1. As delivered by:
MGySgt Archibeque

2.  It can be said that “Time Management” is actually a
contradiction in terms as NO ONE can manage time.
The only thing that we can do is attempt to manage
the activities that are conducted during a certain time
period. This is not only essential to mission success,
it is also essential to your personal well being.
 You must set yourself up for success by ensuring that
your focus is on the priorities of the day that
MUST get done! This cannot be accomplished
without a sense of urgency coupled
with practiced discipline.

3.  Everyone must have a map to follow, guidelines
that will ensure that the day is spent as effective
and efficient as possible.
"Nothing else distinguishes effective executives as much as their
tender loving care of time." - Peter Drucker
“The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the
man of talent is driven by it.” -Shoppenhauer
“The key is in not spending time, but investing in it.” – Steve Covey

4.  A - Attitude, Attitude, Attitude:
◦ ?
 P – Prioritize tasks & events:
Zombies in the area?
 P – Planning :
◦ Attitude, Emotions, Focused
 A – Action :
◦ Determination, Consistency, Perseverance.
 A – Analyze:
◦ Professional Growth, Persistence in action
 A – Accountability:
◦ Humbleness, Maturity, Personal Responsibility
 C – Change vs. Change:
◦ Courage, Consistency, Balance.
Management Plan for Effectiveness of Tasks

5.  What would they say?
Write down 1sentences for each.
 Peers
 Boss
 Poolees
 Spouse
 Kids
 Friends

6.  If your doing good things, expect
good things to happen.
 Never doubt yourself or your abilities,
you are in the Top 10%!
 Learn that some things
happen for a reason.
Find a “Spiritual” path
and stay on it.

7.  There are certain things that MUST get done
every day. Start your day with a ritual for
success. Prioritize what MUST get done.
◦ Attitude
◦ Prospecting
◦ Communication with your SNCOIC & Peers
◦ Known Commitments (Personal & Professional)
 Do you need to keep these?
◦ Asking for referrals
 Are you consistent?
◦ Analyzing your programs or what is working vice
what is not?
◦ Quality Work?

8.  When something new comes in, immediately
identify what the urgency is of the task.
 Is it a ZOMBIE…?
Don’t Let the ZOMBIES
in…they’ll take your time!!!

9.  An aggressive plan is key to developing your
road map towards mission. Write it down and
refer to it often.
Prospecting
Known Commitments…promises?
High School Visit?
Referrals?
 Your plan starts with your Attitude, then your Month-in-Sight
(MIS) which ultimately bleeds into your weekly and daily plan.
Spend serious time on this plan once a month and do not get
into the cutting and pasting. Don’t get into a rut…
 Plans can and do change, don’t let this effect your ATTITUDE.
 Not having a plan leaves you open to emotional decision
making.

10.  Attitude …”it is the first thing people notice about
you, and the last thing they will remember…”
 For every action there is an equal or subsequent
reaction.
 Do not fool yourself into setting up a plan that you
will never take action on just to appease yourself or
your SNCOIC.
 There will be times that you DON’T feel like
executing the plan. This is the time that you
must push through. Don’t allow emotional
decisions to affect your plan.

11.  Attitude …
 Take action not only on your plan but on your own
education, product knowledge and training. THIS, is
one of the biggest time savers and not used as much as
it should be.
 Don’t mistake “motion” for “efficiency or effectiveness”.
 Action calls you to “challenge” yourself both personally
as well as professionally.
 “Think smarter, react harder”
 Action calls to mind “Perseverance”
and a willingness to do what needs
to be done!

12.  Attitude should be the 1st thing you analyze!
 The more you learn to analyze yourself and your
actions, the quicker you will become more effective
and efficient at what you do.
 It takes maturity, confidence and an ability to get
things right.
 Are you spending too much time on one thing?
 Are you moving to quick to finish something only
to have to fix it later?
◦ “Mushrooms are quick and can grow overnight, but
you can’t use them to build something long lasting.
◦ People use Oak Trees to build houses,
not mushrooms…Oak Trees take awhile”.

13.  This is a daily results oriented business. Appt, Int,
NWAs, Contracts. Making Phaselines and Dep
Holds, are all results. If professionally every day
does not have an action that is producing a
tangible result that is generating one of these
above, chances are your wasting your time.
 Are you exhausting all efforts to get something
done before calling your SNCOIC, MEPS, myself…
 Understand that you are part of the problem or
part of the solution. If your at the lower half of the
DRB, chances are...(input attitude adjustment here)
 Analyzation brings change, change brings
newness? Thomas Edison worked by the idea that your
work effort should be…”2% Inspiration and
98% Perspiration”

14.  You must learn to hold yourself accountable
or someone else will. The Corps…
 Know what must be done and get it done.
Your mission, contracting, shipping,
prospecting and results all fall on you to get
accomplished.
 Plan to tell the Marine Corps story every day
and it will carry you through.
 Attitude…You are responsible for this…no
one else. How you deal with the wonderful
challenges recruiting has, is the truest test of
your character.

15.  Calls to mind Maturity.
 Self-Sacrifice.
 Questions how it affects your team.
 Disappointment
 Corrective action that will generate results
towards your goals.
 Towards Success…you owe it to
yourself, your family and your
future.

16.  If you need help, ask but…?
 If you have questions, ask but…?
 Do not approach this as a “Temporary Assignment”,
if you do, you will only learn the bare minimum to
get by, add stress, contribute to poor health,
sleepless nights, arguments with your spouse or
cat and a whole lot of effort that will equal squat!
 “DO NOT learn the Tricks of the Trade, Learn the
Trade”!
 Knowledge is power, it is also a time saver.
◦ Vol I, EPM, MCRISS.
 Personal Responsibility.
◦ Moral, Ethical Decision Making,
◦ Green Side Stuff…

17.  “If facing a difficult task, act as though it is
impossible to fail. If you’re going after Moby
Dick, take along some tarter sauce…”
 Calls to mind “Confidence”
 Be a Leader here… “Remember the lead sled
dog is the only one with a decent view”.
 Calls to mind “Servant Leadership”
 “Everyone can learn something from everyone
else. The day you think you know it all is the
day you realize you don’t”.
 Calls to mind “Humility”

18.  Calls to mind “Our Families”.
 “Relationships”
 Calls to mind Personal and Professional
Growth
 Challenging ourselves to dig deeeep!

19.  Change is to be expected and one of the only
guarantees you have.
 Learn to control what you can and let the rest go.
 Have back-up plans when you can and work a little
extra when things go wrong…what else could you
do instead?
 Have the courage to change what needs to be
changed, to generate the results you are looking
for and need.
 Ask yourself, “Are you seeking to understand
before being understood”?
 Is your agenda the only one that is important?
 Am I Listening with Purpose?

20.  How is my work ethic? (Only you truly know)
 Am I an example to my peers ?
 Am I displaying 360 degree leadership?
 Am I THE BEST Team player I can be?
 Are you filling YOUR piece of the pie?
 Let your “WORD” be your word and your “Actions”
support it. This is the foundation of your own
Credibility
 “Never resist a temporary inconvenience if it results
in a permanent improvement”
Calls to mind “Character”
I CAN’T…