Tag: Change

How To Manage Your Time

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in BriSights, Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Whether you are busy doing the right things or not, time is not going to wait for you.

‘Time waits for no one.’ Time doesn’t know what you are doing. Time can’t get into your head.

‘Your new goal is to live an integrated life that starts exactly where you are.’

But time is everything. If you want a better life, manage your time really well. Because time management is self-management. And self-management is life-management.

If you can manage your life, you can manage your time. If you can manage your time, you can manage your life.

Remember, ‘How you live your day is how you live your life.’

To manage your time, don’t do everything at once. ‘Everything at once’ is the problem, not the solution.’ Focus on what matters. What matters will make your life matter. When it comes to time management, everything is not important. And everything is not urgent. If you want to increase your results, you must focus on what is important, not on what is urgent.

Always start your project with what is important to you and your organization. ‘Naming what matters is aligning your needs with your season, no matter what is happening.’

‘The achievability of a list rises to the level of the hardest thing on it.’

You can manage your time when your priorities are not at odds with each other. ‘When your priorities are at odds with each other, it’s common to waffle between the two for so long that you lose your chance at either.’

You can manage your time when you focus on what is right in front of you. Where you are going is important, but where you are is more important. Because ‘if getting ready for our future comes at the expense of our present, we will always feel discontent.’

You can manage your time when you know that you are not your plan, that things change, and that there are things that you cannot control. ‘If your plan works, it works. If it doesn’t, it’s not a failure. Neither are you.’

You can manage your time when you are true to yourself, when you are painting your picture, and when you are designing your own future. ‘In order to really live, you must live in your season.’

You can manage your time when you are in charge of your energy. ‘If you don’t have the energy, adjust the expectation.’ If you want to achieve greatness in your life, you must manage your expectations really well. If your expectations are too high, they can lead to frustrations. If they are too low, you will get bored.

You can manage your time when you are nice to yourself, when you follow your heart. Being nice to yourself means you are grounded in your reality. You are doing the work. ‘Staying grounded doesn’t preclude staying on task. But if you try to stay on task in a frantic state, you will not stay on task for long.’

You can manage your time when you focus on getting better every day. How do you get better? By doing things differently. By thinking differently. When it comes to managing your time, know that ‘what you bring to the table today is likely different from what you brought yesterday and what you’ll bring tomorrow. It’s not exceptionally different but different enough to make a difference.’

You can manage your time when you know how you do your work. As human beings, we don’t work alone. We work with other people. ‘The more you understand your unique personality, the more integrated you become.’

Source

Kendra Adachi (2024). The Plan: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius

How To Work Well With Others

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in BriSights, Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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We work well with other people when we understand them, when we see them as human beings, when we make them comfortable, when we make them feel better about themselves.

We are better when we do things togther. Because we are not smart enough to know everything, to know what they know. That is why working with other people is one of the best ways to achieve greatness in life.

Working well with others brings us together to think, to create, and to change the world around us.

If you can’t get along with people, you have got to check yourself. Maybe you are expecting the wrong things from them. Maybe you want them to know you first before you get to know them.

Whatever it is, just know that people are different. They are not bad. They are different. If you want to know them, you have got to treat them differently.

You can work well with others when you treat them as they want to be treated, when you embrace their imperfections. Because no one is perfect. ‘Everyone is weird and nervous. No matter how famous or important, everyone is just really weird and really nervous. Especially the people who don’t seem weird or nervous.’ It is okay to be weird, especially when you are learning, when you are trying to get better.

You can work well with others when you are just you. ‘When we have no idea what’s going on, we should always say, ‘I have no idea what you’re talking about.’ If you don’t know something, say it. If you don’t understand something, do not walk away. If you don’t ask for what you want, you will never get it.

You can work well with other people when you are not trying to be who you are not, when you are not faking your life, when you are truly interested in other people. ‘You cannot be an interesting conversationalist if you are faking interest in something.’

You can work well with other people when you know when enough is enough. According to Ross, ‘There’s nothing wrong with focusing on the details. But focusing on the details at the expense of your personal life is not a good idea.’ When you focus too much on details, you are holding yourself back. And the people you are working with are not going to be happy with you. Paying attention to details is good, but do not use it to take yourself down.

You can work with other people when you put them first, when you consider how they do their work. Because ‘doing work too fast is a bad idea. But doing work too slow is a terrible idea.’ The message is: To work well with other people, you must first understand them.

You can work well with other people when you know what is truly important to you. Because ’employers don’t want to know how you actually are. They want you to be the you that they want you to be.’ Having a job is good, but not a terrible one. Working for someone who doesn’t care about other human beings is not good for humanity. If you can’t change it, you have got to leave. Because your life matters. Remember, you have got one life to live. You can get another job, but you can’t get another life. So take care of yourself.

You can work well with other people when you can manage your time really well. Because if you can manage your time, you can manage your life. Time management is not really about time management. If we are real here, time management is life management. Time is not what you can stop, but you can manage how you live your life. When it comes to time, ‘If you want to be on time, you will be on time. Because being on time is easy. Respecting time is the tricky part.’

You can work well with other people when you respect yourself. Believe in what you are doing, in what you are saying. Because ‘if you believe in what you’re saying, then the rest is easy. Because if you believe- like- really believe – then all you have to do is talk.’

You can work well with other people when you are passionate about your work, when you love what you are doing. Because if you’re not happy with yourself, you are not going to do a good job. If you are not passionate about your work, then ‘go find something to believe in.’

You can work well with other people when you are a good listener. Not if you are a good listener, but when you are a good listener. Because ‘when you listen, you access a new dimension of the conversation.’ When you listen to the other person, you get to know the person better. When that happens, we can work together.

Source

Ross McCammon (2015). Works Well With Others: An Outsider’s Guide to shaking Hands, Shutting Up, Handling Jerks, and Other Crucial Skills in Business That No One Ever Teaches You