Quick Tip - Time Management Through Language Choice

While time is an non-replenish-able resource, and in each day lived, we each get the same amount, we often create challenges to our time ownership, and therefore, our time management, by phrasing things negatively, or in a defeatist fashion.  In order to own, and appreciate, the time we have, please consider the following:

• Eliminate "I don't have time", "I am so busy" & "I was too busy"
• Resist saying "You've got too much time on your hands" to others who make activities a priority that are not for you
• Know that you are not lazy if you choose to relax, rather you are reinvigorating or resetting yourself
• Strive to have a full calendar, or a full day rather than being "busy"
• Call before you are late & apologize once
• Set, use, and request  agendas before attending meetings to avoid "I don't know" as a response to "What are we meeting about?"
•  "Host" walk-and-talk meetings rather than formal meetings
• Schedule 15, 20, 30 or 45 minute meetings instead of 60 or 90 minute sessions, and see if you get as much done
•  Complete "To Do"s immediately, such as passing along cards, or sharing links...not later...time is valuable, so make the most of it!

Time is neither a friend nor a foe, it is not speeding up or slowing down.  Time is relative to our enjoyment in perspective, and yet the same measurable quantity presents each day, so keep language and perspective positioned for success, so that time doesn't feel like it is "getting away from us"!