{"id":3213,"date":"2026-04-13T12:05:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/?p=3213"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:21:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:21:36","slug":"gauss-career-service-workshop-time-and-self-management-20-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/2026\/04\/13\/gauss-career-service-workshop-time-and-self-management-20-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"GAUSS Career Service Workshop: &#8220;Time and Self Management&#8221; (20 May 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2024\/01\/Logo_Career_service-1024x585.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236\" style=\"width:276px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2024\/01\/Logo_Career_service-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2024\/01\/Logo_Career_service-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2024\/01\/Logo_Career_service-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2024\/01\/Logo_Career_service-1536x877.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2024\/01\/Logo_Career_service-220x126.jpg 220w, https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2024\/01\/Logo_Career_service-1320x754.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2024\/01\/Logo_Career_service.jpg 1848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshop <strong>\u201cTime and Self Management\u201d<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-goettingen.de\/en\/585922.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Matthias Mayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you sometimes struggling to balance the demands of research, professional development, and personal life? This workshop is designed specifically for PhDs and postdocs who want to master the art of time- and self-management. With a focus on directly applicable, well-proven methods, you&#8217;ll gain actionable insights to set clear goals, plan effectively across different time horizons, and reduce stress in competitive academic environments. Join this engaging, interactive session to take control of your schedule, overcome distractions, and build habits that lead to long-term success\u2014in your PhD, postdoc, and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dates: <strong>Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 9-17h<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Duration:<\/strong> 1 full day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location: <\/strong>online<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Trainer: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-goettingen.de\/en\/585922.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Matthias Mayer<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Further Information<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/ggnb-blog.uni-goettingen.de\/?p=5018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/ggnb-blog.uni-goettingen.de\/?p=5018<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration: <\/strong>Please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gauss.uni-goettingen.de\/career-registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>register here<\/strong><\/a> and send an <strong>email to <a href=\"mailto:career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">career@gauss.uni-goettingen.de<\/a><\/strong> including a short statement on your motivation to attend the workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Workshop description<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Goals<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Get familiar with the most powerful techniques of time- and self-management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Know how to plan on three timely horizons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Know how to balance professional and private life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Know how to control your inner state<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exchange experiences with other participants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Content<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Determine your direction: Work with crystal clear goals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plan: Learn to plan your time: long-, medium-, and short-term<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set priorities consciously (Eisenhower Method, Pareto Principle)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focus: Say goodbye to distractions and interruptions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find your balance: research \u2013 work \u2013 private life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dealing with competition and stress in science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which Tools Should I Use?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get rid of your most severe time-killers, establish strong habits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Methods<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This highly interactive online workshop combines trainer input with self-reflection and a variety of collaborative exercises. You\u2019ll engage in individual, partner, and group work, deliver brief presentations, and participate in open discussions to explore your own questions and experiences. To support lasting behavioral change, you\u2019ll pair up with a seminar partner for a four-week \u201cpost-seminar test phase,\u201d during which you\u2019ll meet twice to reinforce your new habits. After the seminar, you\u2019ll also receive access to course videos for further review and consolidation of the content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce our next GAUSS Career Service workshop <strong>\u201cTime and Self Management\u201d<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-goettingen.de\/en\/585922.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr Matthias Mayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Are you sometimes struggling to balance the demands of research, professional development, and personal life? This workshop is designed specifically for PhDs and postdocs who want to master the art of time- and self-management. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/2026\/04\/13\/gauss-career-service-workshop-time-and-self-management-20-may-2026\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[290,289],"tags":[297],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3214,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3213\/revisions\/3214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.uni-goettingen.de\/gauss-career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}