DANCING TO YOUR OWN TUNE?
- working abnormally long hours?
- taking work home?
- distracted on weekends?
- little or no time for yourself?
- neglecting family and friends?
- overwhelmed?
YOU ARE NOT DANCING TO YOUR OWN TUNE! YOU ARE DANCING TO SOMEONE ELSE’S!
Saddest of all is that, in spite of your “dedication” to the job/sacrifices you still:
- fight fires all the time?
- regularly forget important things?
- often have to do things over again?
- regularly arrive late for appointments/meetings – or not at all…?
- have to re-schedule events all the time?
- regularly disappoint/frustrate the people around you?
- spend too little time on important things and too much time on unimportant things?
- have days go by without accomplishing enough?
Who/what is making demands on/managing your time?
- needy subordinates?
- irate clients?
- uninvited visitors?
- unfiltered phone calls?
- unscheduled “emergency” meetings?
- e-mails?
- social media?
- etc.
You need to take charge and start managing your own time!
- Get your priorities right!
- Learn to say “NO”
- Acquire a “To Do” app and learn how to use it
- Acquire a “Diary/Datebook/Calendar” app and learn how to use it
- Enter every task / appointment into the “To Do” / “Diary” apps immediately and appropriately
- Schedule times for phone calls, e-mails and social media!
- Refer to the above REGULARLY!
- Stick to the “plan”!
Reflect on this:
- IF YOU DON’T MANAGE YOUR TIME SOMEBODY ELSE WILL…
- Proper Prior Planning Prevents Pitifully Poor Performance (7P’s)
- Go Slow to Go Fast…
- The way we live our days, is the way we live our lives
- You will never find time for anything. You must make it
- The secret to my future is hidden in my daily routine…
- Planning is editing the future
- Plan ahead to get ahead
- One of these days is none of these days
- “A schedule defends from chaos and whim” – Annie Dillard
- “When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone” – Thomas Scott
- I MUST DO THE MOST PRODUCTIVE THING POSSIBLE AT EVERY GIVEN MOMENT
START DANCING TO YOUR OWN TUNE NOW!