The Illusion of Not Having Any Time

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  The Three Mental Barriers to Time Power
  If everyone agrees that excellent time management is a desirable skill, why is it that so few people can be described as “well organized, effective, and efficient?” Over the years, I have found that many people have ideas about time management that are simply not true. But if you believe something to be true, it becomes true for you.

Your beliefs cause you to see yourself and the world, and your relationship to time management, in a particular way. If you have negative beliefs in any area, these beliefs will affect your thinking and actions, and will eventually become your reality. You are not what you think you are, but what you think, you are.

Barrier 1: Worries About Organization
The first myth of negative belief, of time management is that if you are too well organized, you become cold, calculating, and unemotional. Some people feel that they will lose their spontaneity and freedom if they are extremely effective and efficient.

Many people hide behind this false idea and use it as an excuse for not disciplining themselves the way they know they should. The fact is that people who are disorganized are not spontaneous; they are merely confused, and often frantic. The key is structuring and organizing everything that you possibly can: Thinking ahead; planning for contingencies; preparing thoroughly and focusing on specific results. Only then can you be completely relaxed and spontaneous when the situation changes.

The better organized you are in the factors that are under your control, the greater freedom and flexibility you have to quickly make changes whenever they are necessary.

“Relax and allow affirmations to go through your subconscious mind!” According to whole brain research, you can learn subjects quite rapidly as a result of deep relaxation and music used in a systemized, organized process. Because of this, it is also possible for you to learn new belief systems using the same techniques.

Barrier 2: Negative Mental Programming
The second mental barrier to developing excellent time management skills is negative programming, which is often picked up from your parents, but also from other influential people as you are growing up.

If your parents or others told you that were a messy person, or that you were always late, or that you never finished anything you started, chances are that as an adult, you may still be operating unconsciously to obey these earlier commands.

Time management and personal efficiency skills are disciplines that we learn and develop with practice and repetition. If we have developed bad time management habits, we can unlearn them. We can replace them with good habits over time.

Barrier 3: Self-Limiting Beliefs
The third mental barrier to good time management skills is a negative self-concept, or what are called “self-limiting beliefs.” Many people believe that they don’t have the ability to be good at time management. They often believe that it is an inborn part of their background or heritage. But there is no gene or chromosome for poor time management, or good time management, for that matter. Your personal behaviors are very much under your own control.

Action Exercise
Imagine that someone were to offer you a million dollars to manage your time superbly for the next thirty days. Imagine that an efficiency expert was going to follow you around with a clipboard and a video camera for one month. After thirty days if you had used your time efficiently and well, working on your highest priorities all day, every day, you will receive a prize of one million dollars. How efficient would you be over the next thirty days?

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I never use to understand that old saying “if you want something done ask a busy person to do it” until I became a team leader.

I am often approached by various individuals all needing something from me, at work , at home, sometimes at church. I fit them or the task in ASAP.

Why wait ? the time is now. Get the job done and move on.

Staying busy, always doing something is good time management.

There is no such thing as having no time , the time is there one must just use it to their advantage. Or make the time , like arrange an appointed time.

Sometimes I think I am an OCD organizer and when someone uses something and don’t put it back properly I have to do it. Being organized does keep me from wasting time. Also when someone needs something they ask me for it and I usually know right where it is.

Definitely being organized helps us to utilize our time more effectively and efficiently.

I wouldn’t mind having that million dollars :) I don’t believe it would make people work harder to get it. I find that most people think they work hard enough and should be rewarded for a job done not necessarily a job well done or awesomely done. One thing I hear about at work are complaints from people concerning not having received a raise n pay over the past couple years. I’m not saying that people don’t deserve to get raises but I don’t agree with their attitude that if they got paid more they would work harder. It is my opinion that no matter if one is making minimum wage or 25$ per hour, they should always give it their all.

In response to DorothyMarie’s post:

Loved your post..
Though I do believe many would be motivated (more) if they knew a million dollars was the reward. (: