SOME COMMON TIME WASTERS

1. Telephone Interruptions 2. Drop-in Visitors 3. Meetings 4. Crisis Management 5. Lack of Objectives, Priorities a Daily plan 6. Cluttered Desk, Personal Disorganisation. 7. Ineffective Delegation 8. Attempting too Much at Once 9. Lack of Clear Communication 10. Inadequate, Inaccurate Delayed Information 11. Indecision and Procrastination 12. Confused Responsibility and Authority. 13. Inability to Say "No". 14. Leaving Tasks Unfinished 15. Lack of Self-Discipline

MORE COMMON TIME WASTERS (IN RANK)

1. Planning (lack of).

2. Priorities (lack of)

3. Telephone interruptions

4. Disorganisation/cluttered desk

5. Procrastination

6. Visitors

7. Lack of Self Discipline

8. Ineffective delegation

9. Attempting too much

10. Inability to say 'No'

TIME TIPS FOR THE BUSY

Get news only once a day - in only one form - read paper or watch television or listen to radio, but vary form so you don't get news through one bias. Don't worry about or spend time on things irrelevant to you, eg.. reading every bit of newspaper.

Unless it is crucial for your business, news is not only depressing (don't worry about it, unless you can do something about it), but it gives a distorted picture of life.

If you can't sleep, don't waste time lying in bed. Get up and do something.

Use an answer phone.

Walk out of a poor movie or show. You've already wasted money - so don't waste time as well.

Plan your leisure. Don't expect your free time to fall into place by itself. Plan your weekends as carefully as you plan your weeks...and it's OK to do nothing.

PLANNING is key. Make a conscious decision to plan more. Most people's lives are too busy to think clearly about what they really want out of life, yet I believe we can do our "best" thinking whilst relaxing (like when walking or jogging)

Trust your instincts and BELIEVE in YOURSELF

If you have will, you Do have Power to change any aspect of your life...so,

WHEN YOU TAKE CONTROL OF TIME, YOU TAKE CONTROL OVER YOUR LIFE.

In Renaissance period of history, People coming out of Middle Ages began to look back to Classical Period of Greek and Roman history to glean what they could from thinkers such as Aristotle and Plato. Socrates and Epictetus. They did not want to go BACK to classical period: they wanted to learn lessons and apply those lessons to their lives more than twelve centuries later.

In Renaissance period of your life, may you look back at your history and learn from those significant lessons and apply knowledge gained to person you are today 15, 20, 5 or 30 years later.

It is not hiding from past as many in Medieval times wanted to do, instead it is embracing it. Taking time to understand it. And then leaving behind what does not fit current you and transform what remains into something positively glorious.

When each one of us commits to our own renaissance, world as we know it can change. Committing to your awakening is also committing to planet. It is committing to your first grade teacher and your little league coach and your drama teacher and your grandparents.

It is saying "YES! I will leave this place better than when I arrived. I dedicate myself to rebirth in my life. I pledge to ongoing forward movement that comes with personal renaissance. And Yes, I commit to recognizing when hurdles show up in my path I will take time to learn lesson of hurdle and continue path."

One of my favorite quotes is from American Poet, Robert Frost: "Two roads diverge in a wood, and I took one less traveled by, and that has made all difference."

Expanding in Your New Renaissance will create an environment that will bring about amazing an transformation for all of us.

Here is your challenge: Create a pledge, commitment or dedication to your personal renaissance in your own words. Write them down. Speak them aloud. Memorize them.

Live accordingly.

You will make all difference.