At work we all sit in meetings most of the days. We sit in both effective meetings and ineffective meetings. We sit in well planned and totally unplanned chaotic ones. We sit in meetings that have a clear outcome and we sit in those that just act as a primer for another longer one with more people which in turn acts as a primer for … Continue reading 208/365 How much does your meeting cost you
I have been podcasting daily for a while now… over 175 days and I think I have got what I wanted and so I am moving my Penpositive Outclass Podcast to a weekly podcast but the Daily Journal on the blog will continue… What did I plan to achieve by podcasting and why am I moving from Daily to Weekly now ? When I started … Continue reading EP 270 (206/365) Anticipating Changes to Schedules
If we live up to 80 years we would have lived around four thousand weeks. That is true… but I did not think about it till I read Oliver Burkeman’s book ‘Four Thousand Weeks’…. Time Management for mortals…. The book reminds us about both time and our mortality. The first thing I did as soon as I started reading is to figure out how many … Continue reading EP 206 (143/365) Four Thousand Weeks
Now at 50 when I look back, one question that comes to my mind is have I wasted time. The answer is yes. There have been so many instances when I could have used my time better. May be it was because I did not know back then what I know now. So even if I were to go back and try it all out … Continue reading 48/365 Wasting time like there is always enough
Time is that only resource we all have in equal quantities. It is also one resource that we have some control over. Control over what value it generates. And yet we end up wasting a lot of it. I personally have lost time and also made good use of it over my lifetime like any other person. The question that I ask myself is who … Continue reading 13/365 We are responsible for our time
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