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Snowgoose Veterinary Management Consulting

The 25 Hour Day:Making It Work

Louise S. Dunn

12 Snowgoose Cove

Greensboro, NC 27455

336-286-0878

[email protected]

The 25 Hour Day: Making It Work

1. What is it?

2. Some facts

3. Stress

4. Knowledge

5. Time Management

6. Solutions


Comfort VS Style


1. What Is it?

• Family

• Career

• Personal growth and enrichment

• Down time

• Giving back

• Silly time


Life-Work Intelligent Integration

Why • Industry Leaders

– Motorola and Cisco

• It’s A Mind set

– Billable hours VS time clocked in

• What’s “in”

– Passion and “deserve”

• What’s “ not in”

– Too many “things”


2. Some Facts • Stress is costing $200-$300B– EAPA Employee Assistant Professional Association

• 46% is self inflicted

• from 43.6 to 47.1 hrs /week– Willing Slaves – How the Overwork Culture is Ruling our Lives, Madeleine Bunting


USA Today Snapshots


From USA Today Snapshots 2010

USA Today Snapshots


From USA Today Snapshots 2010


Historically In Society

• It is accepted that successful people are too busy

•Being a workaholic is often admired

• If you are not busy, you are lazy

Spirals

Downward Upward


3. Stress Affects:

• Immune system

• Cardiovascular

• Eating

• Smoking

• Exercise

• Alcohol & drugs

• Sexual health

• Mental health


Life Stress Test Dr. Tim Lowenstein

www.cliving.org/lifestresstest.htm

reprinted with permission from the author'

“Life Happens”


Sometimes You JustHave to Multitask


SchedulesSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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4. Be Willing To Make Choices

• What clubs you join and how many.

• What study groups work best for you.

• If you choose to have a job.

• How far away you live from campus.

• Marry or start a family.


Know The Culture

• An elite group

• Professors work hard and long hours

• Praised for all the accomplishments

• No awards for balance

• You are in a seductive profession


Know The Stressful Periods• First Year

– First week

– First exam after the first week

– Information overload

– Not getting discouraged

• Second Year

– Twice the amount of material to retain

– Selecting electives for next year

– Learning to apply what you learn

– So many tests in a row


Know The Stressful Periods• Third Year

– Labs and surgery

– Having a clinician watch over your techniques

– Clinical rotations

• Fourth Year

– Time commitments medicine and surgery blocks

– Job search, internship applications

– Realizing you will soon be in the “real world”

– Thinking about debt load



5. Tips For Time Management

• Prioritizing proactively

• Effective processes

– Palm Pilots

• Surrounding yourself with the correct team

– Compliment each others’ styles and strengths

• Delegating

– Learn the skill


Covey’s Big Rocks


Covey’s Time Matrix-Activities

•Pressing Matters

•Crises/ Panics

•Fire- Fighting

•Deadline-Driven Projects

•Prevention

•Relationship Building

•Planning/Preparation

•Implementing

•Professional Knowledge

•Interrupts

•Some Mail/ Calls

•Some Reports/ Meetings

•Unprepared Meetings

•Popular Activities

•Trivia

•Busy Work

•Time Wasters

•Unproductive-Activity

•Everything Else

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Urgent Not Urgent

•Stress

•Burnout

•Vision

•Perspective

•Control

•Balance

•Out of control

•Short-term focus

•Feel victimized

•Irresponsibility

•Dependence on others

Important

NotImportant

Covey’s Time Matrix*- Results

* “Principle Centered Leadership”


Jack Canfield’s: The Power Of Focus

• Focusing Strategies

–90% of behavior is habit

– Identify your good and bad habits

– Identify results of changing and

set up an action plan


Canfield’s Make a Stop List

• Know what you want and why

• Discover and use your talents daily

• Work hard and smart

• Give and love unconditionally

• Find and live your purpose


David Allen’s Getting Things Done

• Capturing Tasks

• Discipline (e.g. only check emails 3x day then go for a short walk)


Allen’s Workflow Diagram

In-basket

What is it?

Is it actionable

Yes

Trash

Tickler

ReferenceNO

nonononoyesyesyesyes

Multi-step projects need a step by step plan


References

6. Some Solutions• Leadership• Right people• Trust & believe in yourself• Develop relationship• Exercise• Systems

• Prioritize• Set limits and boundaries

• Say “No”• Breathe deeply


Action Decisions• Make your own list

• Assign a value

– Be realistic

• Don’t second guess

yourself

• “Just do it”


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Do Not Forget Your Passion

What gets you up in the morning?


Questions


References

• USA Today 2010

• Allen, David; Getting Things Done

• Canfield, Jack; The Power of Focus

• Covey, Stephen; The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

• Lowenstein, Tim; Life Stress Test

– www.cliving.org/lifestresstest.htm



Thank You

Louise S Dunn

12 Snowgoose Cove

Greensboro, NC 27455

snowgoosevet.com

[email protected]

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