Everyone you meet these days is overworked and out of time.
We live in a busy, noisy, complex and exciting world: where almost no one has enough time to make and act on their personal choices. In this 24/7 global economy, feeling frequently rushed and impatient, becoming easily distracted and forgetful can come from environmentally induced attention deficit disorder.
Working effectively, by prioritizing, planning ahead and scheduling without creating a stressful mindset, can be grouped under the heading of time management.
Technology and activity overload tend to be the consequences of living where everybody is trying to do more in less time. Yet, we must be able to maintain our focus and restore our energy as we bend, stretch and bounce around at work and in our personal life. We know that if we don't prioritize our life activities, we'll find ourselves spread so thin that we won't have time for those people and things that are important to us.
Today, we have more timesaving helpers and systems than ever before. So, why isn’t there enough time to juggle all the things we must do in our day? We have an enhanced quality of life, but we’re also adding to our stress levels by taking on more tasks than we have resources to handle. There’s a tremendous need for new methods, systems and, above all, habits to keep us on track.
The outrageous tips we present in this book are geared to help you de-stress, re-energize and channel your time better. However, the heavy lifting to re-engineer your daily rituals and develop time management habits that work better will be painful while rewarding. Clarifying your time management intentions and paying daily attention to them must happen before a positive and permanent behavioral change can occur.
As professional coaches, who help people to live a better life by taking control of their behavior, we know that these outrageous tips are only the beginning in allowing your perceptions to evolve….so you may get to where you want to be in life and at work.
Sources: "When Doing It All Won't Do: A self-coaching guide for career women"
When Doing It All Won't Do: A Self-Coaching Guide for Career Women--Workbook Edition--Paperback
