Good Morning,
In one of my mentoring sessions I was asked what is the best way to learn how to better manage our time.
The answer I gave caused an initial puzzled look, and then one of understanding.
I said that there is little we can actually do to manage time.
Time comes and goes as it pleases. We cannot catch it, we cannot hold it, we cannot avoid it, it moves and goes as it wants to do, no matter what we do or try to do to it.
We cannot catch time, save time, exploit time, ignore time. Time marches on regardless of what we do or don’t do.
So, what can we do to improve our productivity. That is, do more with less time?
The answer is to better organize and prepare ourselves.
And by organizing ourselves I mean every facet of our lives.
· We can keep our files in piles or neatly stored in a predictable system
· We can keep our key personal information in a file or try to remember when we need it.
· We can learn more about stuff we may encounter or leave our hopes on serendipity.
· We control all of these things.
You see, time will march on, but we can prepare ourselves, our environments and our lives to capitalize on the time that does go by. By equipping ourselves to better perform in less time, we actually give ourselves more time to do other things.
So in essence, it is not time management, but us management.
Enjoy!
Sanford Berenberg
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