Last Thursday, I attended Professor Schwartz’s lecture about how to succeed beyond the confinements of college. Professor Schwartz talked about a wide assortment of interesting topics, such as the importance of this coming election as well as his 50-year experience in teaching English literature at Cornell. However, I found his point on the importance of time management most compelling. As someone who procrastinates frequently and does not plan ahead very well, hearing Professor Schwartz talk about how even the smartest people can not achieve success due to their time management skills really caught my attention. By taking Professor Schwartz’s advice on how to be better with my time, such as by outlining what I have ahead of me and getting tasks done early, I hope to achieve more of the success he talked about, both in college and beyond.
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Seeing your post has made me kind of re-evaluate my approach to life. I am also a procrastinator, and especially bad at getting things done early, since I always have something else I have to get done first, because of a heavy workload. I am nowhere near the smartest person who can just study for one day before a test, but the fact that even the smartest people cannot be successful without time management emphasizes more how important time management really is for everyone, and so with the upcoming semi-finals and finals, I will definitely be not only planning ahead but also actually follow the plan and not fall in the trap of thinking I have enough or more time.
Thanks for sharing! I also appreciated the insights Professor Schwartz brought up about time management/procrastination. Since his talk, I came across a tip that I found helpful. It said that to successfully keep a schedule without falling into distraction, it helps to remove the distraction completely as the mental energy it takes to resist the temptation is a limited supply. Meaning that if the energy is used on resisting, there will be less energy to complete other tasks, such as schoolwork.
I definitely agree with your statement about time management. It’s so easy to get distracted these days especially with how far technology has advanced. Additionally, it’s also easy to lay out a plan to stop procrastination from happening. This is something that took me years to realize, and Professor Schwartz helped make that even more clear.