How Many People on Their Deathbed Wish they’d spent More Time at the Office?
1. The way we spend time.
2. Life is hectic. 3. Feeling of being torn apart. 4. No control of life. 5. Highly successful 6. The clock and the compass a. Clock i. Represents our commitments, appointments, schedules, goals, activities ii. What we do with iii. How we manage time b. Compass i. Represents our vision, values, principle, mission, conscience, direction ii. What we feel is important iii. How we lead our lives 7. Wake up calls a. Gap in dramatic way b. A loved one dies c. Ladder of success d. Son on drugs e. Busy earning a living f. What we’re doing with time and what we feel don’t match 8. The three generations of time management a. Time management b. Popcorn phenomenon c. Get organized d. People pleasers e. First generation i. Reminders ii. Go with the flow iii. Characterized by simple notes and checklists f. Second generation i. Planning and preparation ii. Characterized by calenders and appointment books g. Third generation i. Planning, prioritizing and controlling ii. Characterized by clarifying values and priorities iii. “What do I want” 9. The strengths and weakness of each generation a. First generation i. Strengths Flexible Adapting and working things out Work on their timetable ii. Weakness Appointments are forgotten Commitments are not kept Less accomplishment b. Second generation i. Strengths Higher level responsibility Better preparation for meetings and presentations Focused ii. Weakness Other people become interruption and distraction Isolate themselves Delegate to them Does not fulfill deep needs or create peace of mind c. Third generation i. Strengths Sizable gains Planning and prioritization Tying goals and plans to values ii. Weakness Incomplete paradigms Vital missing elements Psyched up Wrong map and wrong place Paradigms of third generation a. Control b. Efficiency c. Values d. Independent achievement e. Chronos f. Competence g. Management 10. What you see is what you get a. The within is ceaselessly becoming the without b. Blossom into deeds c. See/ do/ get d. Install total quality or empowerment 11. The significant problem cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them. 12. The need for the fourth generation a. Embraces all strengths but eliminates weakness b. Moves beyond c. Paradigm and approach but not different by degree d. More than an evolution e. Create quality-of-life results
13. What you see is what you get
The basic paradigms are flawed From the state of man’s heart proceed the conditions of his life Thoughts blossoms intro deeds Deeds bear the fruitage of character and destiny Paradigms are the maps of our minds and hearts Paradigms eventually empowers the change The significant problems we face cannot be solved by same level of thinking that created them