free time management games online
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Hi, welcome to our Ultimate Leadership Training website. Feel free to download our FREE time management training games E-Book. It contains 12 activities that work really well in a one day time management course - obviously you don't use all 12! You may also be interested in our: DISC e-Book which comes with a DISC test sheet Our emotional intelligence e-Book which comes with a test paper |
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Free Time Management Games Online
£86,400
The first one of our free time management games online is £86,400. This 15 to 20-minute exercise can be used with any size class to facilitate a discussion about the importance of time management.
When I do this game, I create a fake “check,” made out to each individual delegate by name, prepared in advance from the delegate list, I also write the date of the course and sign it.
The check is made out to for the amount of £86,400. Once you’ve handed them out explain that they have only 24 hours to spend the money. Give the delegates 10 minutes to work out what they will spend it on.
Your delegates then share how they plan to spend the money, and each person’s response is recorded on a flipchart. When the exercise is completed you should notice and point out that most of the delegates spent every penny of the check.
The point of the exercise is that few people have trouble deciding how to set priorities for spending money, but the same cannot be said for time, even though some would argue it’s a more important commodity.
This leads to a discussion that each day has the same amount of seconds as the check has pounds - 86,400 - and begs the question:
“Why are we so much more likely to prioritize how we spend our money than our time”?
Ribbon of Life
The second one of our free time management games online is the ribbon of life. This is a great activity for any size group, and I use it when talking to large groups at conferences. It’s dramatic, visible and makes a great point. Take a coloured ribbon length approximately 1 meter and scissors and an assistant to do the cutting and measuring
If the life span of an individual is 100 years each and each cm on the ribbon is one year. Hopefully you’ll get a few responses say that it’s more likely to be 75 years, thank them for their input and take the 75 years suggestion then cut 25cm of the ribbon and throw it on the floor – you’re left with 75 years.
- Now ask the average age of the group in the room, obviously this will depend on the room, tell them they all look good and guess around 25 years of age (unless they are 25). So cut another 25cm off the ribbon and throw it off the floor - this time has gone, you can't get it back.
So have a look at what’s left – 50 years, but that’s not strictly true
- Every year we have 52 weeks, that's 52 Sundays. if we multiply that by the 50 years, it comes to 7.14 years, so cut off another 7.14cm
- We also usually have Saturdays off, so reduce by another 7cm
- Public holidays in the (England) are 8 per year so over the original 50 years this comes to about a year so reduce the ribbon by 1cm
- Your casual leave and god forbid sick leave and annual holidays are approximately 40 days per year, multiplied by the original 50 years comes to around 5 years so cut another 5cm
Now have a look at how much of the ribbon you are left with. About 29 cm – but it’s not over yet
- The average daily sleep time is 8 hours (I did say average) multiply this with 365 days (or a 1/3 of 365) and again by the original 50 years (i.e. 122 days x 50 (1/3) = almost 17 years). Cut off another 17 cm
- You spend time eating lunch, breakfasts, snacks and dinner which totals around 2 hours per day which equates 30 days per year x the 50 years remaining at the beginning = 4 years so cut off another 4cm
- Last, lets say we spend about an hour a day travelling to activities and work. this equate to two more years
So how much are we left with? 6 cm, a little more, a little less – this is how much time you have to make a difference.
This is why time management shouldn’t be just a buzz word, it should be a way of life
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