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1 TIME MANAGEMENT Content: What is time management in recovery? Examples of recovery lifestyle activities Benefits of time management in recovery Excuses and rational alternatives concerning time management in recovery Steps to manage your time in recovery What is time management in recovery? Time management for a recovery lifestyle is: Setting priorities so that healthy activities are scheduled as daily routine. Not allowing the excuse that "there isn't enough time to do what is needed'' to achieve recovery. Creating a daily schedule or routine that can be followed as near as possible on vacations, business trips, weekends, or in times of crisis. Managing all of the "time stealers'' that eat up precious time in trivial activity, i.e., reading newspapers and magazines to excess, watching TV, gossip or small talk. Creating an atmosphere in which there is a sense of order, routine, and purpose yet remaining flexible enough to allow for life's changing pattern. Analyzing the expenditure of time in your life. Minimize or eliminate unproductive time; maximize or add productive, balanced activities. Rewarding of self for sticking to a healthy, balanced schedule. The inclusion of time in a weekly schedule for social support, exercise, balanced meals, stresscontrol activities, adequate sleep, constructive labor, recreation, leisure, and relaxation. Organizing your life to ensure all human needs for a balanced life are met, leaving nothing to chance. Recognizing the need for being single-minded, determined, and committed to personal growth, health, and high self-esteem. Examples of recovery lifestyle activities to be included in a Time Management Plan Three balanced meals a day with a minimum of fifteen minutes allotted for breakfast and lunch, and thirty minutes for dinner. Twenty consecutive minutes of full body aerobic exercise each day. Fifteen minutes of stress reduction or relaxation activities every day. Six to eight hours of full, complete, uninterrupted sleep. Two hours of the Buddies at Sea and other social-support activities each week. Thirty to forty hours of productive work time at home and/or on the job. Time for personal hygiene and any specific health regimen requirements, e.g., in-home testing of body fluids, blood pressure, physical or inhalation therapy, and/or `twelve step'' program meetings/activities. Yearly, quarterly, and monthly breaks for vacation. A yearly physical check-up with your family physician. 2 Benefits of time management in recovery By creating a consistent time management approach to achieving recovery you can: Gain the certainty that each component of a recovered, balanced life is realized. Eliminate the time used in making daily choices. Make recovered lifestyle activities become healthy habits of choice. Keep the focus of your life on a healthy approach to living. Eliminate the excuse that there is no time for the activities necessary to achieve a recovered lifestyle. Reap the benefits to your health and self-esteem of an improved self-image, clear thinking and increased energy. Exercise self-control in such a way that it becomes a conscious, self-enhancing habit. Achieve your recovered lifestyle needs on a daily basis, including vacations, business trips, emergency or crisis events, weekends, etc. Excuses and rational alternatives concerning time management in recovery Excuses Related to Managing Time in Recovery Rational Alternatives to Manage Time Listen to what you are saying. The very reason for time management is the current lack of time in your life. Time management enables you to schedule activities you have to do and those you would like to do. This balances all facets of your life. There are hidden time stealers in your day that can be eliminated or controlled. This will free up time for new activities. Time management monitors and controls time stealers to your advantage. Certain jobs have unusual time constraints, but, by auditing such jobs over a period of four weeks, you will discover patterns in time expenditure. This will give you more control over your time and your life How much time do your time stealers use? Do a time audit over four weeks and you will find extra time. It only takes 20 minutes daily to fit in the exercise By creating a schedule of daily and weekly activities you can build in alone time, couple time, family time, and time with friends. Aerobic exercise and stress–reduction activities I don't have time to manage my time. I don't have time for all these new activities like journal responding, exercise, three meals a day, etc. My work schedule is so haphazard and uncontrollable. I never know where I will be or when I'll be there. In my busy schedule I have no time for exercise or stress–reduction activities If I did all of the things necessary for a recovery lifestyle, I'd have no time left for myself, my spouse, my family or my friends. If I did all of this stuff for recovery, I'd be run 3 ragged. reward the body. An increased endorphine level gives the body an elation and an energy increase, resulting in more energy and alertness. By pursuing an artificial and formal schedule that Time management feels so artificial and formal. I ensures a balance of one's activities in life, there like to be spontaneous, a free spirit, always open is freedom. It opens the spirit to accept new and to new possibilities. exciting