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A Cool Time Management Lesson From A Fruit Smoothie!
| Guest post by: Georgina Forrest |
Article Overview: Life events often are opportunities to learn something from if we're aware. But ... who could have guessed that a crazy thing like making a fruit smoothie could turn into a time management lesson.
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A Cool Time Management Lesson From A Fruit Smoothie!
One morning, I was observing
the process that my hubby uses to build his breakfast smoothie. Most days he
struggles with getting all the yummy ingredients into the small container that
we use.
Consistently, he saves the
big chunks of fruit for last and then struggles with getting it all to fit into
the container. By this point he usually gets pretty frustrated as the smoothie
drips down the sides of the container and onto the counter.
The problem became very
clear to me as I watched all this.
The fruit needed to be added much earlier in the process.
It’s just like The Big Rock Lesson. It’s important to get the big stuff in first before life gets filled up with all the trivial stuff like gravel, sand and water.
Which started me thinking …
What if you applied that Big Rock Lesson on a smaller scale and you used it to manage your work week more effectively?
This begs the question then …
What are YOU doing right now to get your important stuff done?
Do you fill your week with little rocks, gravel and other filler things (email, surfing the net, working on un-important minutia) so that the big important things become last minute nightmares?
And then you’re scrambling to slap something together?
Or worse, you stay later at the office to stay ahead of the looming deadline?
I see this all the time – and would you like to know a little secret? I’ve even been guilty of doing this myself sometimes.
What can you do to start getting your big important stuff done?
There’s no getting around it – you’ve got to schedule time into your week or month to get the big items done and out of the way.
You need to block off chunks of uninterrupted time. Make an appointment with yourself and keep it!!
Studies show that just 15 minutes of planning ahead can SAVE you up to two hours of time down the road. Cool huh?
Don’t have the 15 minutes to plan? Keep in mind how much time you’re giving up by NOT planning. Or are you still going to hold out hope for time to magically appear so that this stuff will get done on time?
Remember my mantra:
Proper Prior Planning
Prevents Poor Personal Productivity!
Easy to do? It sure is.
It’s also just as easy not to do it. But imagine how great you’ll feel knowing that you’re going to get that project done on time because YOU were smart enough to take a few moments ahead of time to make time in your week to get it done.
Change can be difficult, and it takes effort to do things differently but …
What have you got to lose by giving this an honest attempt?
Absolutely nothing! You’ve got a lot to gain though – time mostly. And isn’t that what we’re all in search of – more time?
It’s also just as easy not to do it. But imagine how great you’ll feel knowing that you’re going to get that project done on time because YOU were smart enough to take a few moments ahead of time to make time in your week to get it done.
Change can be difficult, and it takes effort to do things differently but …
What have you got to lose by giving this an honest attempt?
Absolutely nothing! You’ve got a lot to gain though – time mostly. And isn’t that what we’re all in search of – more time?
Oh yeah, I almost forgot to tell you. Hubby now gets it. The big fruit is put in much earlier in the process and I no longer hear him cursing while making his smoothie. Yay!
Now, get on with your day!
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