The Secret To Time | Laura Lee Rose

Here’s a time management secret I’ve never shared with anyone before. When you use it, you will be amazed how much longer time expands for you. Sounds hard to believe? Keep reading and I’ll prove my point to you.

As I mentioned above, I’ve never discussed this concept before because I felt it was too powerful to share. But when my business partner and colleague, Theresa Corcoran (motivational speaker and author of Rebound and co-author of YES, You Can!) asked me to expand on this material further, I decided to include my fan-base in this secret as well.

[box] Relax into Time[/box]

Don’t take time so seriously. This sounds odd coming from an efficiency and time management coach. I make my living assisting others be more effective with their time and with their work life balance strategies. Turning around and telling those same folks to ignore time constraints and time limits seems counter-intuitive. Isn’t that what time and project management is all about?

You are right. Therefore, I am not suggesting we ignore time altogether. I’m recommending using time simply as a tool to rendezvous with the important things in our lives: people, events, and opportunities that propel us forward faster. Indulge in the knowledge that everything that MUST GET DONE will get done. If it doesn’t get done, it was not a MUST DO.

[box] Play with Time[/box]

‘Play’ and ‘work’ are both four letter words, yet they illicit very different emotions. Incorporate ‘play’ into everything that you do. Focus your time and attention on your deliberate activities until it is no longer fun. Once you have depleted your inspired action for this particular sitting, playtime is over. Take a break. Move onto something else with the intention of returning later.

[box] Indulge Time[/box]

Colleagues wonder how I create so many articles, eBooks and videos in such quick fashion. How do I find the time? It’s not much of a trick.

I wonder.
I wonder.
And wonder some more.

Then one early morning I wake up with an inspired direction that I can’t fight (as if I would want to fight it).

Conclusion:

If you have a clear direction and vision, even though you don’t have a detail understanding of how you are going to get there, normally things fall into place at exactly the right time. Fussing and worrying about when it will appear is unproductive. You will figure it out as you go along.

Think of it this way, if the answer is just around the corner; you need to be moving forward to greet it. If you are stagnant, someone else will collect the prize.

Best News: If someone else collects that prize, another prize is just around the next corner. You don’t need to compete; you just need to keep moving.

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