Either You Run The Day OR The Day Runs You!

Either You Run The Day OR The Day Runs You!

NO sirrrrs, I am NOT into any hyperbole OR exaggeration here.  This is TIME MANAGEMENT 101.  And the clock starts to tick NOT WHEN you wake up come next morning.  Instead, things start to click right before you hit the sack, WHEN you're setting and tweaking the alarm clock's trigger time, stretching the next morning's alarm as late as possible because you're wanting to stretch your sleep as long as possible.  BUT hey dude, that's the brewing problem.  HOW can you look forward to a productive next day if you're having that kind of mindset?  Either You Run The Day OR The Day Runs You!  NOT to scare you BUT that's the stark truth you're staring at because you CAN'T run away when next day kicks in📗📙📘

Supposedly, running and managing our day should be a no-brainer, right?  BUT what's that puzzling reality WHEN people feel like they're CONSTANTLY running out time?  YES, ironically, even for the time-conscious person, constantly checking the clock can be that distracting and it makes things harder to meet expectations.  And more often, we feel too overwhelmed.  People WHO feel inferior OR even unworthy may even over-engage and strive to please others.  They may even struggle to say NO to additional requests, WHICH then pushes them to be overworked💥💥💥

OR ironically, being in the flow may trap you.  WHY?  WHEN you're in flow, you get to be more productive and too focused BUT here's the catch.  You may also lose track of time.  I've been in that rabbit hole many times in the past, getting so immersed and engrossed with my task and before I knew it, I've gone kaput, running out of time.  From an analogy perspective, as they say, WHEN you're too close to the trees, you miss out seeing the forest, WHICH is the clock time itself.  NOW, there's a mile-long list of common causes WHY we run out of time BUT can you guess what is the perennial #1 mother of all root causes???

YES, you did hit the nail on it's head.  The #1 culprit is WHEN we DON'T wake up early.  True, the world runs on a 9-to-5 schedule.  As a result, morning people tend to get more done and wind up more productive by the end of the workday.  That ISN'T to say night people are inherently inferior because [BEFORE I get bashed by contact centers], studies show that 'night people ' can be just as productive as morning people [or even more so] BUT because the typical office and our cross cultures start at nine sharp, they simply AREN'T able to match morning people in terms of workday productivity.  And even if you consider yourself as a 'night person', try waking up a little earlier each day, working iteratively if necessary❗❗❗

Our takeaway:  Besides that wild debate being a morning versus night person, let's revisit MULTITASKING because studies show that only a very small percentage of our working population is proven to be good and effective in MULTITASKING.  And the rest of us [and that includes moi] have been pointed as damn awful WHEN MULTITASKING.  WHY?  WHEN we MULTITASK. we instantly diminish our productivity for each task, thereby increasing the total amount of time it takes for us to complete all those tasks.  WHAT makes matter worse is that many of us believe that we're skilled MULTITASKERS!@#$?