Constantly I hear people say, "I don't have the time." Also, I listen to others tell me that I have too much time on my hand. How can that be possible? I thought we all had equal 24 hours in the day. If I have too much time, where is the extra time coming from?
I used to think that I had equal 24 hours in a day with billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison, Larry Page, Sergery Brin, Mukesh Ambani, Amancio Ortega, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, Zhong Shanshan, Steve Ballmer, and Ma Huateng. I was only lying to myself when I thought I did.
Why would I say I don't have equal 24 hours? Because these billionaires know the value of time, they bought other people's time and added it to their 24 hours. They bought people's time through employment. So, they have people working for them, achieving in 24 hours what they should have accomplished in a decade without the extra hands on deck. They understand that time is more valuable than money, diamond, gold, bronze, and all the world's wealth.
OK, pardon me for not explaining my perspective of time being more valuable than money. I know you have been chasing money, but as you do, sometimes you look down on time, and that is where you get it wrong. The misconception that wealth is about money is the reason many people are not getting wealthy. Some people will tell you that you can earn money, but you cannot get more time. I believe that is also a misconception because money can buy other people's time.
The issue of time is essential to the meaning of wealth. Lots of people will spend time looking at their bank accounts with great attention to detail, but they don't look at their time the same way, and as such, they end up wasting this precious resource.
You will only be genuinely wealthy when you value your time more than you value your money. Spending money needs time. You only have a certain amount of time to spend all the money you have in the world. How often have you heard the story of people saying, "It went by so fast" or "If only I'd had more time" as they were living out their final days? People close to a death wish for more time, not money.
Time management is the strategy of planning out your available time and controlling your time on specific tasks to work more efficiently. Effective time management comes easier to some people than others, but everyone can develop habits to improve their time management skills. Without solid time management, your work and well-being can suffer.
The significance of time management comes down to how much it impacts your personal and professional life. Time management is organising your day so that you find the best use for every moment. The keyword here is "the best use of every moment." Excellent time management allows you to create a healthy balance in your workflow and home life. The consequences of failed time management include missing deadlines and living with excessive stress. With the right time management skills and tools, you will experience many benefits from good time management. Once your time management efforts start to pay off in the form of accomplishments, you will feel more fulfilled by your performance.
Time is more valuable than money, yet people waste more time than money. Unless you're working on your most valuable task, you're not making the best use of your time. Tons of us waste time due to poor prioritisation, working on tasks that make us feel busy without actually helping us progress.
A lot of people suffer from completion bias. Completion bias is the tendency of people to feel compelled to complete a task once they have started it. We are more motivated to tackle tasks that we are confident we can meet because we get satisfaction from finishing them. The way the brains are wired, we more eagerly tackle tasks that we know we can complete because we get pleasure from achieving them. Being able to check an item off your to-do list is very mentally rewarding. This, of course, means that we're attracted to the tasks we can finish quickly, giving the lowest priority to the ones that take longer to complete.
On average, a person spends 4-6 hours on their smartphone every day. This means that every 4-5 days, we spend one full day on our phones, ignoring our real life for a virtual one. This further means that we would spend one full year being hooked to our screens every five years. Apart from our screen time, we spend 1-2 hours doing absolutely nothing that produces any result every day. If you track your time — minute by minute — you'll be amazed by this "random" category of time wasters.
What's alarming is that we don't waste 6-8 hours out of 24 hours of a day. We use this from our waking hours (i.e. 16-18 hours). That leaves us with less than 8 hours to get our work done, spend time with our family, learn new things, take care of our body and mind and everything else that we must do in a day. Life is not about being productive all the time. But life is indeed about getting things done when it needs to be done. You will waste time living without a purpose. You will waste time when you ignore your future self. You will waste time when you live in a distracting environment.
Many find it challenging to manage time because they try to manage the time they don't have. Time management is not about managing time at all; it is about managing yourself. How well you use your 24 hours in a day is down to you.
