Time Management & Personal Productivity
A short, practical course for students, job seekers, employees and managers who feel busy but not productive. Learn to see where your 168 hours really go, put your priorities into the week first, sort tasks with the urgent-important matrix, stop losing time to task switching and phone distractions, focus in short blocks with the Pomodoro technique, understand why you procrastinate and how to start anyway, build habits that last, handle deadline stress and protect your sleep. About 43 minutes of short TED and TED-Ed videos, with practical tips in the lesson notes and a quick quiz after each lesson. It prepares you for the Workplace Readiness Meter, Judgement Meter, Exam Confidence Check and EQ Meter assessments.
For students, job seekers, employees, managers and anyone who wants more control of their time · 4 chapters · 8 lessons · about 45 min
Chapters and lessons
Start small, see where your 168 hours really go, and build your week around what matters most.
- 1.1 Welcome: small changes, 30 days at a time Free preview
- 1.2 Find your 168 hours Free preview
Decide what comes first, stop switching between tasks, and give one thing your full attention.
- 2.1 Prioritise like a computer: urgent, important and the cost of switching
- 2.2 One thing at a time: monotasking and deep focus
Understand why you put things off, get started anyway, and turn good routines into habits that run on their own.
- 3.1 Why we procrastinate, and how to start anyway
- 3.2 Build good habits and break bad ones
Handle deadline pressure calmly, and protect the sleep that makes your memory and focus work.
- 4.1 Make deadline stress work for you
- 4.2 Sleep: your secret productivity tool