Time Management for MBA Students
Most MBA candidates are aged 25-34 and have had several years of experience in their chosen career fields, reports MBA.com. In addition to managing a course load, some students may also be juggling family lives and full-time jobs. For MBA students, existence can often feel like a never-ending "to do" list.
Can it be done? Absolutely, experts say. By taking stock of priorities, utilizing time wisely and honing career goals, MBA students can reach complete their degrees in balance with their lives. It won't happen overnight and it won't happen without a plan, but with diligence and preparation, it can and will happen.
Survival at the graduate school level, according to educationindex.com, can mean the obvious, like utilizing a planner and sticking to it, to the less obvious, like finding a mentor to help oversee one's progress. As a university counseling office put it: "There's no such thing as time management," there is "self-management."
How can you self-manage? Here are some excellent starting points: stop procrastinating, schedule your time and decrease interruptions, separate school time from other parts of your day, stay committed to the plan. Keep fit, work for 45 minutes at a time, then break for 15 minutes, and, interestingly enough, wear a watch.
By breaking larger tasks into smaller, more manageable pieces you'll be more likely to succeed while keeping stress at bay. As the old joke goes, we eat an elephant not all at once, but one bite at a time.
