Day 6

Today we had our lecture in the lab. There was a reason for that it was we had practical to do about how our brain work and from that the person categorized whether he/she is visual, auditory or kinesthetic. 

The lecturer Mr Eranjan started the lecture with checking our home work time log and energy cycle drawn by us. After that he started today's lesson with teaching us how to prioritize our time. There are mainly three ways to prioritize the time they are,

• Spend 75% on the things you MUST do
• Spend 20% on the things you SHOULD do
• Spend 5% on the things you LIKE to do

After describing above mentioned ways of prioritize time he talked about Pareto principle which explains 20% effort produces 80% effect. As an example if we work on a particular task the few minutes or hours will result in the majority of the work. This also known as 'intelligent botching'.

After that lecturer explained more about energy cycle. According to ways to prioritize the time, the things that MUST to do should be in the peak level, the things that SHOULD do in moderate level and when energy level is low need to do things we LIKE.

People who waste their time called as time  wasters. There are mainly two types of time waters. They are, self generated and environmental. 

Self generated

• Disorganization- ex:-Don't know where you keep your books
• Procrastination- ex:-Go to do some important work and ended up with doing something unnecessary work.
• Inability to say "No"- Accept things delaying own work.
• Lack of interest
• Unnecessary perfectionism-Want everything perfect (unnecessary perfection)
• Burn-out-Out of energy/exhausted (cannot concentrate on a particular thing)

Environmental

• Visitors
• Telephone calls/e-mails
• Junk mails
• Waiting for someone
• Unproductive meetings- Unwanted meetings will waste time
• Crises- Natural disasters/power cuts etc.

Lecturer finished theory lesson for the day with explaining different ways to 'stop wasting time!'. After that we started the practical that I mentioned beginning of my post.

Figure 1: Brain Usage Profile

Practical

It is a software which tells how our brain works for that first we need to answer 20 questions that provide by the software and there should be consistency of the answers. Based on the answers we give at the end it gives a brain usage profile and a personal evaluation and from that it tell whether the person is visual, auditory or kinesthetic.

Figure 2: Personal Evaluation                                                  

At the end of the lecture I understood how to use my time more efficiently and effectively. Also understood the ways that I can reduce my wasting time. Time is very important we should learn how to use the time appropriately. As we use the time appropriate manner the work we do will be more productive.

From the practical I found out I am an auditory person and got to know more about my self as explained in the software.