Time Management Self-Assessment Test
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ScribdTranslationsThe TEST of how you organize yourself
Use this questionnaire and calculate your score at the end of the Test:
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Question 1 Point 2 Points 3 Points 4 Points
1 Do you have time to program and
to plan?
2 Do you have any idea of how much
How much time do you spend on each job?
3 Do you mark priorities in your list of
tareas pendientes?
4 Do you always finish the tasks in the
last minute needing more
overtime?
5 Do you get interrupted often?
6 Do you use your set goals to
choose which tasks and activities
Do you come first?
7 Do you calculate a time margin?
extra for unforeseen events?
8 Are you aware if the work that
Is it low, medium, or high?
importance?
9 When are you assigned a new one?
task, you automatically analyze the
priority level?
10 Do deadlines and the
commitments?
11 Do you get distracted easily in a
critical task?
12 Do you feel like you have to take yourself to
house work to be able to finish it?
13 Do you consult with your boss to see the
priorities of the tasks to be performed?
14 Do you just start with the tasks of
highest priority?
Total =
Interpretation of your score:
Puntuación Comentarios
You manage your time efficiently! However, check the following sections for
43-56
to see something always improvable.
You are good at several things, but you can still gain more time. Focus on the points.
29-42
follow and you will pleasantly find that your work can be much less stressful.
The good news is that you have the great opportunity to improve your effectiveness at work.
14-28 and your long-term success! To achieve this, you need to significantly improve your time management.
Start now!
As you have answered the questions, you already have an idea of the areas where your handling of
time is more deficient. In the following points, you have a summary of the main actors in the
Time Management. It will serve as your guide.
Goal Setting (questions 3, 6, 10, 16)
To start managing your time effectively, you need to know your goals. It is a condition.
indispensable. Just because you know them doesn't mean you'll fulfill them, but you need to know them. It's like opening the door to
coche para conducir. El hecho de abrirla no te hará llegar al destino, pero si no lo haces no entrarás
in the car.
If you know where you want to go, you will find out exactly what you need to do and in what order.
But without goals, you will waste your time on unimportant things and not prioritize the points.
key.
Most neglect setting goals, as it requires time and effort. What they don't know is
that by investing a little time and effort now, they will save a huge amount of time,
effort and frustrations in the future.
The art of prioritizing (questions 3, 8, 9, 13, 14)
Setting priorities is of vital importance. Otherwise, you will work very hard without achieving results. You will waste.
time spent on matters of no strategic importance.
Most people have some kind of 'to-do list'. The problem is that these lists are
just that: a scattered collection of things that need to be done, nothing more. The list itself does not
it makes no sense and the effort required to follow it without more will also be equally unstructured. The
the key is in how to work that list - from top to bottom, from bottom to top or from most difficult to easiest
(this last one is the correct one).
To work efficiently, the first step is to prioritize tasks from highest to lowest value. This way you
you will first focus on achieving the projects set for their deadline. That you look back and say: 'Wow!'
what I have gotten off my back!
How to handle interruptions (questions 2, 5, 7, 11)
Having a plan and knowing how to prioritize is one thing. The next is knowing what to do to eliminate the
interruptions during the day. It is a widely discussed fact the number of interruptions
that any employee endures, whether in a managerial position or any other. Calls
telephone calls, inquiries, employee questions, and a whole series of events that arise
unexpectedly. Some can be addressed immediately, but others need to be managed.
Exception: some jobs require you to be available when they need your help.
so interruption is a natural and necessary part. Here, do what you can reasonably do
to minimize interruptions, without scaring the people who really need it
interrupt you.
Postpone (questions 4, 10, 12, 14)
The 'I'll leave it for later' has been the downfall of the most promising careers. After many 'for
afterwards, the work becomes so enormous that any task seems insurmountable. Procrastination is so
tempting, which can become lethal.
The best way to get out of the pit is to recognize that it is you who has reached that point. Find out
Why do you procrastinate tasks? Fear of failure? (Although many do it out of fear of success!)
Only when you know why you procrastinate so much will you be able to create a plan to change your habits.
Reward yourself for completing tasks, and periodically remember the horrible ones.
consequences of not doing these boring tasks!
Planificación (Preguntas 1, 2, 7, 12)
A large part of time management comes down to scheduling your time. When you know what your
objectives and priorities, you just need to create a program that gets you started, and protects you against
stress.
It will mean that you understand the factors that determine the time available for each task. Not only
You have to schedule priorities, otherwise you have to leave room for the inevitable.
interruptions. Add a grace period for unexpected events to shape your
schedule. A solid program with your priorities as the backbone and a proper distribution
of time, will allow you to control your time and keep your life in balance.
Key points:
Managing time is a fundamental skill that helps you not only keep your work under
control, if not to keep stress to a minimum.
We would all love to have a couple of extra hours in the day. It is possible if we work.
intelligently in matters of the highest priority, with a program of objectives in hand.
With this, we can work effectively and achieve those goals, dreams, and ambitions that we so much
important.