In my work, I often come across individuals who use time management as a crutch to avoid life. What I mean by this is they are, so incredibly focused on producing and managing details that they have forgotten to include rest, quality family time, relationship building, or even time for improving health, into their plans.
Posts Tagged ‘Time-Management’
Stewardship – A New Twist on Time Management
Friday, May 22nd, 2009Although there are lots of really cool systems for helping us to improve time management, I’m actually advocating a total mind shift for how you think about time and relate to it. I’m asking you to begin to approach time management from the perspective of stewardship. Stewardship is defined as: the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care. Time is your gift. How are you utilizing it?
Adults With ADD – 3 Easy Steps For Time Management Through Daily Planning
Sunday, May 10th, 2009How many times have you started your day knowing what you would ideally like to get accomplished, but feeling unsure of where to begin or how to prioritize it all? On days like this, you can find yourself succumbing to overwhelm before you ever leave the house. There is so much to do, and so little time and energy!
The Importance of Giving Yourself Time Off From Your Business
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009The other night, I attended a presentation on time management. Among other realizations I came away with was the importance of giving yourself time off from your business. It is very easy to not do that, to get caught up in a wave of work which seems to endlessly pull at you. Certainly I can attest to that, because I have a list of things I need to do, which sometimes seems to never end, and which I feel guilty about leaving alone. Yet, at some point, if I don’t leave it alone, something worse occurs, and it’s something all business owners can attest to.
The Illusion of Time Management
Monday, April 20th, 2009Because we live in a hyper busy world, chock full of important and not-so-important distractions, we are constantly looking for a way to keep our heads above the tsunami of stuff. Because so much of this busyness is driven by our work lives, I have given the phenomenon a name – “organizational A.D.D.” Unfortunately, this form of A.D.D. is not treatable with meds and so we go in search of some other “holy grail” to make it better. Hence the never ending quest for “time management. But time management is an illusion. However, there is an approach that makes sense, and it begins with strategy.
