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 Managing Time In Spite of Your Values
The title of today's post may seem a bit strange. Since the late 80's, we've all been hearing about setting priorities and managing our time in a way that reflects our personal values. Who could possibly argue with that?
Obviously, I agree with having good values and creating organizing strategies and processes that emphasize your priorities. However, there is one value which is inherent to the American culture that I believe hinders all of our efforts at effective time management. It's the pioneer work ethic.
In our culture, we have a respect for hard work and personal sacrifice. I agree that this is a good thing and I certainly do not promote laziness. However, as Americans, when we sit down to plan our agenda for the day, we bring a subconscious bias toward hard work with us. We will tackle a long, arduous task to prove we are not afraid of hard work without considering whether the same results could be achieved through delegation or a simpler process.
Next week, as you prepare your agenda for the day, try to look at each task in terms of the desired results (output) instead of the time required to complete it (input). Prioritize the results and put them on the calendar first. There may be more time in your day than your inner pioneer would allow you to see.
posted on: 4/14/2008 6:45:05 AM by Shana Prichard
category: Business
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About Shana:
Shana M. Prichard, MBA owns realign, llc, a professional organizing firm. realign, llc provides small business organizing services including filing system design/implementation, desk and time management and QuickBooks set up and training. realign, llc also provides home-office organizing services to individuals.
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www.RealignOrganizing.com
What I'm Reading . . .
- "Raising Financially Fit Kids", Joline Godfrey
Common sense ideas and insight into raising kids who are wll-prepared to manage their own finances as young adults.
- "The Success Principles: How To Get From Where You Are to Where You Want To Be" by Jack Canfield
This book really got me excited about pursuing my goals and growing my business. There is a heavier emphasis on materialism than what I am comfortable with, but overall this is an inspiring book.
- "The Organized Executive", by Stephanie Winston
- "No B.S. Time Management for Enterpreneurs" by Dan Kennedy
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