THE BIG PROBLEM… is that you can’t actually “manage” time. It doesn’t work that way. Time just is –and it moves along at its own pace, whether you choose to do something that changes the world or just sit on the couch playing World of Warcraft.But we humans don’t like to believe that –and so we get it in our heads that if only we were more organized that we could suddenly become masters of time management and start getting things done.
There’s an entire industry built around systems, expensive planners, and complicated gadgets that promise relief from the frenzy of daily activity that grinds you down.It’s funny, though, how the biggest empires in the world were built without the benefit of Franklin Planners, Palm Pilots or web-based to-do lists … and how people lived balanced, fulfilled lives for centuries without a well-worn copy of Getting Things Done or The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People by their side.Kind of makes you wonder how they pulled it all together, doesn’t it? They simply used the one true tool at their disposal: Their mindset.
