594 - The Truth About Time Management
Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
Gregg Clunis
4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2020
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we look at the truth about time management and why it's still a problem.
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The Problem
Whole industries have been built around time management systems and teaching us how to use them. There is no shortage of these hacks - digital and paper calendars, notification reminders, productivity apps on your phone and the list goes on. In addition, there are millions of blogs, podcasts, and books, all on the topic of how to manage your time.
Yet even with all of these resources available to us, we are all still frustrated, we’re still wasting time, and we’re still unable to get things done.
What gives?
Digging Deeper
When did the idea of time management come about?
The idea of time management was invented by Fredrick Taylor in the late 1800’s to provide a system to accomplish more in a shorter period of time. This was at a time when mass production was beginning, and the factory owners needed the workers to produce in large quantities.
In his book, The Principles of Scientific Management, he laid the groundwork for modern organization and decision theory.
The idea was simple, how can you get more output from each individual worker in an organization given the limitations of the 24 hr day?
The Solution
So what do we do to actually improve our time management skills in today’s world and in our personal lives?
Well first we have to realize something:
Time is fixed and inflexible. That means time, by definition, is not manageable.
Time isn’t something you can change. We all get 24 hours in a day and we all need to sleep, eat, rest, shower, and do any number of other things that have nothing to do with our goals.
Once you realize this truth you can stop asking the fundamentally incorrect question of “how do I better manage my time?” and start asking the correct question which is “how do I manage myself and my behavior?”
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| 0:00.0 | In this episode, we look at the truth about time management. |
| 0:05.5 | Get excited because this is tiny leaves. |
| 0:10.0 | Beijing. Big change. Welcome to another episode of Tiny Leaps. Big changes where I share simple strategies you can use to get more out of your life. My name is Greg |
| 0:35.6 | Clunis and in this episode I want to talk about time management and more specifically |
| 0:42.4 | I want to talk about why it is that we have so many |
| 0:47.9 | time management tools and resources and systems and ideas and books and podcasts and there's so much out there |
| 0:56.0 | but yet we're all still struggling with it. Why is it that this is still a problem? |
| 1:00.7 | Why isn't this something we've already solved given all of the |
| 1:04.0 | attempts that have been made? So this should be a super interesting conversation. |
| 1:08.0 | Make sure you stick around to the end. Now speaking of time management and having the energy to get everything |
| 1:15.3 | done each day, that's something that today's sponsor can help with. Today's |
| 1:20.6 | episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens. |
| 1:23.7 | One of the biggest things you can do to change your behavior each day and make better choices |
| 1:28.4 | is making sure you have enough energy to make it happen. |
| 1:32.6 | Put simply, if you find yourself running on empty, |
| 1:35.7 | you are more likely to make bad choices |
| 1:38.0 | and screw up your progress. |
| 1:40.0 | But not to worry, because there are some really simple ways to give yourself more energy |
| 1:44.8 | throughout the day. Things like getting enough sleep, drinking more water, and of course getting |
| 1:50.4 | more greens and nutrients in your diet. |
| 1:54.0 | Well, that's what athletic greens is for. |
| 1:57.0 | I've been drinking athletic greens first thing in the morning, most mornings, |
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