challenges in the context of a recovered lifestyle. To achieve a change in lifestyle, altered behavior I hate being so formal. I like to let things happen must be built into your new schedule. It is too when they will. I hate tying myself down to a easy to put off what is new, different, difficult, or schedule. Couldn't I just leave it to chance for demanding. Build it into your schedule and you these things to take place. will be sure you have the time to make it happen. You are in charge. When you build a schedule I hate the thought of doing things everyday in the for a week, you decide where you want to place same way and at the same time. It becomes stale, your activities. Use your ingenuity and boring and uninviting. imagination to avoid boredom or burnout. Steps to manage your time in recovery Step 1: Complete a time audit for the next four weeks, and then answer these questions in your journal at the end of the time audit. For Time Audit and Time Scheduling forms look at Time Management of Tools for Personal Growth. on www.coping.org. How much time do your spend each day on the following time stealers: Watching TV Reading newspapers excessively . Reading magazines excessive. Idle chatter or gossip at work, on phone, or at home . Opening and sorting mail . Returning telephone calls . Lengthy telephone calls . Meetings of committees at work or in the community . Paying bills compulsively Daydreaming . Fretting over personal problems . Caught in slow commuter traffic in your car or on a bus . Planning how to change things (paralysis of analysis) . Waiting in long lines (in car or on foot) . Taking naps excessively. Eating snacks between meals Smoking (cigarettes, cigars, or pipes). Drinking alcoholic beverages at home, bar, or lounge Shopping for unnecessary items Wagering money (card games, race track, gambling casino, football pools, etc.). 4 Which of the following "Time Enhancers'' have you tried in the last four weeks. Listen to radio and TV news shows to keep up on the latest news; this should enable you to skim through newspapers and magazines. Limit recreational TV watching to one hour a day. Limit all casual, idle, or gossip chatter to five minutes. Open and sort through mail as soon as it arrives at your desk or home; handle each piece only once. Using the "automatic dialing and redial'' telephone to speed up making and returning phone recalls. Use a timer to help you limit phone calls to less than five minutes. Hold as few meetings as possible; use an agenda and stick to it; limit the time to no more than one hour for each meeting. Pay each bill on the day it arrives in the mail, keeping the entries in your checkbook accurate and up to date. Use daydreaming as a form of stress release or relaxation, and limit it to a total of fifteen minutes per day. Get professional help for personal problems if you find thinking about them occupies a lot of your free time. Use a tape recorder with ear phones to listen to motivational tapes, relaxation tapes, or soft relaxing music when in traffic or on a commuter bus, train, plane, etc. Use a daily schedule book or "date minder'' to create a log of scheduled activities to help you review your success at managing your time. Bring books and mail to read or a tape recorder to listen to when you have appointments where you know you will be waiting for a length of time. Eliminate naps and extend your nightly sleep time or increase your daily exercise schedule to increase your energy level. Eliminate snacking between meals; eat three balanced meals a day. Give up smoking (cigarettes, cigars or pipes). Give up the need for a "quick one'' at your local bar, tavern, or lounge. Exchange alcoholic consumption time for exercise or some other time enhancer. Go shopping with a list, stick to the list, and leave when you have completed your list. Avoid browsing shopping unless it is a planned social, couple, or family shopping activity. Find alternative leisure activities that require no betting of legal tender. Step 2: Once you have completed your audit and responded to the questions in your journal, you are now prepared to create a weekly schedule for your recovery lifestyle. Look in Time Management of Tools for Personal Growth. on www.coping.org foe schedule making forms. Tools for Personal Growth Time Management Content: From the Internet What is time management? Take a time inventory Set goals for yourself Use "to do" lists Make time for yourself 5 Make a decision not to procrastinate Solutions to time wasters Some ways to save time on the job How to get yourself oriented to manage your time Steps to making a time budget From the Internet Relevant items from emails off the internet: The Gift of the Present A Thousand Marbles Right Now The Gift of the Present Read, then think - and in that order please. My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's bureau and lifted out a tissue-wrapped package. "This," he said, "is not a slip. This is lingerie." He discarded the tissue and handed me the slip. It was exquisite; silk, handmade and trimmed with a cobweb of lace. The price tag with an astronomical figure on it was still attached. "Jan bought this the first time we went to New York, at least 8 or 9 years ago. She never wore it. She was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is the occasion." He took the slip from me and put it on the bed with the other clothes we were taking