Here is sample advice from Jeff’s book, Smart Guide to Managing Your Time. These can be discussion points or made into questions:

Tips for Better Management

1. Achieve your goals at work and leave on time several days each week.
2. Hire other people to do your less important tasks so you can focus on the vital ones.
3. Focus on one activity at a time. For instance, don’t watch television while you eat.
4. File items so you can locate them faster when you need them.
5. Get rid of clutter — recycle newspapers, magazines, and reports that you don’t need.
6. Designate specific times each week during which you take in no new information, especially on the weekend.

Common Ways People Waste Time

1. Agreeing to too many tasks.
2. Not prioritizing.
3. Being interrupted too often.
4. Underestimating the amount of time that an activity or task will take.
5. Not asking for help when it’s needed.

Fascinating Facts About Time

1. Anything you do for an average of 30 minutes each day takes up a week for every year of your adult life.
2. Most people live longer than they expect, sometimes ten or more years longer.
3. Americans work far more than most people in other societies.
4. You may be getting 10- to 15-second intervals of micro-sleep while you drive.
5. Most people spend at least eight years of their lives watching television.

Ways to Be Happy at the End of Each Workday

1. Take short breaks throughout the day.
2. Don’t add any tasks late in the day.
3. Complete tasks in order of their importance.
4. Work on one item at a time.
5. Acknowledge the completions you made.

Time Flies, Leaving You Empty-Handed, When…

1. You focus on the clock, trying to complete tasks within unrealistic time-frames.
2. You try to take in too much information.
3. You force yourself to accomplish too many activities and make too many appointments.

You Make More of Your Time When…

1. Your desk is clear of everything except the one task on which you’re working.
2. You periodically close your eyes and clear your mind.
3. You remove at least three unimportant items from your to-do list without handling them.

Signs That Show You Have Control of Your Time

1. You enjoy your lunch breaks.
2. You stay in shape.
3. You take the time to spend time with friends and family members.
4. It’s not a struggle for you to leave on time each morning.
5. You leave work on time each evening, recognizing what you accomplished.