HUCL1101 - Final Project: An Essay on Time Management Strategies

This essay delves into the critical importance of time management in today's competitive environment, emphasizing its role in personal and professional success. Drawing upon concepts from the HUCL1101 course, the essay explores the significance of time management, interpersonal skills, and maintaining a positive working environment. The student reflects on the video "How to gain control of your free time" by Laura Vanderkam, analyzing key takeaways such as the importance of prioritization and making conscious choices about how time is spent. The essay relates these concepts to personal experiences, highlighting the challenges of balancing multiple commitments and the benefits of effective time management. It concludes by emphasizing the value of time and the strategies for efficient utilization, underscoring the impact of time management on achieving both short-term and long-term goals. The essay also includes a detailed bibliography of the sources used.

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Introduction
In today’s competitive market, role concepts like basic human needs, wellness, time
management, interpersonal skills play crucial in establishing and preserving harmonious
relationships with the stakeholder. These factors have become essential for the survival of the
companies, as employees are the asset and their presence is crucial for the success of an
organization. Therefore, to sustain in the end, managers must promote interpersonal
communication skills on a professional and personal level and practice conflict management in
an organization (Farrell, 2017).
Moreover, maintaining a positive working environment in the organization will enhance
the productivity of the employees, which will result in the timely completion of a job, reduces
employee turnover, increase the coordination among the employees. All these factors contribute
to the achievement of personal and professional goals. Therefore, to understand the role concept
and employer’s behavior in a comprehensive way, the emphasis has been put on time
management (Mind Tools , 2019).
Question 1: Why did you choose the topic/video that you did?
Time is a key to success, but we hardly focus to keep ourselves on time, even we all have
24/7 hours to complete our task, however, we are not able to complete on time as we lack time
management skills, which result in confusion and overlapping of the task. Lack of management
skills affects our mental health and decreases our efficiency to perform better as we are not able
to divide time according to the task that requires urgent assistance (Vanderkam, 2016). The
motive of choosing this video was to understand the technique of time management skills so that

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I can effectively utilize every minute and invest them in achieving the task in a shorter period.
Moreover, time management will assist me to save a maximum of the time, which will increase
my concentration level at the workplace, and help in maintaining relations (Mangement study
guide , 2019).
Question 2: What were the important points emphasized? How does this correspond to the
course concepts?
To understand the concept of time management, I watched “How to gain control of your
free time” in which time management expert Laura Vanderkam explained that while focusing on
our priorities I could save ample of time, which can be easily invested to gain a bit of joy. She
further explained that everyone has 168 hours to complete the task and fulfill our commitments,
which are more than sufficient to bring changes in our daily routine of time (Adams , 2019).
Nevertheless, all we do is, waste is precious time over those things, which hardly matters to us.
It was the very energizing and motivating video for me as I learned how to identify my
prioritized goals and responsibilities on the personal and professional level. When I watched the
video a few sentences grabbed the attention that has given me the reason to introspect my
attitude towards my aims and responsibilities (Thomack, 2012).
 Time is choice: This line has highlighted the fact that every minute what we do and how
we spend is our choice, and rather saying that I do not have time to invest, it should say
that I do not like to spend my time in the activities, which are not priorities, and or
requires urgent assistance.
 We do not build the lives we want by saving time, we build the lives we want and then
time saves itself

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 “I do not have time,” often means “It is not a priority”: It is an accurate tone to
describe though we have an abundance of time to invest, it is our choice employ time
Question 3: Can you relate to this on a personal level? Write about an experience you
endured or witnessed. Do you agree or disagree with the message in the video?
I agree with the issue that has been addressed by the time management expert Laura, as
the same situation has happened to me when I was facing difficulties in my professional life.
The problems started arising when I decided to pursue a diploma course in fashion designing
along with my B.COM studies ( Tracy, 2014). The initial months of the course were very tuff for
me, as I was juggling between both the courses and was not able to give time to decide that what
is my passion? And what are my priorities?, Due to which I was not able to perform well in both
courses, which not only affected my grades but also made me tired and puzzled. This whole
situation impacted negatively and the outcome of such chaos was that I left my passion and
concentrated on my studies (Yurii , Yevhen, & Artur, 2017). Moreover, what I learned from that
situation that if I had set my goals before, I would not have faced a similar situation that I was at
that time. This video has made me realized that I lacked time management skills, and my long-
term goals were not clear to me (Farrell, 2017).
Question 4: Has viewing the topic challenged your philosophies or beliefs?
Time management has made me realize that we all ample time to invest in the activities that can
help us to make our life productive whether it is watering the plants, teaching in school or
volunteering in the charitable institution. Benjamin Franklin who is the father of the world's
powerful nation, Unites States, once said, “Time is equivalent to money and if you can manage

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this stage, then you can effectively balance your professional life and personal life. From ted talk
(Rydén, & Sawy, 2019)
Question 5: Did you find the message powerful/challenging?
Yes, this video has taught me the value of time, and how I can utilize it efficiently. This video
has made realized me that I lacked time management skills, and my long-term goals were not
clear to me. However, after watching the video, I have decided to introspect my beliefs so that I
can decide my futuristic goals and achieve them with a proper plan. Addition to this Mrs. Laura
shared two strategies for effectively investing and utilizing the time (Yurii , Yevhen, & Artur,
2017).

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Conclusion
Time is money, and how well we all spent, shapes our future. From the entire role
concept module, I focused on time management theory. For understanding the importance of
time management I watched Ted talk in which time management expert Laura Vanderkam,
explained the audience that how we can save our time. Over all, it was a great video to analyze
and understand time management skills.

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Bibliography
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HarperCollins .
Adams , R. (2019). 15 Time Management Tips for Achieving Your Goals. Retrieved 2019, from
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Farrell, M. (2017). Time Management. Journal of Library Administration, 215-222.
Mangement study guide . (2019). Time Management - Meaning and its Importance. Retrieved
2019, from Mangement study guide: https://www.managementstudyguide.com/time-
management.htm
Mind Tools . (2019). What Is Time Management? Retrieved 2019, from Mind Tools:
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_00.htm
Rydén,, P., & Sawy, O. E. (2019). How Managers Perceive Real-Time Management: Thinking
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Thomack, B. (2012). Time Management for Today's Workplace Demands. Workplace Health &
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Vanderkam, L. (2016). How to gain control of your free time. Retrieved 2019, from TED :
https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_vanderkam_how_to_gain_control_of_your_free_time
William , D. K. (2019). 10 Proven Time Management Skills You Should Learn Today. Retrieved
2019, from life hack: https://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/10-proven-time-

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management-skills-you-should-learn-today.html
Yurii , S., Yevhen, M., & Artur, K. (2017). Time Management and its implementation at
production companies. Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, 82-87.