to the mortician. His hands lingered on the soft material for a moment, then he slammed the drawer shut and turned to me. "Don't ever save anything for a special occasion. Every day you're alive is a special occasion." I remembered those words through the funeral and the days that followed when I helped him and my niece attend to all the sad chores that follow an unexpected death. I thought about them on the plane returning to California from the Midwestern town where my sister's family lives. I thought about all the things that she hadn't seen or heard or done. I thought about the things that she had done without realizing that they were special. I'm still thinking about his words, and they've changed my life. I'm reading more and dusting less. I'm sitting on the deck and admiring the view without fussing about the weeds in the garden. I'm spending more time with my family and friends and less time in committee meetings. Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experiences to savor, not endure. I'm trying to recognize these moments now and cherish them. I'm not "saving" anything; we use our good China and crystal for every special event such as losing a pound, getting the sink unstopped, the first camellia blossom. I wear my good blazer to the market if I feel like it. My theory is if I look prosperous, I can shell out $28.49 for one small bag of groceries without wincing. I'm not saving my good perfume for special parties; clerks in hardware stores and tellers in banks have noses that function as well as my party going friends. "Someday" and "one of these days" are losing their grip on my vocabulary. If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now. I'm not sure what my sister would've done had she known that she wouldn't be here for the tomorrow we all take for granted. I think she would 6 have called family members and a few close friends. She might have called a few former friends to apologize and mend fences for past squabbles. I like to think she would have gone out for a Chinese dinner, her favorite food. I'm guessing - I'll never know. It's those little things left undone that would make me angry if I knew that my hours were limited. Angry because I put off seeing good friends whom I was going to get in touch with someday. Angry because I hadn't written certain letters that I intended to write one of these days. Angry and sorry that I didn't tell my husband and daughter often enough how much I truly love them. I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives. And every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself that every day, every minute, every breath truly is. . .a gift. May love litter your life with blessings. To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby. To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper. To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet. To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train. To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident. To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics. Treasure every moment that you have! Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present! up A Thousand Marbles The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable. A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the garage with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and what began as a typical Saturday morning, turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time. Let me tell you about it. I turned on the old am band radio that was once my Grandfather's and tried to see if it would pick anything I came across an older sounding chap, with a tremendous signal and a golden voice. You know the kind, he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business. He was telling whoever he was talking with something about "a thousand marbles". I was intrigued and stopped to listen to what he had to say. "Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with your job. I'm sure they pay you well but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work sixty or seventy hours a week to make ends meet. Too bad you missed your daughter's dance recital." He continued, "let me tell you something Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my own priorities." And that's when he began to explain his theory of a thousand marbles." 7 "You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and some live less, but on average, folks live about seventy-five years." "Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900 which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime." "Now stick with me Tom, I'm getting to the important part. It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in any detail", he went on, "and by that time I had lived through over twenty-eight hundred Saturdays. I got to thinking that if I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy. So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores to round-up 1000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside of a large, clear plastic container right here in the kitchen. Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away. I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight." "Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container. I figure if I make it until next Saturday then I have been given a little extra time. And the one thing we can all use is a little more time." "It was nice to meet you Tom, I hope you spend more time with your family, and I hope to meet you again here on the band. 73 Old Man, this is K9NZQ, clear and going QRT, good morning!" You could have heard a pin drop on the band when this fellow signed off. