Comments on: Can you really manage your time?

By: dw

dw — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:54:22 +0000

Btw, Anthony–your explaination of the NLP technique is very good. You communicate it well!

By: dw

dw — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:52:55 +0000

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?

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:22:39 +0000

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!

By: Rain

Rain — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:58:03 +0000

Anth,

Thank you for your presentation. Really helps!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:11:57 +0000

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!!

By: chris

chris — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:43:35 +0000

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.

By: Tom A

Tom A — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:36:39 +0000

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!

By: Dave T

Dave T — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:11:54 +0000

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.

By: linda

linda — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:53:44 +0000

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.

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:35:44 +0000

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….