Description

Time Management comes down to 3 main issues which may occur independently, sequentially, or concurrently:
Overwhelmed – just too much to do in the time available
Disorganisation – you haven’t figured out what to do yet, and even if you have you don’t have a system or resources to do it
Distraction – no sense of priority, what to do next, or pulled into everyone else’s dramas.
The inconvenient truth is there will ALWAYS be too much to do, you will NEVER have the time, information, or resources to do everything and the world is FULL of endless distractions which usually consist of far more pleasant and interesting things than on your ‘to-do’ list.
This really does not bode well for productivity geeks and perfectionists.
However, we are bright, intelligent, and capable people – we can do ANYTHING….. but we can’t do EVERYTHING. And there is important stuff to do – it just gets lost in all the really unimportant stuff that hangs around our business and life. Stephen Covey’s 7th habit of ‘Sharpen the Saw’ is probably the best advice here – take time out to plan your planning in an environment conducive to being your best, focused, and conscious self.