# Time Management ## Resources - [The Philosophy of Time Management | Brad Aeon | TEDxConcordia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXBA4eWskrc) - Time management used to be a _philosophical_ topic -- can time really be managed? - Jean-Paul Sartre: We have the tendency to trick ourselves to believe that we are not free. That's why we make excuses. - ==Make _sacrifices_, or make _excuses_. Only one will make your life more meaningful.== - [How I Manage My Time - 10 Time Management Tips | Ali Abdaal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iONDebHX9qk) - We own all of our time. - _Daily Highlight_, ensures this one is done! - Hell yeah or NO. - _Time Blocking_ - _Parkinson's Law_ - _Protected Time_ - _Delegation_ - Automated scheduling - [How to manage your time more effectively (according to machines) - Brian Christian | TED-Ed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDbdXTMnOmE) - Don't spend too much time on managing time and ranking things -- the [[scheduling|scheduler]]. - Interruption coalescing. ## Time Management Matrix - Urgent & Important -- Minimize - Not Urgent & Important -- Maximize, the leadership quadrant - Not Important & Urgent -- Manage - Not Urgent & Not Important -- Avoid ## Delegation 1. Communicate the task 2. Explain the context of the task –- why 3. Agree on the standards for completion 4. Gain commitment 5. Communicate what you have delegated to the team 6. Provide support, as required