A key to proper utilization of our time might well be acquiring a better conception of the nature of time.
People tend to believe that they would do a whole lot more if they 'only has the time'
It often takes special moments of insight to comprehend the implications of things we fleetingly focus on, without integrating the ideas with our lives as we live them from day to day. I figure that the ideas on this subject are seldom fully appreciated and deserve some serious consideration.
The truth is everyone lives exactly 24 hours a day or 168 hours each week. Everyone has the same amount of time.
Yet there are those who do a great deal with their time, generating vast amounts of income and or exerting great influence on the entire population of our planet or their country or a cross section of people, while there are those of us who do amost nothing but what is required to suvive from day to day.
While there are many factors which influence one's capacity for impact on the world around us, an understanding of the value of time and an appropriate application of such insight to chosing how we use our time is extremely important to the progress, hapiness and eficacy of every individual in their quest to obtain their objectives.
Having touched on the subject of objectives, it may be said that time can hardly be used effectively without objectives.
So the first thing to consider is the value of time and many a great thinker has determined that there is truly nothing more valuable in our possession than the time we have left, since without it, nothing else is of any value at all.
For those who believe that life does not end at death this may be even more pertinent since this life is the time for us to prepare for that time, while for those poor souls who believe no such thing, well then this is all you have.
If you consider a highly efficient multitasker, like a juggler, the precise timing involved is clearly a skill which has taken a great deal of time and effort to attain that level of perfection.
If time is our most important possession then we aught to devote such time and effort to learning how best to utilize it and to modifying our behavior so as to effectively slice out time into highly rewarding portions which provide happiness to us through those we serve.
All progress is built on effort and alll effort requires time. Our best efforts provide our greatest potential rewards and cannot be achieved without effective time management.
The upshot of this thinking is an obligation to ourselves, to make this aspect of our lives a really strong character trait, so that we may spread the most joy and advantage in all places we find occasion to tarry.
Here is a link I dug up to provide some impetus to my rambling as the person presenting these similar ideas has earned her place on the TED stage, which should make her worth hearing.
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