Short on time?
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”Perhaps the greatest enigma of time is that nobody has enough of it, yet we almost always succeed in wasting it. Time is different from every other resource we utilize. When we don’t have money, we don’t buy excess clothing. Yet when we don’t have time, we still fritter it away on whatever may pop up. Perhaps the explanation behind such odd resource waste is that we don’t think of time as a resource. Everybody knows that time is precious and should be utilized carefully, but few people treat time with the respect that it deserves.”-Pete Mockaitis, author of The Student Leader’s Field Guide
Good morning! An acquaintance of Pete’s who is also a Good Morning reader sent in this quote. Debbie shared that:
Pete went to high school with my daughter. He read leadership books as a hobby, served as president of a ton of organizations, was a National Merit semi-finalist and went on to my alma mater, the University of Illinois. While there, he continued to assume leadership roles and was frustrated by the lack of leadership books aimed towards students. He ended up writing a book himself and having it published before his college graduation.
Like Debbie, I am struck by the sentence: “Perhaps the greatest enigma of time is that nobody has enough of it, yet we almost always succeed in wasting it.”
Almost daily, I hear complaints of people running out of time or not having enough time to get things done. Yet Pete is right: we still manage to fritter time away instead of managing it as the asset it is. This isn’t to say that we should be working around the clock or goal, chasing every hour of every day, but we should make sure we are spending our time in alignment with our personal priorities. When we spend out time more wisely, we release ourselves from the “never enough time” trap.
Your Turn: Where you have been letting time escape that doesn’t align with your priorities? What can you do to change that this week?
Today’s Affirmation: I value and spend my time wisely.
October 14th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
One of my lifelong challenges has been discipline. I have no excuses - only lists of the many ways I have frittered time away. Sometimes it is tied to distractions, but often, just laziness.
The word that you used that spoke to my heart was “priority”. They say that your priorities can be seen in areas that you spend your time and your money.
As I don’t want to have laziness the priority of my life, I plan to write my priorities down and remind myself of them often through the day. When you put it that way, there is so much to do….. I’d better get going.
thank you for the priority you have made to share with others and lead by example. God bless you and yours.