Time Management - Marc Mancini

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Time Management
• The nature of the job
• The requirements of the tasks and other activities at the
time
• A person’s mood at the time
• What co-workers are like
• How much social interaction a person’s psyche requires
How Gregarious Are You?
How outgoing you are affects the extent to which socializing is
integral to your job satisfaction. You can assess your gregariousness
by comparing your own preferences with the ones
below. The most gregarious people would rather:
1. Attend a sporting event than watch it on TV.
2. Go to a party than read a good book.
3. Visit with friends than work on a hobby.
4. Watch a team sport like football than watch an individual
sport like gymnastics.
5. Work with a committee of people than work on a project
alone.
6. Go shopping with family or friends than shop on their own.
7. Take a cruise vacation than get away from it all on a neardeserted
island.
8. Play cards with friends than work on a jigsaw puzzle.
9. Attend a networking business function than read a useful
newsletter.
10. Give a great office party than master a new piece of office
equipment.
11. Be a therapist than be an author.
12. Take aerobics classes than take long walks alone.
13. Play charades than play computer games.
14. Be a talk-show host than be a sculptor.
15. Talk on the phone than do some gardening.
16. Attend a convention than watch a series of motivational
tapes.
17. Carpool than drive to work alone.