Yes – I have 2 small children, two businesses, and a workaholic husband. I will always struggle, juggle, and stress. It may be part of the Millennium. We have multiple emails, multiple voice mails, we record Voice Notes to ourselves, we have 26 speed dials, we constantly multi-task, and the To-Do list still gets longer. In fact, if you search Google for “time management” you’ll get over 700,000,000 hits!
A magazine for entrepreneurs, Sole Proprietor Magazine, says what if we switched our thinking from managing time to define our time, by three definitions? 1) Value Management 2) Priority Management and 3) Decision Management. Do you think this would create more time for us?
I say “yes” –
- Value Management: Name your “top 5″ values and then look where you spend most of your time. Your time spent likely does not truly reflect your heart.
- Priority Management: What you choose, who you choose, and what kind of attitude you have during the choice; hmmmmm. What does that choice reflect about you, your values, and your legacy?
- Decision Management: Are your decisions, about time, based on your values and priorities?
I guess this sums it up for me: systems are not the answer – priorities are. If your choices reflect your values, your life makes more sense! Makes perfect sense, doesn’t it?
smsimplifier.wordpress.com 