Surfing the Internet, I found a very interesting (german) article by Roland Kopp-Wichmann on time management from a psychological point of view.
His main theses are:
- You can´t manage time
Time is not an object you can influence, time happens.
- Your values are reflected by your dealing with time
If something is important to you, you spend time on it. Why would you do otherwise? - Time is not money
“Having more time for myself” is a desire independent of money. - There are no factual constraints
There are only situations and consequences. Or, as I would put it: there are decisions to make and prices to pay. If you are willing to pay a certain price, then there are no constraints. - You always have a choice
This is not a matter of true or false, but a matter of attitude. Not For Slaves! - If you want something, you find ways. If you don´t want something, you find reasons.
Be honest to yourself: If you did not do something, then perhaps because you did not really want it to do… - If you want to have time, you have to say no.
Freeing your agenda is as easy as that.
As we put it here: not for slaves!
