Actualizing my Intellectual Potential

07.

Improving My Organization, Planning and Resource Management

• . 00. Common Symptoms
• . 01. Self-confidence
  • . Reflection Guide
  • . Developing a Strong Sense of Competence
• . 02. Motivation
  • . Reflection Guide
  • . Increasing my Motivation to Enjoy Studying
• . 03. Stress
  • . Reflection Guide
  • . Improving my Stress Management
  • . My Internal Dialog
• . 04. Impulsivity
  • . Reflection Guide
  • . Better Control my Impulsivity
• . 05. Attention & Concentration
  • . Reflection Guide
  • . Improving my Attention and Concentration
• . 06. Memory
  • . Reflection Guide
  • . Learning to Memorize Better
  • . Mind Map of Memory Function
• . 07. Planning & Organization
  • . Reflection Guide
  • . Improving my Organization, Planning & Resource Management
  • . Synoptic Overview
  • . Hourly Schedule
  • . Planning a task
  • . Course Material
• . 08. Comprehension
  • . Reflection Guide
  • . Learning to Better Use Information
  • . Organized Note-taking
• . 09. Communication
  • . Reflection Guide
  • . Learning to Better Communicate My Ideas
  • . Written Assignments
• . 10. Problem-solving
  • . Reflection Guide
  • . Improving my Problem-solving Skills

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Essay Term-assignment Task Planning: Example

Step-by-Step Procedure

Principle: I determine the basic steps of my assignment and estimate the time required to complete each.

• Exploratory reading and topic choice: 1-2 weeks
• Documentary research (identifying sources and obtaining documents): 1-2 weeks
• Documentation exploitation (reading, selecting, summarizing): 3-4 weeks
• Assignment writing (basic ideas, planning, drafting, writing the introduction and conclusion): 2-3 weeks
• Proofreading the text and making corrections: 1 week
• Submitting the assignment (formatting, printing, making copies and final corrections): 1 week

Timeframe

Principle: I schedule time to complete each step of my assignment according to my other assignments and tasks.

I determine the final deadline (second Monday in December).

I determine a deadline for each intermediary step in the reverse order. For example, if I have to hand in my assignment on the second Monday in December and if I need one week to make sure that I am satisfied with its quality, I must finish writing it on the first Monday in December.  In order to meet that deadline, I must finish reading my reference material near the second week in November or, by the third week at the latest, and so on. This is how I determine when I need to start and complete every step so that I feel comfortable with the deadlines.

The creation of a synoptic overview allows me to spread out the deadlines for this specific assignment according to my other assignments, thus preventing work overload and bottlenecks.