How Are Your Viewing Your Time?Written by Eric Plantenberg
In working with and coaching people across country, one of top requests we continually receive is how we can help people manage their time better. Many people think of their time management skills in relationship to their time organization device. Yes… your calendar, Outlook, or PDA can be an extremely valuable tool in helping you to organize your time, but those things are not your time, nor do they have any power to determine where you use your time. Time Management is a mindset. It is way you look at and value hours and minutes of each day. When you hold onto mindset that there is a shortage of time, that it is scarce… that is what it becomes. When you consciously choose to look at your time in a state of abundance, it becomes abundant. Your power to manifest your reality now and will always be one of greatest influences in your experience. Who determines where you spend your time? You do. Who determines how you view your time? You do. Breaking old patterns can certainly be challenging and I know that you have power to do so. While your time is a limited commodity, it is not a scarce one.
| | Q-Tip It!Written by Maureen Killoran
Back in 1920’s when Polish-American entrepreneur Leo Gerstenzang invented cotton swabs as a safer way to clean his baby’s ears, he called his product “Q-Tip.” Actually, his first name-choice was “Baby Gay” – but that didn’t sell, so by-now familiar name emerged. Mr. Gerstenzang chose “Q” for Quality . . . and he must have been on to something, because Q-Tip has become a household word (and we’ve developed a whole ‘nother set of connotations for ‘Baby Gay.’) Which made Q-Tip a good choice for an acronym that’s going ‘round in motivational workshops these days: Quit Taking It Personally! I have a jar of those little white-tipped tools on my vanity, and every morning they remind me to use this quick-and-easy stress reduction technique: Q-Tip It! - The traffic jam or flat tire, or keys that get locked in car are not part of a plan to ruin your day. Q-Tip It – Quit Taking It Personally!
- The keys that can never be found are just inanimate objects, and there is no moral value attributable to being able to find everything anyway. Q-Tip It!
- The computer that freezes just when you’ve got an important report to print really IS just a stupid machine. Take a deep breath and repeat maxim about accepting things you cannot change. Above all -- Q-Tip It!
- The supervisor who wants everything done yesterday has a problem with time management and scheduling. You’re more likely to find a constructive way to deal with this of persistent stress situation if you Q-Tip It!
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