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July 21, 2009

Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week's value out of a year while another man gets a full year's value out of a week. --Charles Richards

Are You Spending Time The Right Way?:
Though most managers understand intellectually that time is their scarcest resource, few make the effort to gain a strategic perspective on how they spend their hours each week. Still fewer make a regular practice of keeping track of how the priorities they say are most important jibe with the way they actually spend their time. "Those we label natural born leaders know how to leverage their time," writes Warren Blank in The 108 Skills of Natural Born Leaders. For those in whom this talent is not innate,this article offers some pointers. [more]

Be The Change:
Read "Time: A Mystery And A Problem" by Jacob Needleman for a thought-provoking passage on our relationship to time. [more]


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On Jul 21, 2009 Harriet writes:

I tend to spend more time at work on the things that are "fun", easy to do or that I am gifted at, rather than really prioritizing on what NEEDS to be done. I guess I do that at home too. I would rather watch a movie with my kids than vacuum the house. : )

On Jul 22, 2009 ganoba writes:

This should be essential reading for the corporate slave and the slave driver

 
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