Don’t have enough time?

We often complain that we don’t have time for all the things we need to do. We tell ourselves that if we only had one more day per week, 1 more hour every day, or just ten more minutes then we could get it all done.

Let me be blunt: Stop lying to yourself!

There are 24 hours in every day. 7 days in every week. 365 days a year (Okay, you get a bonus day every 4 years…). It has always been this way. Never before has there been more time to get things done. Somehow we manage to tell ourselves that time is our problem. I convince myself of this all the time but below the surface I always know it’s a lie.

Time does not change; it cannot be our problem. That means our problem must be time management. Have you ever tried to manage time? For the life of me, I can’t seem to keep the seconds from ticking, the hours from passing, or the sun from setting. I’m either a terrible manager or time is not for me to manage. I believe the latter to be true.

We cannot manage time, and we cannot blame time as our problem. So what gives? How do successful people get more done than the rest of us? The answer comes in 2 parts: Priorities and Productivity.

Priorities are how we set values what we spend time on. The most important things get first take on the calendar, the least valuable get left off. The problem with priorities is that we often don’t determine them for ourselves. We let outside influences tell us what our priorities should be.

Productivity means getting the most things done with the resources (time) we have. Once we have our priorities set, we can work to get the most things done before our time runs out. This is where most of us can make adjustments and increase the things that we get done.

Join me in this series as I look at ways to increase productivity. Increasing your productivity does not have to be hard, but it does take intention and thoughtful actions. We will take a closer look at priorities later, but if you want some help with that now, reach out with a comment or email and will share some tips. You might be amazed at how much you can get done when you set the right priorities and get productive!

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