Priorities
Posted by Dr. Christo A. Scheepers on Friday, March 19, 2010
Under: Personal Growth
Do you ever get the feeling you just have too many things to do and too little time to do it?
Does it sometimes feel as if 24 hours a day is just not enough to complete all tasks?
Ever wished for more hours in a day, but then considered the additional stress and fatigue causing you more confusion about why you are unable to turn yourself into an octopus and have enough hands to do everything at once? All resulting in you daydreaming about clones of yourself to simplify multitasking...
Welcome to the human race. We all have so many things to do daily, but finding the time is the difficult part.
Consider the fact: There are 24 hours in every day and all people only get the same 24 hours to do all that needs to be done. So why are some so effective in getting all things done, why others are not? Why are the busy people with the most work usually the ones you can count on to get things done?
The answer is simple; they know how to prioritise. Time management is a good skill to have and you should always use your time in the best possible way, but without setting priorities, you will not be able to get anything done effectively and with excellence.
Daily when you look at the hundreds of e-mails (all looking similarly urgent), the piled up admin, the snailmail to be sorted and filed, the too many tasks to be performed inbetween meeting after meeting after telephone call.....you have to take a step back, breathe deeply and then spend a minute or two to set your priorities for the day. Without organising your to-do list into a prioritised list, you will never be able to get anything done on time and with excellence.
Do not feel alarmed thinking, "Take a minute or two....where should I get the time!!!!!!!" This reaction is normal, but by taking the minute or two, you are in actual fact opening up lots of minutes and even hours you will be able to spend more productively. By calming down and setting priorities, you are able to determine in which order to do things and what to combine together to free up time. The little time you spend doing this opens up so many minutes and even hours for you to focus on the more important things, it is well worth the effort.
By doing this you are in fact opening up time to deal with the unexpected emergency jumping up here and there, but more importantly you are opening up time for yourself, your family and your personal life.
Work - work - work is never a healthy situation, you should take time off to relax and put everything in your life into its rightful place and then you will be able to just live and not run around the whole day totally exhausting and stressing yourself out to the point you need medical attention to deal with your physical and mental issues.
For more info on setting priorities, you can read my book Holistic Wellness: A Christian Omnibus for Whole-Person Wellbeing selling on the site now for an amazingly special discounted price. To read more, please visit www.christoscheepers.com/books.php
Does it sometimes feel as if 24 hours a day is just not enough to complete all tasks?
Ever wished for more hours in a day, but then considered the additional stress and fatigue causing you more confusion about why you are unable to turn yourself into an octopus and have enough hands to do everything at once? All resulting in you daydreaming about clones of yourself to simplify multitasking...
Welcome to the human race. We all have so many things to do daily, but finding the time is the difficult part.
Consider the fact: There are 24 hours in every day and all people only get the same 24 hours to do all that needs to be done. So why are some so effective in getting all things done, why others are not? Why are the busy people with the most work usually the ones you can count on to get things done?
The answer is simple; they know how to prioritise. Time management is a good skill to have and you should always use your time in the best possible way, but without setting priorities, you will not be able to get anything done effectively and with excellence.
Daily when you look at the hundreds of e-mails (all looking similarly urgent), the piled up admin, the snailmail to be sorted and filed, the too many tasks to be performed inbetween meeting after meeting after telephone call.....you have to take a step back, breathe deeply and then spend a minute or two to set your priorities for the day. Without organising your to-do list into a prioritised list, you will never be able to get anything done on time and with excellence.
Do not feel alarmed thinking, "Take a minute or two....where should I get the time!!!!!!!" This reaction is normal, but by taking the minute or two, you are in actual fact opening up lots of minutes and even hours you will be able to spend more productively. By calming down and setting priorities, you are able to determine in which order to do things and what to combine together to free up time. The little time you spend doing this opens up so many minutes and even hours for you to focus on the more important things, it is well worth the effort.
By doing this you are in fact opening up time to deal with the unexpected emergency jumping up here and there, but more importantly you are opening up time for yourself, your family and your personal life.
Work - work - work is never a healthy situation, you should take time off to relax and put everything in your life into its rightful place and then you will be able to just live and not run around the whole day totally exhausting and stressing yourself out to the point you need medical attention to deal with your physical and mental issues.
For more info on setting priorities, you can read my book Holistic Wellness: A Christian Omnibus for Whole-Person Wellbeing selling on the site now for an amazingly special discounted price. To read more, please visit www.christoscheepers.com/books.php
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