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to work on the yard that morning, and then I was going to clean the garage. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. "C'mon honey, I'm taking you and the kids to breakfast." "What brought this on?" she asked with a smile. "Oh, nothing special, it's just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids. Hey, can we stop at a toy store while we're out? I need to buy some marbles." GOD BLESS YOU & YOURS! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND MAY ALL SATURDAYS BE SPECIAL! up Right Now! We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, and then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we believe that we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, when we're able to go on a nice vacation, or when we retire. The truth is there's no better time to be happy than... RIGHT NOW !!! 8 If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have, and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, (special enough to spend your time with), and remember that time waits for no one. So, stop waiting... until your car or home is paid off. until you get a new car or home. until your kids leave the house. until you go back to school. until you finish school. until you lose 10 lbs. until you gain 10 lbs. until you get married. until you get a divorce. until you have kids. until you retire. until summer. until spring. until winter. until fall. until you die. There is no better time than RIGHT NOW to be happy. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. So, Work like you don't need money. Love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no one's watching. What is time management? Time management is an endless series of decisions that gradually change the shape of your life. Inappropriate decisions produce frustration, low self-esteem and increased stress. They can result in the following symptoms of poor time management: Procrastination deadlines constantly being missed Chronic vacillation between unpleasant alternatives Fatigue or listlessness many hours of unproductive activity Rushing from one project to the other; no satisfied feelings of accomplishment Insufficient time for rest or personal relationships 9 The sense of being overwhelmed by demands and details; doing what you have to do instead of what you want to do most of the time The methods of time management can be learned by realizing that: You can establish priorities that highlight your most important goals, allowing you to base your decisions on what is important to you and what is not. You can create time by realistic scheduling and by the elimination of low priority tasks. You can learn to make basic decisions. Take a time inventory How do you spend your time? An easy way to find out is to use the Time Inventory Chart. At the end of each day write down the time spent on each of your activities. The total amount of time for all activities should equal the total number of hours you were awake. Time Inventory Chart Activity Sleep Hours Awake Work: Office & Home Commuting & Travel Eating Dressing & Personal Hygiene Family & Personal Work Education & SelfImprovement Community & Professional Activities Leisure Hours unaccounted for = _____ Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Total 10 Keep this time inventory for seven days. At the end of seven days, note the total amount of time spent in each of the categories. Set goals for yourself First, using your time inventory, compare your current use of time to your achievement of goals. Imagine yourself as very old and aware that your days are numbered. What had you hoped to accomplish in your life? What makes you most proud? What is your biggest regret? Put down anything that comes to mind. Don't think about it or analyze it, if something occurs to you, write it down. Use this list for your long range goals. Second, make a list of one year goals, those that stand a reasonable chance of being accomplished within the next twelve months. Finally, put down your short range goals for the coming month, including work priorities, personal growth, recreational activities, etc. You have created three lists of goals: long, medium and short range. Prioritize each list by deciding the top, middle, and low priority items: Top priority: those items ranked most essential to you. Middle priority: those items that could be put off for awhile, but are still important to you. Low priority: those items that could be put off indefinitely with no harm done. Once you have prioritized your lists, choose four top priority items from each list. You will have twelve top priority items representing your current goals. Time Management Goal Planner Lifetime Goals (long range) 1. 2. 3. 4. One year goals (medium range) 1. 2. 3. 4. One month goals (short range) 1. 2. 11 3. 4. Pick two top priority goals from each category. Enter them here. These are the goals you will begin to work on now. