Time Management

Time Managements Doom Loop

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Time Management’s Doom Loop is analogous to Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity: Doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results.

Time Management’s Doom Loop Day: Wake up. Jump out of bed. Get on the treadmill. Glimpse at your spou se as you pass each other in the hallway cause you are late for work. Shout at the kids to, “hurry up!” Drop the kids off. Go through the robotic motions of your job. Get off work. Grab a quick bite. Bicker with your spouse (a little or a lot). Sit in front of the television or the Internet until it is time for bed. When your head hits the pillow your mind races through the day, then moves on to tomorrow as you try to get to sleep. The next day?

Repeat

Time Management’s Doom Loop is what many Americans find themselves revolved in.
This seems grim and it is. Many American have been doom-looped! Some reasons? Money is tight. The economy is stuck. The wars America is currently engaged in. Fuel prices going north. Housing markets going south. Our children are at risk. We are at risk. Drug and alcohol abuse is on the rise. Domestic violence and crime stories have become an accepted part of the daily news stories. This is real stuff and it has nothing to do with managing our time better. Doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results? This is insanity.

Time Management’s Doom Loop is insanity! Time Management does not address how to change.

Time, by the way, cannot be managed. Managing time is like trying to manage a raging river. A person who jumps in (or falls in) a raging river has only one option – to survive its deadly current. Are you trying to keep from drowning?

Stop for a moment and ride the current. Let me throw you a life vest. This life vest is a new concept called, “Energy Management.”

Energy is something you can manage.

Time management has duped all of us. Do not feel bad. Life today is like a white-water rafting trip on the raging river. Many are just trying to survive its current. Without the right equipment, however, this rafting trip is simply too dangerous.

You are your equipment.

How are your energy levels? Low? High? Balanced?

Energy management provides a life worth living. When a person’s energy levels are balanced, a person becomes ready to fully engage in life’s process. When a person is out of balance he or she is back in the loop – the doom loop.

Too high of energy levels within a person creates madness. Life becomes chaotic. Busy, busy, busy doing what? Busy for what? More often than not, those who are overly busy use this as an excuse not to engage in the richness of life, which seems like a distant fantasy.

Too low of energy levels within a person creates apathy and lethargy. Life becomes robotic. Not much to care about. More often than not, those who are depressed use this as an excuse not to engage in the richness of life, which seems like a distant fantasy.

Energy levels, which are too high or too low, become the excuse escape.

If you do not want to change – don’t. At least now you can blame the doom loop.

If you do want to change, welcome to Energy Management.

Ask yourself the following two questions:

1. Why am I doing what I’m doing? Explain it to yourself and see if it makes sense.
2. Do I like what I’m doing? If yes, keep doing it. If no, do something about it.

Write five things in your current reality you would like to change. This is called you current reality because it represents, today.

Write five things in your ideal reality you would like to see change. This is called your ideal reality because it represents your possibilities and potential.

Bridge the two realities together with your “why” answer. Manage the energy you invest in your time and the time you invest in your energy – this will give you the highest returns.

The Value of Time Management

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The advantages of time management include reducing stress, gaining time, reducing avoidance, while promoting reviews and eliminating cramming. Another advantage is that managing time helps us to stay motivated while we avoid procrastination.

The trick to successful time management is setting up goals that work, while having an awareness of those goals and prioritizing your list of goals. When you set up an effective time management plan, you are growing and upholding a personal commitment to yourself, with the ability to be more flexible.

When you have a great time management plan, you are giving yourself an individual chance to, to generate a timetable that works to suit your busy caseload. When you create a good plan, you will soon find time to do all the things that matter most to you in life. In addition, when you have a good time management plan, you are saving your health.

Plans have a schedule timed, which includes all the activities you are responsible to handle. Your Master Timetable should include all the most important activities you are responsible to handle. It is important that you modify this schedule according to your time changes. When you set up a Master Timetable, you will need to list the priorities first, and work your way down to the least important tasks.

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It is important that you follow as you write the tasks first listed. In other words, if you state on your Master Timetable that you need to write up some documents for your business, then do this task first and proceed to the next task. Try to avoid handling multitasking at once, unless it is your job and you are sufficient, and have laid out a time management plan.

You will also need to include meals, sleep, family, friends, yourself, and other tasks if you they are a part of your time management. By setting up a Master Timetable, you can work out your time scheme by working through the list on the time chart. Try to avoid skipping a scheduled task, or procrastinating, since this will only delay your plan.

It is important to keep in mind, that time is essential. When we waste time, we are wasting money. After you have laid out a suitable Schedule Timetable, you will soon learn that your motivation has increased, while your progress is moving ahead. In addition, you will soon find that your stress level is at a normal state. When you are not focused, or do not have a time management plan, you are only hurting yourself in the long run.

Most people without a time management plan often suffer with poor health, insomnia, and other discomforting issues. Some people even find themselves in court waiting for the judge to say “You are now divorced.” So you can see that time management is important since it affects everyone around you, but most of all, it affects you.

A final tip: Exercise and eating right plays an essential role to time management, since when you feel good, you work well under a management plan.

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