Do you feel
that you’ve never enough time ? Well I want to let you know that time
is infinite, well if not. it is very very long.
So, there is time, what matters is
what you do with it, it's all about priorities.
I was talking recently with a friend
at work, who after many years of trying to do lots and lots of things, realised
that if you do less – you do it better.
And you get to know
your family again!
One of the many things I remember
from ages ago is seeing my project manager in at the snack-bar at work,
and complaining to him that I just had too much to do, and was feeling very
stressed. He turned, looked at me eye to eye, and pointed back at me saying
"and whose fault is that?"… meaning, it was probably my fault.
And that is so true. It rang true
then, and it still does now.
It's all about priorities.
We set ourselves unrealistic targets
for our own work, we take on too many commitments – because we want to help and
be supportive to our colleagues, we take on too much, we run out of time, we
get stressed, and we fail.
Learning to say "no" is quite
a skill. And one thing I learned is that if we do say "no", life
still carries on; the world continues spinning.
We can say “no” nicely, learn to say “no,
not yet, maybe next month”, “no, I think somebody else will be better doing that”,
or, “no, I don’t have the time!!!”
For the past few years, I've
pencilled in time for self-development (all technical training courses that
look interesting (have you discovered MOOCs?) or just reading the mountain of
technical magazines that accumulate in any office/home/websites).
Spending time away from the day job,
helps up breath and think of new things.
So, my advice – it's your diary,
control it.
