Five Ways to Find “Lost Minutes” in Your Day

• The over-scheduled worker. You know who you are! Take out your calendar and have an honest look. Are you balanced in terms of your time allotment? Or has it been so long since you were home for dinner you've heard your youngest ask your wife: "Who is that?"

There are many techniques for getting control of your time. Let's consider two. The first is learning how to delegate. No, you don't have to do it all yourself. Your task is to find qualified people to help you even if it means you have to stop to instruct them carefully. Take 15 minutes now to explain how a task is to be done and you might save several hours over the course of the next year as that person repeatedly takes this item off your workload. Be sure to set false due dates so that you have some wiggle room should the person fail to deliver the goods on time. After all, they just might have fallen victim to over-scheduling themselves.

The next tool is an "inside job." Ask yourself if on some level you enjoy being harried, driven and exhausted. Some of us were taught as children that struggle breeds the most valuable success. Did you have a parent who said that in so many words? Or did they demonstrate it with their actions? If you drive yourself to exhaustion, you'll likely wind up sick-or worse. You want to be around to share the benefits you've earned with family and friends, right? Take a few minutes to examine your schedule and see if there are some items you could eliminate or at least postpone.

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