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. These six top priority goals should occupy your time for one month. Next month make a new list. Some goals will remain top priority, others will drop off. The goals will always be accompanied by a list of specific, easy to accomplish steps. Set aside a certain time period each day to work on your top priority goals. Emphasize results rather than activity. Try to accomplish one step toward your goals each day, no matter how small. Use "to do" lists If you find it hard to keep focused on top priority items, you will need a daily ``to do'' list. Use the following Daily Planner. The ``to do'' list includes everything you would like to accomplish in one day. Each item is rated top, middle, or low priority. If you find yourself doing a low priority item with some of the top priority items unfinished, you can be almost certain that you are wasting your time. My Daily Planner Name: Day of Week: Date: T=Top Priority M=Middle Priority L=Low Priority Time 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Noon 12:30 Actually Accomplished Planned Task To Do Today 12 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 5:30 Work your way down from the top items. Only when they are completed should you work on the middle priority tasks. Only when everything else is done should you work on the low priority items. You will find that it is often acceptable to ignore the low priority items. It can be easy to let top priority goals slip to the back of your mind and say, ``Not today. I'll get to it later.'' One solution to this tendency is to make signs describing your six top priority goals and post them conspicuously around your house, office, or car. You will be reminded of your priorities often. Remember to cross each item off the Daily Planner as it is accomplished. Make time for yourself Study each of the following rules for making time and try to implement them in your own life: Learn to say "No.'' Keep away from commitments that force you to spend time on low priority items. Be prepared to say, ``I can't do this now.'' Banish low priority items unless you have completed all higher priority items for the day. The definition of low priority items is ``they can wait.'' Build time into your schedule for interruptions, unforeseen problems, unscheduled events, etc. You can avoid rushing by making reasonable time estimates for activities, then adding on a little extra time for the inevitable crises. Set aside several periods each day for quiet time. Arrange to be interrupted only in an emergency. Focus on deep relaxation using any of the techniques you have found useful. Keep a list of short, five minute tasks to do whenever you are forced to wait or are ``between things.'' Learn to do two things at once: organize an important letter in your mind while driving to work, or plan dinner while vacuuming. Delegate low priority tasks. 13 Get up 30 minutes or an hour earlier. Reduce television viewing: TV is a huge time waster. If you watch, make an agreement with yourself to write a one sentence summary of each commercial. Block off your escape routes, when you have a top priority item to do. These escape routes include: schedule daydreaming for a later time stop socializing put away the books and the newspaper put away tiny, unimportant tasks don't run out for ice cream or other sudden indulgences forget errands or sudden bursts of house cleaning Cut off non-productive activities as soon as possible, e.g., socializing on the phone when top priority items are begging to be done. Throw away all the mail you possibly can. Scan it once and toss it or file it. Stop perfectionism. Just get it done. Everyone makes mistakes. Make a decision not to procrastinate Every minute of your life you are making decisions. Even if you decide not to decide, it is a decision. If you let yourself daydream for five minutes, that is a decision. The important choices in life are usually composed of one or two early, ``original'' decisions, and hundreds of little decisions thereafter. For example, you might have decided early in life never to suffer embarrassment. That decision could be supported by choices to procrastinate or relinquish any task in which you might fail or look foolish. Many people have great difficulty in making any decision. This can be because they were blamed and criticized for choices they made as children. They decided very early to leave the decision making to others. The problem is that other people don't know exactly what you want or need, and they usually aren't worrying much about it. Even though the early decision not to decide made sense at the time, it becomes a liability as you develop into a helpless adult. Tracing back to the point of that initial decision can be the first step in remaking it. Awareness can help you recognize that poor decision at work in your life every day, and you can begin to discard it. Here is a list of earlier decisions that may lie behind your current choice to procrastinate: Not to suffer more than a minimum amount of pain. Not to ever become really tired or work too hard. For everything to be easy. Nothing should be easy, but should be earned with hard work. Never to hurt anybody. Never to feel guilty, angry, or competitive. To be punished for having pleasure or fun. To be liked and accepted by everybody. Always to be taken care of. 14 Always to ``look good.'' Here are some specific ways to overcome procrastination. Know what you want to do, and realize that you will pay later for not acting now. Recognize the unpleasantness. Any correct