Stepping Stones to Inner
Peace:
Time Management: Honor Your Time and Energy
- Your time and energy
are the two most precious gifts that you have. Evaluate each month
where you are placing your time and energy.
- Place a yellow sticky
note on your telephone answering machine that says "Is this phone
call the most valuable use of my time and energy?"
- Find who you are on the
inside and begin to live your life in accordance with this
truth.
- Where
you place your time and energy today determines who you will
become tomorrow.
- Learn
how to nicely say NO without feeling guilty. Try "Well I’m
planning to do _______ then. Would you like to join me?"
- Meetings
are often a waste of time and energy. Whenever you add a meeting to
your schedule, DROP at least one of your other ones.
- If
you have more than three (3) meetings scheduled throughout the week,
get rid of at least one of them as soon as possible.
- Begin
to notice which people and events drain energy from you and begin to
decrease the time you spend with these people or doing these
activities.
- When
you’re spending time with someone or at some event, be aware of how
often you look at your watch. If you look frequently at it, you
probably would have more fun doing something else. This principle
applies to your job as well.
- Stop
watching the evening news. It is often more upsetting than
informative. It usually has very little to do with what really matters
in your life.
- Try
giving up TV for one week. Read a book, write letters, catch up with
friends and family, bake a cake, etc. If a week is too long for you to
go without TV, don’t watch it during the weekend.
- Review
your last month, week, day and hour.
How did you spend your time and energy? If you could redo your last month, week, day and hour
what would you change?
- Don’t
act in the dramas others create for themselves.
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