Leadership Value of the Day: Time Management
When I say time management most people think of having
enough time in the day to accomplish the goals that they have set for
themselves for the day. This is an important part of time management but it is
not the foundation of it. For you to fully appreciate what time management is,
we must first understand energy. The energy you expel is an important part of
time management, because you want to move fluidly with a since of urgency to
reach your goals. Staggered movement is not effective movement, and while it is
true that slow progress is better that no progress we are not striving to be average,
we are moving to be exceptional, and thus more is required. Moving with a sense
of urgency generates energy that is contagious to others. This will allow you
to work with people as excited about the possibilities of growth as you are.
That being said do not waste your time with people that will not meet your
efforts with an elevation of their own efforts. Greatness is not achieved by
mediocre effort. It can only achieved by those willing to give it all and move
like they don’t have enough time in the day. Because the truth of the matter is
there is not enough time in the day if you want to be great. Something will
always be left to do the next day. The trick is to do so much that you no
longer measure your time by the hour; you begin to measure your time by the
success of the projects you complete on the highest level possible. It is
important to realize that time is a construct that you will never be able to
get back, so once you waste it on something it is gone. Having the self-discipline
to align your goals with your actions is the hard part of being a leader. The
people that choose to follow you will emulate you, so you have to lead by
example. Be conscious about how you spend your time, how you move when you are
on a task, and whom you spend your time with.
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