Time is so precious

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Time is so precious

• Owning it is such wealth!

This gift presented by Bruce Wagner, Ph.D., ESC
Academic Coordinator, The Russell Conwell Center
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Where does our time come from?
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An horology of our life
24 hours/day x 7 days
168 hours/wk
7 hours/day for sleep
119
105
2 hours/day for eating
97.5 TOTAL
1.5 hours/day for commuting (5 days)
Thats it. Thats all you get. The question is,
What are you going to do with it?
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Areas of my life

• Health
• Family
• Reading
• Arts
• TV
• Hobbies
• Travel

• Quiet
• Job
• Studies
• Maintaining my home
• Friends
• and the others still to be remembered

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Being specific about each
be specific--every byte!
all the details!
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if you leave out part of your life...

• you will do that thing anyway, and something else
  will lose its planned time
• you will be really frustrated
• the aggravation will cost you more time energy
  in the long run

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Seeing the whole--seeing the parts

• Each complex activity represents lots of work and
  thought and our system calls that
• a project
• Within each project comes the work that needs to
  be done and we call that
• an action

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in any good workshop there comes the time when
you do the work
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You need to make a list!
List all the big things, the projects, going on
in your life That includes work, home,
professional, personal
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tougher, but vital
Rate the Projects according to priority
(importance and proximity to due date) -- A, B, C
A Critical B Important C a wonderful dream
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Keep going--this is supposed to be hard work

• name the goals and purposes for each project
• identify the action steps needed to complete the
  project
• do a skills survey to see if special learning is
  going to be a part of the project
• think realistically about how much time each part
  will take

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Planning today requires looking at the whole month
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Keep monthly calendars long term

• personal social events
• tests
• papers
• regular appointments
• meetings

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and now here is today
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Its your choice in calendars

• I keep all 3 formats
• 2 yearly calendars
• current next monthly calendars
• daily calendars for the entire week

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Time hogs are issues to live with

• Our own personal behaviors that take time
• washing hair
• daydreaming
• cats dogs goldfish
• Individuals who always think their needs are most
  important

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Managing your issues

• Know yourself and plan for what you do!
• dreaming
• need for quiet time alone
• dating
• Aunt Sues daughter Elises wedding
• If its planned, you dont need to steal time to
  do it!

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more issues, more plans

• When folks make you wait, have your notes handy
  to let you do other things
• Have a record to show the sequence of action
  steps for several projects
• If someone asks for your time say
• When do I get the time back?
• What should I give up thats already planned?

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Your planning will affect others

• You will become incredibly energized
• Your structure controls others
• you know what to do and when
• Be careful--you become frightening

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Tools of the TM business

• You need to use a planner
• Many different versions on the market
• They may look different, or even be used a little
  differently, but the best one is the one you like
• Calendars
• you need yearly, monthly daily
• its best if you can see all 3 at once

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Practicing Routines

• Discover what works for you!!!
• Plan according to your own life style
• bedtime
• first thing in the morning
• at the end of the rigorous part of the day
• Believe that what is planned is not to be a
  concern until its time for action

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Its your time enjoy your wealth