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Time Management
balance advice
Your
Purpose
Should
Dictate
How
You Spend Your Time
By Brenda Johnson Padgitt
aBOuT ThE wRITER
Brenda Johnson Padgitt is the
CEO/Founder of ASWIFTT PUBLISHING, LLC.
www.aswifttpublishing.com
Start by writing a mission statement for your life. A
mission statement highlights your intended purpose on
Planet Earth. Your mission statement should include your
talents, abilities and skills you want to contribute to the
world. A mission statement will keep you focused. It
will also help you be decisive about how you spend
your time.
Your mission statement should be used to create the tasks
to accomplish your goals. It takes time and energy to see
the results of your goals. Time spent on endeavors that
are not related to your purpose is time lost or wasted.
According to Habakkuh 2:2, a vision should be written
and made plain upon tables, that he may run that readest
it. Your mission statement is the written purpose or vision
for your life.
Developing a mission statement for your life helps you
feel empowered. It helps you strategically move forward
in accomplishing your goals. Your written purpose,
however, does not keep you from encountering people
who compete for your time and energy. Your time and
energy should be spent to fulfill your purpose. Extra time
should be used to volunteer to others. There is nothing
wrong with helping others. Always remember that charity
starts at home.
In the article, "Success Formula! Avoid 10 Most Important
Time Stealers" on Bukisa.com, Kamla Joshi lists the
inability to say "No!" The struggle to say "No" is when
you try to please people. You put what's important to you
aside to please someone else. Joshi says the five deadliest
words that rob you of your time are from drop in visitors
who say "Have you got a minute?" Joshi further states that
knowing how to deal with interruptions is one of the best
skills you can learn.
Eric Garner also talks about managing interruptions
in his article "Say No To Time Stealers" on
Articlesbase.com. He says learn to be brief because in
business your time is your money. He further states that
wasting time with unnecessary long meetings with others
is a way to let money trickle down the drain.
Using a planner is one way you can account for your
time. It also helps when your schedule is in sync with
your purpose. A planner helps you account for every
second, minute and hour of your day. You can use daily,
weekly and monthly planners. A planner can also serve
as a record keeper to show how you spent your time for
the year.
Before you waste another second, minute or hour, draft
your life's mission statement. Think about your talents,
abilities and skills. What purpose do you feel you serve
on Planet Earth? When you know your purpose you have
clear direction. A mission statement helps you maximize
on how you spend your time.
You don't have time to waste or squander. Your time is valuable, precious and
limited. Make the best choices concerning your time each day. Choose what
yields the greatest results when it comes to your time.