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Time Management
in an
Electronic Age
Doug Berschauer
Doug Berschauer
• Brrrrr – Shower (think “cold shower”)
• Quarter century club
• CH2M HILL
– Regional Technology Manager
– SEAWYED: Seattle Water Young Engineer
Development Program
• Development programs for 12 years
Today’s Conversation
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Star Trek to Star Wars
Warp Speed!
Beam me up Scottie!
Live Long and Prosper!
Light Sabers and other great tools
Avoid the Death Star!
May the FORCE be with you!
Star Trek to Star Wars
• World is changing … fast
– Great-Grandparents: electricity
– Grandparents: telephone
– Parents: television
– Me: computers
Fill in the blank
– You: ___________________
• More gadgets, more information
– Cell phones, Blackberry’s, iPhones
Warp Speed!
• Information everywhere
– Email – w/ and w/o attachments
– Internet
• “Google it”
• Search engines
• Communication
– Mobile: voice and data (text)
– IM
– Email
Beam me up Scottie!
• Overload
– “You’ve got mail!”
– “You have exceeded your mail capacity”
– “Can you review the attached 6MB file
and get back to me tomorrow”
– “What do you mean you did not do it, I
sent you an email”
• Feel like you need a brain upgrade?
Live Long and Prosper!
• What good is all the gadgets if it brings
stress … and shortens your life?
• What can you do to navigate the “Star
System”?
– More gadgets?
– Tools
– Internal focus
– The FORCE!
Star Trek …
… Star Wars
Space the final frontier …
… in a galaxy, far, far away
Avoid the Death Star!
• You get so over loaded you are ready
to explode
• You worry
– Worrying is lost time
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Negative vibes
You are not at your best
People avoid you
How do avoid being a death star?
Light Sabers and other great tools
• Light Saber is a simple weapon
• Filters are great tools and simple
– Email filters
• Highlight “TO” email
• BOLD “TO” where it is just to me
• No highlight or bold when it is “CC”
– Data filters
• Autofilter in Excel
• Other
Light Sabers and other great tools
• Light Saber is ready use, anytime
• Excel short cuts
– Named cells
– Array formulas
– Macro’s
• Why learn the short cuts?
– Save you time!
– Work smarter, not harder
May the FORCE be with you!
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Darth Vader
R2D2
Hans Solo
Obi Wan Kenobi
Yoda
May the FORCE help you manage time
in an electronic age
Darth Vader
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Focused
Prioritize
Minimize worry
Too much focus can lead to the “dark
side”!
• “Never underestimate the power of the
dark side”
R2D2
• Organized
• Tools
– You need to figure out what is best for you
• Gadgets
– Sign me up for the all the cool stuff!
• C3PO worried, R2D2 did not have time
– Negative self talk, in multiple languages
Hans Solo
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Relaxed
Easy going
“No problem …”
Take time to relax
– Exercise
– Fun!
• Being a complete person
Obi Wan Kenobi
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Compact
Living in the moment
Not worried about tomorrow
Positive outlook
– The power of suggestion
– Even more powerful if something bad
happens
Yoda
• Energy
– Is he faking with cane?
– Give him a light saber and watch out!
• Believing in yourself
– We all have gifts
– We can do anything we put our mind to
• Positive Energy
– Biggest impact to time management
May the FORCE help you manage
time in an electronic age
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Focused
Organized
Relax
Compact
Energy
Discussion
May the FORCE be with
you … always!
Thank You!
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