decision is often a little more difficult than an incorrect one, or making no decision at all. Face the prospect of how unpleasant the right decision may be. Examine the greater unpleasantness of putting it off or doing it the easy way. Look squarely at the cost and risks of delay. Use this information to create enthusiasm for getting something done in a time frame that will result in less overall unpleasantness. Examine the real payoffs for not deciding or taking the easy way. For example, you avoid being anxious if you procrastinate. You won't call attention to yourself or have to face the possibility of failure. Examine the advantages of avoiding whatever changes might follow from making a decision. You might have to face up to the difficult task of revising your self concept upward. You might have to give up your depression, or the secondary gain of attention that you get from being chronically unhappy. Exaggerate your resistant behaviors. Exaggerate and intensify whatever you are doing that is putting off the decision to begin a task. If you are staring at yourself in the bathroom mirror in the morning instead of getting to work, draw it out. Really study all your pores. Go over each quadrant of your face minutely. Keep it up until you are really bored, and getting to work seems much more exciting. Take responsibility for each delay. You are the one wasting your own precious time. Make a list of each procrastination or escape activity and note how long it took. Decide everything now. Include in the decision when you will set aside all escapes to begin the task. Prime yourself with lead in tasks. Let yourself into the activity gradually with a small but related task. If you have to mow the lawn, decide to go as far as filling the gas tank on the mower, then wheeling it out to the edge of the lawn. Finish things, Avoid beginning a new task until you have completed every segment of your current task. The satisfaction of finishing a task is one of the greatest rewards in decision making. Don't think about it. Just do it! Solutions to time wasters Time Waster Possible Causes Solutions 15 Lack of planning Failure to see the benefit of planning Recognize that planning may take time but it saves time and effort in the long run. Emphasize results, not activity. Recognize that success is often in spite of, not because of, methods. Write down goals and objectives. Discuss priorities with coworkers and family members. Learn to say no. Re-assesses your goals and priorities Develop a personal philosophy regarding time. Relate priorities to a schedule of events Apply the same solutions as for lack of planning. Allow more time. Allow for interruptions. Be opportunity oriented Encourage fast transmission of information as essential for timely corrective action Screen and group calls. Be brief. Stay uninvolved with all but essentials. Manage by exception. Make decisions without meetings. Make decisions even when some facts are missing. Lack of planning Action oriented Lack of planning Success without it Lack of priorities Lack of goals and objectives Over-commitment Over-commitment Broad interests Confusion in priorities Over-commitment Failure to set priorities Management by crisis Lack of planning Management by crisis Management by crisis Unrealistic time estimates Problem oriented Management by crisis Reluctance of others to break bad news Telephone Telephone Meetings Meetings Lack of self-discipline Desire to be informed and involved Fear of responsibility for decisions. Indecision 16 Discourage unnecessary meetings. Convene only those needed. Use agendas. Stick to the subject. Poor leadership Prepare concise minutes as soon as possible. Lack of confidence in the facts. Indecision Improve fact finding and validating procedures. Insistence on all the facts; Accept risks as inevitable. Decide without all facts. paralysis by analysis Delegate the right to be wrong. Fear of consequences of a Use mistakes as a learning mistake process. Get facts, set goals, investigate Lack of a rational decision alternatives and negative making process. consequences, make the decision, then implement it. Fear of subordinates' Train. Allow mistakes. Replace inadequacy. if necessary. Delegate fully. Give credit. Fear of subordinates' Insure corporate growth to competence maintain challenge. Balance the workload. Reorder Work overload on subordinates priorities. Take time to get it right. Save the Impatience with detail time of doing it over. Distinguish between the urgent Responding to the urgent and the important. Take time to plan. It repays itself Lack of planning ahead many times over. Attempt less, Attempting too much in too little time. delegate much more. Read selectively. Learn speed Knowledge explosion reading. Manage computer data by "Computeritis" exception. Delegate reading to subordinates. Failure to screen Ask for summaries. Set and concentrate on priority Lack of priorities goals. Delegate non-essentials. Delegate; then give subordinates Over-surveillance of their right to do it their way. subordinates Look to results, not details or methods. Over-communication Meetings Meetings Meetings Meetings Meetings Meetings Lack of delegation Lack of delegation Lack of delegation Haste Haste Haste Haste Paperwork & reading Paperwork & reading Paperwork & reading Routine & trivia Routine & trivia 17 Refusal to delegate; feeling of greater security dealing