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3. Time management

I had attended two workshops together with many other students at which a tremendous amount of valuable information was shared. One was titled "Workplace Readiness Skills Program" and the other "Exam preparation". Both workshops shared useful information on time management which I intend to share on this blog-post.   Workplace Readiness Skills workshop Mr Thando Melane, an HR consultant and trainer, based most of the information I am about to share regarding time management on Stephen and Sean Covey's books. They are: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers First Things First  We spend our time in four different quadrants represented by a type of person: Procrastinator - one who leaves the urgent and important things until last minute Prioritizer - one who does the urgent and important things first Yes-man - one who says "yes" to everything and leaves the important things last  Slacker - one who spends