Time has more value than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time
People generally ask me how can they better utilize their time, they are asking for a tool or an organizer that can help them better manage their time. Some friends of mine even went ahead to buy expensive smart phones that had great organizing abilities, but still they complain of lack of time.
I always tell my friends, before they go and use a tool, they have to be sure of what they want in life. My philosophy of time management is
“ Time spent towards an objective is time well spent, everything else is wasted”
To explain, if your objective for the day is to relax by watching TV, then all the time you spent watching TV and relaxing was time well spent. However, the time you spent in responding to official emails was waste of time, given that it was not part of the objective.
So take a day off, think on “Who you want to become, where do you want to reach” and then jot down all the steps required to reach those goals. All the time you spent marching towards your goal will be time well spent. Daily analysis of where you spent your time, will help in prioritizing.
Take a day off and think…… who you want to become and where you want to reach……. share with us also so that we also get motivated J
Brilliant ... if your objective of the day is to relax by watching TV, then any time not spent watching TV was 'wasted'.
ReplyDeleteThe key is to know the objective in any given situation - and then you manage your time to maximize the return on that objective.
Thanks Farhan for an insightful post :-)