER GOALS

    FAILING TO MANAGE YOUR TIME EFFECTIVELY CAN HAVE SOME VERY UNDESIRABLE CONSEQUENCES :


    1. MISSED DEADLINES
    2. INEFFICIENT WORK FLOW
    3. POOR WORK QUALITY
    4. HIGHER STRESS LEVELS.
    1. THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME

    2. TIME IS VALUABLE.IN-FACT, TIME IS MORE VALUABLE THAN MONEY. TIME IS VERY VALUABLE PARTLY FOR THE REASON THAT WE ARE ALL ONLY ALLOTTED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME IN OUR LIVES, AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE IT WISELY. NOTHING CAN STOP THE FLOW OF TIME. TIME ONCE PAST CANNOT BE BROUGHT BACK BY ANY MEANS.
      FURTHERMORE, AS A STUDENT, WE NEED TO MANAGE OUR TIME PROPERLY SO THAT WE WON'T WASTE OUR TIME BY DOING SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT. WE CAN MANAGE OUR TIME BY : 
    3. 1. WEEKLY SCHEDULE - FOR THE WHOLE WEEK STARTING MONDAY UNTIL SUNDAY 
    4. 2. DAILY PLANNER - THINGS THAT CAN BE DOING ON THAT DAY (BY TIME)

    5. 3. SEMESTER CALENDAR - LIST DOWN ALL ABOUT TEST AND DAY TO SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT AND OTHERS .

    6. MADAM RAMHA TAUGHT US TO GRAB THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING. USE OUR TIME WISELY BEFORE WE REGRET TO NOT USE IT PROPERLY. TIME WILL NOT COMING TO US.
    1. REBUTLAH 5 PERKARA SEBELUM DATANG 5 PERKARA 

    2. Dari Ibnu Abbas, Rasulullah SAW bersabda yang bermaksud: “Rebutlah lima perkara sebelum datangnya lima perkara. Masa sihat sebelum sakit. Masa kaya sebelum datangnya masa sempit (miskin). Masa lapang sebelum tiba masa sibuk. Masa mudamu sebelum datang masa tua dan Masa hidup sebelum tiba masa mati.” (Riwayat al-Hakim dan al-Baihaqi).
      Hadis ini merupakan satu peringatan dan tarbiah terbaik buat setiap umat agar sentiasa berwaspada dengan waktu kehidupan yang banyak cabarannya. Bagi mereka yang terpesona dengan tipu daya dunia pasti akan alpa dan leka dengan putaran kehidupan lalu mensia-siakan anugerah masa 24 jam sehari yang dikurniakan kepada seluruh umat manusia.
      Seseorang hamba Allah yang selalu mensyukuri nikmatNya akan memahami tujuan dan matlamat kehidupan ini dan menjadikan dunia ini sebagai ladang untuk mengumpul sebanyak mungkin pahala dan seterusnya menjadikan ia sebagai peluang untuk menempah istana syurga di akhirat buat selama-lamanya.
      Dengan menjadikan lima perkara utama iaitu masa sihat, masa kaya, masa lapang, masa muda dan masa hidup sebagai asas kehidupan agar kita selalu terbimbing ke arah kehidupan yang bermakna di dunia dan juga alam akhirat nanti.
      Begitulah dengan waktu sihat yang menjadi mahkota berharga bagi orang yang sakit. Sebab itu kita sendiri dianjurkan untuk menjaga kesihatan diri supaya dengan kualiti kesihatan yang baik, kita dapat beribadah kepada Allah SWT sebaik mungkin. Kata orang, dengan wang kita boleh membeli ubat, tetapi kita tidak mungkin boleh membeli kesihatan. Oleh itu, memelihara kesihatan dengan mengamalkan cara hidup seperti anjuran Nabi Muhammad SAW adalah sebaik-baik panduan bagi kehidupan kita.
  1. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS AVOID PROCRASTINATION !

MADAM RAMHA TOLD US TO NOT BE ONE OF THE PROCRASTINATIONERS.
AS A STUDENT, WE SHOULD/MUST AVOID PROCRASTINATION.

BUT.... WHAT IS PROCRASTINATION?

PROCRASTINATION IS THE PRACTICE OF CARRYING OUT LESS URGENT TASKS IN PREFERENCE TO MORE URGENT ONES, OR DOING MORE PLEASURABLE THINGS IN PLACE OF LESS PLEASURABLE ONES, AND THUS PUTTING OFF IMPENDING TASKS TO A LATER TIME. TO MAKE IT SHORT, IT IS DELAYING THINGS. IT IS SIMILAR TO VOLUNTARILY DELAY AN INTENDED COURSE OF ACTION DESPITE EXPECTING TO BE WORSE OFF FOR THE DELAY.

AFTER THAT ,  THERE IS THE REASON WHY MOST PEOPLE LIKE TO DELAY THEIR PRECIOUS TIME.

REASON WHY MOST PEOPLE DELAY THEIR TIME

FIRST THING FIRST , PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF FAILURE. THE MOST OBVIOUS REFERENCES IS ABOUT FAMILY EXPECTATIONS AND STANDARDS SET BY PARENTS MAY BE SO HIGH THAT NO ONE COULD ACTUALLY LIVE UP TO THEM. CONSIDER THAT THE PROBLEM IS ACTUALLY THE UNREALISTIC STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN SET, NOT YOUR FAILURE TO MEET THEM.

SECONDLY, FEAR OF SUCCESS. PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS. MAYBE THEY FEAR THAT IF THEY DO WELL, THEN NEXT TIME, EVEN MORE WILL EXPECTED OF YOU.

LASTLY, MOST PEOPLE DELAY THEIR TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING REBELLIOUS. REBELLION AND RESISTANCE CONSTITUTE THE FINAL SET OF ISSUES WHICH CAN UNDERLIE PROCRASTINATING BEHAVIOR.

AS A STUDENT, WE CAN NOT DELAY OUR PRECIOUS TIME BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF YOUR TIME IS VERY IMPORTANT AND WORTH SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE DOING. AVOIDING DELAYED TIME CAN REDUCE YOUR STRESS LEVEL ABOUT YOUR STUDIES AND COMPLETED ALL YOUR TASK REALLY FAST SO YOU WILL NOT DRAG ANY KIND OF ASSIGNMENTS.

ADVANTAGES BEING ORGANISED 

  1.  KEEP ON SCHEDULE AND MEET DEADLINE
  2.  REDUCE STRESS BECAUSE WE ARE IN CONTROL
  3. COMPLETE WORK WITHOUT STRESS
  4. BUILD OUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL.
SO, MADAM RAMHA ASK US TO DO OUR CALENDAR DURING THIS INTERIM

ACADEMIC INTERIM CALENDAR 

THIS IS MY CALENDAR :)))

THAT IS ALL ABOUT MODULE 4 THAT I'VE LEARNED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME 💖

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