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Editor: Dr. Wolf J. Rinke Feel free to forward this eNewsletter to others. IN THIS ISSUE =================================================== "Time is a rubber band. You will get everything done that absolutely
must get done, no matter how little or how much time you have." =================================================== ================================================== 4 Make it a Winning Life Perpetual Desk Calendars Words of wisdom and inspiration for each day of the year! Powerful motivational messages and easy to apply action steps to help YOU make the message a reality! The easy way to live a happier, healthier and wealthier life! This perpetual calendar will be your personal success coach and keep you on track forever! Ideal for your employees, co-workers, friends, neighbors, loved-ones. Don't Oil the Squeaky Wheel and 19 Other Contrarian Ways to Improve Your Leadership Effectiveness book "Tells you what you need to know to win in the game of leadership
in these turbulent times." 4 calendars and a book for only $30.00 + S/H Offer Expires January 15, 2008 Log onto www.wolfrinke.com/holiday2007SWPC.htm =================================================== One of the problems is that they are always connected and that each e-mail and phone call becomes an urgent issue that must be responded to immediately. And the urgent just keep on coming, one seemingly more important than the other. And before you know it, another day has passed without any time to attack major projects that have an impact on the bottom line In short, they have very little control of the second most precious resource, the only resource that cannot be bought, borrowed, rented, hired or produced. It is precious because it is the only commodity that is required for everything we do and it is totally perishable and absolutely irreplaceable. In fact the only thing that is more precious is our health. What is this sterling commodity? It is our time. So let's take a look what you can do to manage your time more effectively. Come to think of it, "time management" is a misnomer. Each of us is provided with 24 hours every day. No matter how well you manage it, it still only adds up to 24 hours. Instead of managing time, we manage and prioritize the activities in those 24 hours. And we get everything done that we perceive to be important. (Read that again, it is a critical concept.) Before you nix this idea, please pause a moment, reflect and recall the one thing that is the most important activity in your personal or professional life. On the personal side it may be being with your family, football or gardening. On the professional side it may be making more money, being recognized by your peers or getting promoted. Now think back: how often are you not able to devote enough time to what is truly most important to you? I bet it doesn't happen very often, does it? In other words, most people "make" time to do all the things they consider important. I call that approach to time management the rubber band approach. Here is what you can do to stretch the time rubber band without breaking it. Chunk your time I'm sure that your work is characterized by constant interruptions from phone calls, beepers, voice mail, e-mail, employees and co-workers. For most of us uninterrupted time is almost nonexistent. We go from one urgent requirement to another. Instead of having time to do the important stuff, such as developing and coaching team members or coming up with a new strategy to better serve our customers, most of us are busy putting out one fire after the other. However, if you are to make sound decisions and solve important long-range problems you must have a big chunk of time. And the first step is to learn to… "Routinize" crisis You must learn to manage crises--the urgent--instead of the crisis managing you. That is accomplished by first putting out the fire, then going one step further and analyzing the crisis. Ask: what is the pattern here, why did it occur, what can we do to avoid it in the future or who can be trained to prevent this occurrence in the first place? Then implement actions designed to prevent it from happening again. Now I can just hear you saying that you are too busy putting out fires, you don't have time for extensive, time-consuming analysis. In other words, you are in a time trap. To get out of this trap, you must begin to analyze how you spend your time, get rid of your time wasters and learn how to chunk your time. So let's begin by looking at your current time utilization. Establish critical priorities The reason why the "urgent" requirements are messing up your day is that everything that presents itself becomes urgent. And the only way to deal with that is to get very clear about your top three priorities--I call these the Winning Result Areas (WRAs). These are the make-or-break activities, the ones that will cost you your job if you do not complete them. So write these down. In fact some of my clients keep them right on their PDA or laptop. (If you don't know your WRAs, I'll help you get a handle on them in the next issue of this eNewsletter where we'll talk about five specific steps that will enable you to squeeze the most out of every 24 hours.) SOURCE: Based in part on Chapter 13 of my book "Don't Oil the Squeaky Wheel and 19 Other Contrarian Ways to Improve Your Leadership Effectiveness," McGraw-Hill. (Get this book at a significant discount. See the special offer in section #2.) http://www.WolfRinke.com =================================================== 3/14.08 San Diego, CA. "Positive Attitude: The Key to Peak Performance," AM keynote, and "Don't Oil the Squeaky Wheel and Other Contrarian Ways to Improve Your Leadership Effectiveness," PM seminar; Good to Best Conference. For details: http://chefdon.com/conference/conference2008.html. 11/9/08 Philadelphia, PA. "Achieve Peak Performance by Increasing Personal Effectiveness," full day Institute of Management Studies (IMS) seminar. Contact: Joe Paesani, Philadelphia@ims-online.com NOTE: I have other "in-house" presentations scheduled in the U.S.A., Canada and Europe. Please let me know if you are interested to preview me or bring me into your organization at reduced expenses when I'm scheduled to be in your area. That way we can let you know when I'm coming your way! =================================================== =================================================== =================================================== If this was forwarded to you and you would like to receive your own
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