Now let’s look at the idea of time management. We are so used to hearing the phrase “time management” that we don’t even stop to think about what it means. Let’s pause for a second. Let’s spell it out.
T-I-M-E M-A-N-A-G-E-M-E-N-T
The process of managing time. As if time could be managed.
Time happens exactly the same way every single day. The sun came up this morning without your management. It will go down today also without your management. 24 hours will pass without your involvement.
You can not manage time.
You can’t make more of it. You can’t have 26 hours a day. If we have no impact on time, if it is always 24 hours, why on earth are we trying to manage it? What exactly are we managing?
You can not manage time. It is fixed. You can only manage yourself.
It will be better if we all stop using the words “time management” and start calling things as they truly are – “self management’. In your productivity journey you can only manage yourself.
Whenever, we have to do something, we have to manage ourselves, not our time.
Productivity apps do work. 🙂
I’d say these apps can work, but it depends on the user. And that brings us back to the person involved and therefore self management. We all have the same 24 hours in a day. Why are some people so much more productive than others? Focus! Simple as that. Nothing more, nothing less.
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