Can you really manage your time?
Most of us think of time as pretty universal, but it turns out that we each have out own concept of time and this makes a huge difference as to how we experience the world, not to mention time management.
Our concept of time is so ingrained in us we often assume everyone experiences it in the same way we do. Nothing could be further from the truth, if you don’t believe me forward this to your friends and see how different their experience is to yours.
If any of this feels a bit weird, or sparks of some insights for you then why not share them and let’s start to appreciate how we’re more effective working together because of how different we all are.
Check out the video
Cheers,
Anth.
July 24th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
I thought this was extremely interesting and thought-provoking. I’m a future time person and plan and plan - and yet still find I’m most focused under that old chestnut of deadlines pressure! So to begin with I thought I must be an ‘in time’ person.
Perhaps this is the enemy of procrastination again - I’m still thinking about the motivation presentation as it holds true for me and I’m looking at how to convert that approach into the everyday of what i’m doing. Continued heightened awareness of one’s own responsibility for one’s own actions I think is what’s at the heart of it?
July 24th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I am such an in-timer! I never thought about things this way before. I see now why it is so hard for me to reach my goals. They seem so far away.
July 24th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Hi Anth,
Just listened to this but could not SEE video:-)THanks anyway! Good tips, B
July 24th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Thanks Anth! As an ‘In timer’ I love the idea of 2 x 90 min slots a day to knuckle down - I think I could just about manage that if I knew I could wander off (mentally or physically) in betwen. And know I’d defeated procrastination - wouldn’t that be a coup! Off to buy an egg-timer….
July 24th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
hi anth
i am a 55 yr old 7th grade teacher, who HAS NEVER BEEN ORGANISED and i simply fly by the seat of my pants!!! This is getting stressful, always has been. I think I must have ADHD, BECAUSE I HOP FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER. My house is always dissheveled, and I have a hard time getting anything done unless I’m under pressure. Is there any hope? I didn’t understand the video. I just wanted to get up and I didn’t reallly focus on it.
July 24th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I understand the concept of in time and through time but I don’t know which one applies to me. You didn’t explain how the thoughts of past, future and now apply to in time and though time. I pictured myself young, older and now but I did not know how this applies to me. You said I would understand by the end of the video but I don’t. Kind of confusing. Your other stuff is good though keep up the good work. A lot of it helps me.
July 24th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Dave T, I think the key way to know whether you are In Time or Through Time is when Anth asks you to imagine the present do you “look out” at it, or you feel it in you. I look out at it, (and view the past to the left rather than behind me and the future to the right), and so I am a through time person.
I’m still a big procrastinator though, not because I can’t see the activities ahead of me (or to the right of me!), but because I can’t get the motivation to get at the ones I don’t enjoy doing. The 90 minute time slot idea is still a good one for me to try. See you later, while I try it now!
July 24th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Great visual. I am definately an in timer. I do get overwhelmed and tend to procrastinate because I am overwhelmed. Everything seems to take longer than I anticipated, which keeps me feeling pressured. I’ll try your suggestion of buckling down for a 90 minute stint.
Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing all of this.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:11 am
Hi Anth, I really enjoyed the presentation. And hearing it and viewing the diagrams helped me to concentrate on your message. Different time management types explain why I clashed with my old box who was terribly organised and tried to “make” work to deadlines she would want to set Way out in the futuire. I just couldn’t do it an resented her trying to force me to do things her way. I guess I am an in-timer!!
July 25th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Anth,
Thank you for your presentation. Really helps!
July 28th, 2008 at 12:22 am
Definitely an in-timer! Not sure whether that will help me overcome it, but at least I have a way of thinking about the problem that makes sense, and that is a good first step. I think I am guilty of not seeing the gaps and getting in a panic! I will try to remember that they are there,
thanks!
July 28th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
This is classic neuro-linguistic progaming. But is there a hybrid in/out timer? My habits seem to be “in time” yet when going through the exercise I visualize “out time” (left to right with “now” being in front of me).
As I said, my habits and feelings seem to be “in time”. Part of my problem is when it comes to audio/visual/left brain/right brain orientation I am in the dead center. This makes decision making a little difficult because I can see several sides of an issue!
Any suggestions for a guy like me?
July 28th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Btw, Anthony–your explaination of the NLP technique is very good. You communicate it well!