You murmur of a lack of time and wish you had so much more, but one that you will not attain.
Yet, what would you do with that time? If you had that time, what would you do about it?
What of the time we have? Where do you spend it? In all likelihood, most of the things we do really do not require us to do them. Even the chores you take on that you believe are your responsibility, there is wasted time within them. Studies have shown that knowledge workers who use information to do their work, on average, dedicate over 40% of their time to unproductive activities.
The question is, what elements do we involve ourselves with and dedicate time to that have no consequence to us at all? The meetings you attend where you add little to no value, the committees that merely fill more slots in your calendar, the news you vociferously consume multiple versions of the same message, many of which have little to no impact on you.
A wise man might wish to be ignorant of many things. – Ralph Emerson.
Instead, if we focus on what is most important and embrace this concept as a priority, we will drop the task, delegate it effectively, or, in many instances, deal with it more efficiently. Yet, for many, this remains a struggle since their mark of achievement is how busy they are. It is a measure of their activity rather than productivity and supposed worth to the organization.
