Day 6 - Brain Activity

At the start of the lecture, Mr Eranjan checked our time log and energy cycle. Following pictures shows my personal time log and energy cycle,

Time Log

Energy Cycle

After that Mr Eranjan explained us how to prioritise our time. He also explained that, as students we should prioritise our time according to following criteria,

• 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 that lecture told us to compare our time log activities with above criteria. In this way you can find whether your time is managed properly to do must, should and like activities.

Then Mr Eranjan discussed us about the Pareto Principle, which states that "20% effort produces 80% effect". Furthermore, Mr Eranjan discussed about different time wasters. Some are as follows,

Self-generated	Environmental
Disorganisation Procrastination Inability to say “No” Lack of Interest Unnecessary perfectionism Burn-out	Visitors Telephone calls / e-mail Junk mail Waiting for someone Unproductive meetings Crises

There are many ways to stop time wasting. Some ways are,

• Sort out your priorities.
• Plan using to do lists, optimise use of your peak energy times.
• Be more assertive – learn to say ‘No’.
• Handle each piece of paper only once.
• Decide how you will deal with interruptions.
• Don’t delay – do it now!.
• Be conscious of wasting other people’s time.
• Stand up when people come to see you
• Can you really afford time to read junk mail?
• Start and finish one job at a time.
• Delegate three things you really enjoy doing.

After that Mr Eranjan concluded the session for today. But he gave us an exercise to evaluate our brain functions which measures which type of person you are. For that we used small software called "brain" where everyone has to answer at least 20 questions. After that software shows our brain usage profile. 

According to my brain usage profile