To be able to manage your time effectively, you must be intentional. Create and work through your to-do list. I use Trello to create my list. There are lots of software that will enable you to accomplish your task. 'Google Keep' can do the job as well. Sketching a to-do list might not seem like a groundbreaking technique, but it's one of the most powerful ways to become more productive. The best to-do lists include a variety of tasks: quick and urgent jobs that might be completed in 10 minutes and bigger, operational tasks that are a work in progress.
Writing a to-do list is the first step towards better time management. Prioritising your task is the next. Prioritisation guides you through the activities of the day in order of importance. As such, the tasks that matter most are dealt with first. Despite your best intentions, you get distracted. Distractions can come from social notifications, talkative colleagues, and the very human problem of procrastination. Sitting down and getting things done is almost always harder than it should be. You must stay focused as you manage the distractions.
Your future is created by what you do today, not what you will do tomorrow.
I don't have the time. Where can I find the time? Stop wasting my time.
20870 comments
-
Comment Link
Tuesday, 19 July 2022 10:57
posted by poster printing London
Whoa! This blog looks just like my old one! It's on a totally different subject but it has pretty much the same page layout and design. Great choice of colors!
-
Comment Link
Tuesday, 19 July 2022 10:54
posted by same day poster printing London
I do love the way you have framed this particular difficulty plus it does give me a lot of fodder for thought. However, from what I have observed, I simply hope as the actual feedback pile on that men and women remain on issue and not get started on a tirade involving the news du jour. Yet, thank you for this fantastic piece and even though I do not necessarily concur with the idea in totality, I regard the viewpoint.
-
Comment Link
Tuesday, 19 July 2022 10:48
posted by onespace.id/pt
Genuinely no matter if someone doesn't know after that its up to other viewersthat they will help, so here it happens.
-
Comment Link
Tuesday, 19 July 2022 10:41
posted by 24 hour poster printing London
You made some decent factors there. I seemed on the internet for the difficulty and located most individuals will go together with together with your website.
-
Comment Link
Tuesday, 19 July 2022 10:18
posted by cheap curry 8
My husband and i got quite thrilled when Louis managed to conclude his homework using the ideas he made when using the site. It's not at all simplistic to simply find yourself giving freely tips and tricks that most people might have been selling. We really already know we've got the website owner to give thanks to for this. Most of the explanations you made, the straightforward site menu, the friendships you can aid to promote - it's most powerful, and it is making our son and our family know that that article is interesting, which is certainly really serious. Thank you for everything!
-
Comment Link
Tuesday, 19 July 2022 08:58
posted by curry shoes
I am glad for writing to make you be aware of what a superb encounter my wife's child encountered checking the blog. She came to understand such a lot of details, including what it is like to have a great helping mood to get folks very easily know precisely some tortuous things. You really did more than our own expected results. Thanks for churning out such useful, trusted, edifying and as well as easy thoughts on your topic to Mary.
-
Comment Link
Tuesday, 19 July 2022 08:03
posted by kobe basketball shoes
My wife and i got very delighted that Ervin managed to do his reports using the ideas he grabbed through the site. It is now and again perplexing to just choose to be offering hints which often other folks may have been making money from. We do know we now have the website owner to appreciate for this. Most of the explanations you made, the simple website navigation, the relationships your site assist to create - it's mostly superb, and it is making our son in addition to the family understand that article is amusing, which is certainly exceptionally mandatory. Thank you for the whole thing!
-
Comment Link
Tuesday, 19 July 2022 06:39
posted by kd 12
Thank you for your entire effort on this web page. My daughter really loves making time for investigation and it is easy to see why. A lot of people learn all regarding the lively form you make important tactics via this web blog and encourage participation from other people on this area of interest plus my girl is studying so much. Enjoy the rest of the year. You're conducting a stunning job.
-
Comment Link
Tuesday, 19 July 2022 05:15
posted by Mobile mechanic Mortimer
Really Appreciate this article, can you make it so I receive an email when you publish a fresh update?
-
Comment Link
Tuesday, 19 July 2022 05:12
posted by Mobile Car Servicing Arborfield
Wow, incredible blog layout! How long have you been blogging for? you make blogging look easy. The overall look of your site is fantastic, as well as the content!
Leave a comment
Make sure you enter all the required information, indicated by an asterisk (*). HTML code is not allowed.