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Time Management (Part 2)

September 18, 2008 in Blog,leadership with 1 Comment

“It’s not the hours you have left, but what you put into the hours that Count.”

I’m just going to share with you how I spend my time throughout a day, a month, and a year. I won’t be able to hit everything I do, but I hope it will add value to you.

I think it’s extremely important we evaluate how we spend our time. I would encourage you to write down everything you do in 15-30 minute increments in a one week time period. So every 15-30 minutes you write down what you’re doing. I think you’ll find that the best of us waste hours. Hours, that if used correctly, could allow us to achieve so much more.

To evaluate how you’re using that time, John Maxwell has a “3-R” Approach to evaluating your time management that I really enjoy:

  • Required - what is it that I absolutely must do no matter what
  • Return – is what I am doing going to give me a high return?
  • Rewarding – we need to be doing things we enjoy and that have a purpose

If what you’re doing isn’t required of you, doesn’t give you a high return, and isn’t rewarding . . . you should cut it out of your daily agenda!

My Agenda

Here is a list of how I spend my time daily:

  • Bubba Time - I am a morning person! I am most productive and creative in the mornings. so I block off 5 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. and only use that time for me! I have devo’s blog, read the news, read blogs, do homework, journal, evaluate my life, etc. (this is so precious)
  • “Secret Place” Time – I use this time to escape. For me it could be going for a run in the park and listening to worship music or a sermon, going to Sbux to read, watching a movie. Time where I’m away from the business of life and can “escape”
  • Grind Time - These are times where I focus on things I have to do. i.e. School, Work
  • Relational Time - These are times I attempt to get back to people through e-mail, phone calls, people I haven’t talked to in a while, etc.
  • Reflection Time – At the end of my day I always try to take time to evaluate what I did that day to see if I used my time wisely or foolishly, see what I learned, and who I helped.

These all make up my days every day…

What are some times in your life? I’d love to hear about them!

Time Management (Part 1)

September 17, 2008 in Blog,leadership with 3 Comments

“Time is the most valuable coin in life. You and you alone will choose how the coin will be spent. Be careful that you do not let others spend it for you!”


Time is a funny thing… when you’re younger it seems to take forever. A day seems like a week, a week like a month, a summer vacation like a year. As you grow older in life, time starts to fly by. It becomes something you wish you could freeze to enjoy, but regardless of your attempts, it just keeps on ticking. I’ve heard it said that, “Life is like toilet paper, the closer to the end you get, the faster it goes!” How true! However, I believe it to be a fact that:

“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time”


John Maxwell has said that time management is an oxymoron. You can’t manage time, you can only manage what you do with the time given to you. Everyone gets 24 hours in a day, nothing more, nothing less. It’s what people do with that time that makes the difference. Do you ever wonder why some people in life can achieve so much and others are left clueless as to how they did it? They assume high achievers never have to pay bills, go shopping, run errands, etc.. The simple fact is that high achievers just know how to make their time count more than under achievers.

Over the next few days I want to talk about time, how I spend mine, how you spend yours, and who you should spend it with… have you ever noticed that: “People who have nothing to do usually want to spend their time with you!” We’ll talk about this.

I’ll leave you with this thought today:

“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life”

Back When I Knew it All (Part 5)

August 8, 2008 in Blog,leadership,My Life with 0 Comments

“Man I Don’t Know, Where the Time Goes, But it Sure Goes Fast”
I remember back when I knew it all, I thought I was immortal, thought I’d be in high school forever, and I thought I’d be friends with the people in high school until the day I die. I remember on my senior trip walking the beach with my boys and vowing that we’d be boys forever! Then we graduated, talk about a wake up call!

In Psalms, David asks God to teach him to number his days, to allow him to realize how short his life really is. In James, it says that our life is but a vapor, we’re here and gone in the blink of an eye. I think everyone needs to live life with this perspective: That before we know it, we are going to stand before God and be accountable for our lives. John Maxwell has a quote that rocked my world in getting this perspective:

  • “People will summarize your life in one sentence, pick it now.”

I’ve gone to several funerals this year and purposefully listened to what people said about the person that passed. Often and sadly I would hear things like, “He or She was a nice person” or “They were so funny, man could they tell stories.” I began thinking to myself… how sad. Their lives are summarized by telling a few jokes and being nice. God created us for a much higher purpose than that.

What is it God put in your heart to accomplish while you here? What sentence do you want people to summarize your life with? What will that dash in between 2 dates stand for on your tombstone?

I encourage you to pick the sentence you want people to summarize your life with and do everything you’re can to pursue that purpose in your lifetime.

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