How Assignments Can Improve Success
How Assignments Can Improve Success When it comes to a seemingly overwhelming task-like getting our home time management under control-you have to find anything and everything that works for you. So, what can high school or college teach you about time management at home? Plenty! I don't know about you, but I was the worst student in high school yet went on to become a stellar student in college. One of the biggest differences was that in one I felt nothing but disdain for the assignments given and refused to perform them and in the other I, well, I didn't exactly embrace them but I did do them and, more importantly, to the best of my ability. When I was assigned a project the professor made explicitly clear what they expected me to accomplish and it actually made it easier to accomplish the task. Dr. Peeler used assignments very effectively in the learning process. The way he taught took a huge paper with multiple sections and made us completely concentrate on a single section at a time. Using that model as guidance, when it comes to getting things done, assignments can make clear the steps that need to be completed in order to reach your goal. Moving that process into the home front, assignments can eradicate the most common roadblocks. These can include: • Not knowing where to start • Or what to do • Or the steps required • Or if the order of the steps is important? • And, if so, which step to begin with? Assignments can improve success by letting you break down more complex tasks into bite-sized chunks and get one completed before moving to the next. In this way you can take one step, then another, then another toward reaching any goal you desire. If you found this video helpful then don’t forget to “Like” it so it’ll be easier for others to find. Also, I’d love it if you’d “Pin” me and pass me on to your friends. Finally, if you have a Home Time Management topic you’d like to see covered shoot me an email @ marysegers@marysegers.com My goal as a Home Time Management Coach is to help you save time on the things you HAVE to do… such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, and housework so that you can reinvest that time into your marriage, your kids, your family and friends, and even yourself. As a matter of fact, this video has been created from an excerpt of my free 58 page eBook on Home Time Management and Cooking which is available for download from my website @ http://marysegers.com/cookingbook If you'd like to learn more about Home Time Management then join my email list @ http://marysegers.com/join and I'll send you daily emails aimed at covering all aspects of Home Time Management including saving time on cooking, cleaning, laundry, housework and then spending that time on your spouse, your kids, your family and friends, and even yourself.
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How Assignments Can Improve Success
- 1. How Assignments Can Improve Success (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 2. When it comes to a seemingly overwhelming task-like getting our home time management under control-you have to find anything and everything that works for you. Think back to those days long ago when you were in high school or college and remember why you did the things you did. Was it not because some teacher or professor made some assignment? I mean... really... did you just want to write those papers and do those research projects? (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 3. So, what can high school or college teach you about time management at home? Plenty! I don't know about you, but I was the worst student in high school yet went on to become a stellar student in college. (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 4. One of the biggest differences was that in one I felt nothing but disdain for the assignments given and refused to perform them and in the other I, well, I didn't exactly embrace them but I did do them and, more importantly, to the best of my ability. When I was assigned a project the professor made explicitly clear what they expected me to accomplish and it actually made it easier to accomplish the task. (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 5. For instance, in my junior year of college I took my first research class. In that class the professor--who, incidentally, was the most awesome yet feared professor--broke down writing a scholarly research paper... yes, the kind that could actually get published... into sections and had one section due at a time. When I completed each section I turned it in and received a grade as well as feedback. (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 6. This was tremendously helpful in the whole learning process... especially the feedback I received. It really helped guide me and keep me on the straight-and-narrow. (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 7. You should have seen how stressed I was at the beginning of the semester when I found out we had this very large research paper due. I seriously panicked even after I found out it wasn't all going to have to be done at the same time. It just seemed like such a monumental task. (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 8. I point this out because Dr. Peeler used assignments very effectively in the learning process. The way he taught took a huge paper with multiple sections and made us completely concentrate on a single section at a time. Talk about bite-sized chunks. Using that model as guidance, when it comes to getting things done, assignments can make clear the steps that need to be completed in order to reach your goal. (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 9. Moving that process into the home front, assignments can eradicate the most common roadblocks the average Jane experiences in getting her home time management under control. These can include: • Not knowing where to start • Or what to do • Or the steps required • Or if the order of the steps is important? • And, if so, which step to begin with? (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 10. Many times... and in many instances... there is no particular order, it's just important to start wherever you can. You can get absolutely nothing (important) accomplished without starting somewhere doing something. (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 11. Assignments can improve success by letting you break down more complex