Where Did the Time Go?
Where Did the Time Go?
Valuable Tips to Save Time
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Posted by Frank Sonnenberg on Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Wow! Excellent questions–
Wow…I guess I do gravitate towards things I enjoy over priorities sometimes! This won’t be the first time a poster taught me a lesson (thanks Smokey the Bear)…and thanks again Frank!
I also always, always enjoy this one:
The two greatest time-savers are saying, “I don’t know” and
“I was wrong.”
So true!
Those are excellent, esp the two big time savers!
Busy work vs productive work: great tips!
Have to get to work!
When the few extra hours are found, I will keep them as my secret treasure so that no one will fill them for me.
All kidding aside, time is precious and we all need to be reminded of the bigger picture.
Great list Frank and I love the format – it is now hanging on my wall. A great tool to use when you or someone you know is complaining about not enough time!
Very nice, thanks for sharing it with us!
Excellent work, Frank.
Very thought provoking. Now, let’s see if I can change a few things and enjoy all that time I’m wasting!
Susan, Marc, Tanya, Ed, Shivaun, Bev
Thanks so much for your thoughts. Much appreciated.
Keeping it all together these days is tough job. I hope some of these ideas buy you an extra minute or two.
Love your common sense approach and great questions everyone should be asking themselves. And the fact that you cleverly put this post in a “poster” format was brilliant!
Frank,
I really like this. The design is great. The questions thought-provoking.
Any way it can be made for legal paper? No worries if not. Still fantastic.
Impressive. Great questions!!
Susan, Boris, Pat, Nancy, Shawn, Andres
Thanks so much for your comments.
Time flies. And so does news via social media. The recent comments, listed above, came from the U.S. (Connecticut, Florida and California) as well as Croatia and Chile .
Hi Frank – This is fabulous! I am printing it out and putting it on my bathroom mirror and fridge!
Thank you for your excellence!
Best to you!
Sarah Cook, Co-Author of “The Parents’ Guide to Raising CEO Kids” http://RaisingCEOKids.com
Frank,
WOW! Your list really makes you think. I’m happy to say that I have worked on a lot of these items with success.
There are a few I could definitely improve.
I’m keep this pdf close by.
Thank you for sharing,
Theresa
I like to share # 23 around our home a lot. Thanks for bringing it up Frank!
One of my favorite songs has the words, “Things are only as important as I want them to be …”
I’m with Ed Han – the two biggest timesavers are so important…saying “I was wrong” and “I don’t know”. Great list and a little overwhelming too. Thanks Frank.
Frank,
How did you know EXACTLY which questions I needed to be asked?
Thank you for the nudge.
Doug
Fantastic questions. My favorites are too numerous to mention.
Frank:
Wow–that’s a great list…and inspiring.
But now I’m 5 minutes behind in whatever trivial thing I was working on…
Thanks for sending this my way Shivaun. Hope to see you soon,
Mike
Excellent food for thought. Time is the most precious commodity. Great advice can be found within the answers to these questions.
I love #54 hits home for me right now. I say things are important to me but I just don’t make the time for them! Great lesson for today..
Sarah, Theresa, Jordan, Terry, Doug, Rossana, Michael, Leyane
Thanks for taking the time to comment on my post. It’s clear by the number of responses that this post hits a nerve. Leyane got it right when she said that time is our most precious commodity. That’s why my favorite line is, “Do you invest your time or spend it?”
Shivaun,
These are great! Thanks so much for sharing.
Best,
Carolyn
Best to Frank!
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Agreed with all. These are great. Just discussed in a peer networking forum the importance of limiting our focus each day to our top 3. While I thought I accomplished much more than that daily, it’s surprising what a difference it makes when we are accomplishing the right things vs. ANYthing. Thanks, Frank!
Thanks so much for your comment Mary.
Your thoughts are right on the mark. If everyone focused their efforts AND did “the right things vs. anything” their efficiency and effectiveness would skyrocket.
Have a wonderful day!
Best,
Frank
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Very nice. This is going up in my office.
I wrote something related last year. http://rightbrainedpm.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/should-you-really-be-doing-that-time-management/#entry
Thanks for your kind words Chris. BTW, I read your post. Well done! Too many people don’t distinguish between “urgent” and “important.”
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