| In the postmodern and connected life we "manage" | | | | prioritize work tasks, but at how to spend our time in |
| our time. While world religions can't agree whether time | | | | first place so we can plan our lives. |
| is linear, circular or stops altogether at one point, it | | | | Steven Covey also describes this time management |
| seems to be a rather pretentious endeavor to | | | | matrix in the "the 7 habits of highly effective people" in |
| establish rules for time management. Also for the | | | | habit 3 "Put First Things First". |
| faithless time remains an enigma and sometimes | | | | Urgent and important - fighting daily fires. This is where |
| difficult to bear. The German philosopher Friedrich | | | | most people spend much of their time, doing so is a |
| Nietzsche once said that intelligence is the capability to | | | | guarantee to remain in the rat race. Try to minimize |
| be alone, and we might as well say - the capability to | | | | your time in this quadrant and if possible, delegate. |
| be alone when time passes by. | | | | Not urgent and important - strategic thinking, big picture |
| We can foster our philosophical understanding of time | | | | mode. This is where you see the forest and not only |
| by using it efficiently in our daily lives dedicated to | | | | the tree. This is where you want to spend quality time, |
| making money and thus gaining freedom from financial | | | | maximize! |
| pressures. The single most reason for not realizing our | | | | Urgent and not important - urgent to someone else, not |
| longings in life lies in financial restrictions, hence money | | | | important to you. This is the daily situation of unhappily |
| is an enabler for independence. When we assume | | | | employed people. Minimize! |
| independence from the usual walks of the life of the | | | | Not urgent and not important - this is where you waste |
| white collar worker's 9-6-day in the office, we | | | | your time. Like e.g. gossiping on the phone, watching |
| experience enhanced ease of time. We will grow | | | | television, surfing the Internet without purpose. Try to |
| more silent in our minds, and in silence there are truth | | | | minimize! |
| and power for an eventually happier life. | | | | Even if we plan our time and spend most of our time |
| Let's have a look at daily practices for time | | | | in strategic thinking mode, we are sometimes |
| management and more financial success: | | | | overwhelmed by our daily lives. To gain clarity again |
| If you organize your working time with reference to | | | | and physical strength we should retreat once in a |
| the Eisenhower method, you learn to distinguish the | | | | while. Eventually peace of mind and happiness will |
| important from the urgent and to act accordingly. Ask | | | | come along with developing your own inherent time |
| yourself about every issue how it fits into the below | | | | making you a fully intrinsically motivated person. |
| mental diagram: | | | | Augustine of Hippo once said "There is only one word |
| Important and urgent - get done with it right away. | | | | written on the eternal watch - now!" - this tells us not |
| Important but not urgent - make an entry into your | | | | to procrastinate. This is also where intuitions come into |
| calendar. | | | | play to make wise decision, as in the complex world |
| Not important but urgent - try to delegate as much as | | | | we live in we do not - and in fact should not - always |
| possible and reduce involvement. | | | | have the time to gather all the information we feel is |
| Not important and not urgent - trash it. | | | | required to take an informed decision. If we learn to |
| The Eisenhower method makes sense if we work | | | | use our intuitions we learn to be close to ourselves. |
| receiving from and reacting to the environment, i.e. if | | | | Finally, we actively need to give our friends, families, |
| we are working dependently. This method helps to | | | | leisure and pleasure the same priority as we give to |
| prioritize work tasks. In order to become financially free | | | | our work. |
| we have to go one step further and look at how we | | | | Applying the simple methods describe above will not |
| should plan and spend effectively. | | | | only help us become more effective professionals, but |
| Let's have a look at the "time quadrant". So, once | | | | also bring us closer to time. Development, it was once |
| more we have the dimensions urgent and important, | | | | said, is the increase of consciousness. |
| but this time we do not look at how they help us | | | | |