tasks into bitesized chunks and get one completed before moving to the next. (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 12. Oh, and they can help you: • Know where to start • Exactly what you need to do • The steps required to do it • If the order is important • And, if so, which one to begin with In this way you can take one step, then another, then another toward reaching any goal you desire. (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 13. If you found this video helpful then don’t forget to “Like” it so it’ll be easier for others to find. Also, I’d love it if you’d “Pin” me and pass me on to your friends. And, if you have a Home Time Management topic you’d like to see covered shoot me an email @ marysegers@marysegers.com (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 14. Speaker My goal as a Home Time Management Coach is to help you save time on the things you HAVE to do such as: • Cooking • Cleaning • Laundry • Housework So that you can reinvest that time into: • Your marriage • Your kids • Your family and friends • Yourself (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 15. As a matter of fact, this video has been created from an excerpt of my free 58 page eBook aimed at… Home Time Management and Cooking which is available for download from my website @ http://marysegers.com/cookingbook (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 16. If you'd like to learn more about Home Time Management then join my email list @ http://marysegers.com/join And I'll send you daily emails aimed at covering all aspects of Home Time Management including saving time on: • Cooking • Cleaning • Laundry • Housework And then spending that time on: • Your spouse • Your kids • Your family and friends • Yourself (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
- 17. Remember… You only have ONE LIFE. It's up to you how you live it. (c) Home Time Management 2013 | Mary Segers http://marysegers.com
Editor's Notes
- How Assignments Can Improve Success
- When it comes to a seemingly overwhelming task-like getting our home time management under control-you have to find anything and everything that works for you.Think back to those days long ago when you were in high school or college and remember why you did the things you did. Was it not because some teacher or professor made some assignment? I mean... really... did you just want to write those papers and do those research projects?
- So, what can high school or college teach you about time management at home? Plenty!I don't know about you, but I was the worst student in high school yet went on to become a stellar student in college.
- One of the biggest differences was that in one I felt nothing but disdain for the assignments given and refused to perform them and in the other I, well, I didn't exactly embrace them but I did do them and, more importantly, to the best of my ability.When I was assigned a project the professor made explicitly clear what they expected me to accomplish and it actually made it easier to accomplish the task.
- For instance, in my junior year of college I took my first research class. In that class the professor--who, incidentally, was the most awesome yet feared professor--broke down writing a scholarly research paper... yes, the kind that could actually get published... into sections and had one section due at a time. When I completed each section I turned it in and received a grade as well as feedback.
- This was tremendously helpful in the whole learning process... especially the feedback I received. It really helped guide me and keep me on the straight-and-narrow.
- You should have seen how stressed I was at the beginning of the semester when I found out we had this very large research paper due. I seriously panicked even after I found out it wasn't all going to have to be done at the same time. It just seemed like such a monumental task.
- I point this out because Dr. Peeler used assignments very effectively in the learning process. The way he taught took a huge paper with multiple sections and made us completely concentrate on a single section at a time.Talk about bite-sized chunks.Using that model as guidance, when it comes to getting things done, assignments can make clear the steps that need to be completed in order to reach your goal.
- Moving that process into the home front, assignments can eradicate the most common roadblocks the average Jane experiences in getting her home time management under control. These can include:· Not knowing where to start· Or what to do· Or the steps required· Or if the order of the steps is important?· And, if so, which step to begin with?
- Many times... and in many instances... there is no particular order, it's just important to start wherever you can. You can get absolutely nothing (important) accomplished without starting somewhere doing something.
- Assignments can improve success by letting you break down more complex tasks into bite-sized chunks and get one completed before moving to the next.
- Oh, and they can help you:Know where to startExactly what you need to doThe steps required to do itIf the order is importantAnd, if so, which one to begin withIn this way you can take one step, then another, then another toward reaching any goal you desire.
- If you found this video helpful then don’t forget to “Like” it so it’ll be easier for others to find.Also, I’d love it if you’d “Pin” me and pass me on to your friends.And, if you have a Home Time Management topic you’d like to see covered shoot me an email @marysegers@marysegers.com
- My goal as a Home Time Management Coach is to help you save time on the things you HAVE to do… such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, and housework so that you can reinvest that time into your marriage, your kids, your family and friends, and even yourself.
- As a matter of fact, this video has been created from an excerpt of my free 58 page eBook on Home Time Management and Cooking which is available for download from my website @ http://marysegers.com/cookingbook
- If you'd like to learn more about Home Time Management then join my email list @ http://marysegers.com/join and I'll send you daily emails aimed at covering all aspects of Home Time Management including saving time on cooking, cleaning, laundry, housework and then spending that time on your spouse, your kids, your family and friends, and even yourself.
- Remember… you only have one life. It's up to you how you live it.