with operating detail Enjoyment in socializing Recognize that without delegation, it is impossible to grow. Forget perfectionism. Do it elsewhere. Meet visitors outside work setting. Suggest lunch, if necessary or hold stand up conferences. Screen. Say no. Be unavailable. Modify the open door policy. Routine & trivia Visitors Visitors Inability to say "no." Now that you have read about these time wasters, answer the following questions in your journal: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What Time wasters prevent you from getting your work done on a typical day" Identify activities this week that were ritualistic and relatively ineffective. Identify tasks this week that could have been delegated. What tasks did you do this week that could have been simplified? What single activity or habit wastes most of your time? Study your answer and take steps necessary to eliminate your time wasters. Some ways to save time on the job Write down your ideas. Do not trust your memory, however good it might be! Set your priorities first thing in the morning, before any work gets underway. Use your high productivity hours for your high priority projects. Do not over-schedule. Leave two hours of the day free from appointments. Tackle time consuming projects in stages. Concentrate on one item at a time. When a day's work is overtaxing, get out for lunch. Plan to have lunch with a friend or do something recreational. Use your low productivity hour(s) for easy to do projects and casual reading. Work on the appointment system as much as possible. Carry a 3 x 5 card in your pocket to jot down ideas when you are away from your desk. Carry reading material with you at all times. Use waiting time to read. Use travel time to listen to or to dictate material on audio tapes. Utilize a car phone if possible (but be careful when you are driving-use speaker phone if driving). Set reasonable deadlines for yourself and others. Make decisions now whenever possible. If further information is not likely to change the ultimate course of the decision, do not wait. Batch items for discussion and talk at scheduled times. Do not make contact every time you have a thought or an item for discussion. Encourage others to do the same. How to get yourself oriented to manage your time To get yourself ready to manage your time better answer the following questions in your journal: 18 A. What is my time worth? How much do I get paid per hour? If I could save one hour a day, what would this amount to in the course of one year? B. What is my job? What results are expected of me? Am I meeting a predetermined, definable purpose, or am I just drifting? C. What have I been doing? At the end of a day, am I able to account for my time, or do I say to myself, ``Where did the day go? I don't feel I have accomplished anything.'' Error! Bookmark not defined.. Have I been doing the right things? Am I involved in work activities that rightfully fall under the responsibility of my subordinates? What are the five most important tasks I have to do? Error! Bookmark not defined.. How am I spending/investing my time? What results do I see for the time I spend on each activity? What would happen if some of these things were not done? 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THE PHILIPPINES steps up its preparations for the AFC Challenge Cup next year with a showdown with Southeast Asian rival Indonesia at Manahan Stadium in Surakarta, Indonesia, tonight.
The Azkals, who arrived in the city early Tuesday after a 15-hour journey from Manila, will be fielding several new players with manager Dan Palami also using the match to expose standouts from the Under-23 side, which is building up for the Southeast Asian Games late this year.
Kickoff is at 9 p.m. with Indonesia looking to continue asserting its might against the Azkals, who have climbed three places to their highest ranking of No. 141.
It will be the fourth meeting between the two sides since 2010, when the Azkals lost two semifinal matches against the Garuda in the Suzuki Cup. The two squads also battled to a tense 2-2 draw at Rizal Memorial Stadium in June 2012.
"We are looking forward to jump-starting our preparations for the AFC Challenge Cup," said Palami. "This time, we're sending fresh faces as we try to take advantage of the occasion to test younger players."
Mark Hartmann, Amani Aguinaldo, Paolo Bugas and Patrick Deyto were among the Under-23 standouts who were included in the squad by coach Michael Weiss, who also recalled veterans Angel Guirado, Rob Gier, Chieffy Caligdong and Phil and James Younghusband to strengthen the side.
Indonesia has shown a penchant of naturalizing foreign players to boost its squad.
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There is a black bear in Camas who apparently is a big fan of high school cross country.
For the second consecutive week, the Camas cross country teams had to relocate a meet because of a bear sighting Tuesday at Round Lake in Lacamas Park.
"It's the craziest thing I've ever experienced as a coach," Camas coach Mike Hickey said. "Last week, our guys were warming up on the course when they came upon a black bear that they said was about 3 feet tall to its back.
"They ran back all excited, saying 'We just saw a bear. What do we do?' And I said, 'Uh, move the meet.' "
The Sept. 25 meet against Evergreen was quickly moved to the Heritage Trail on Lacamas Lake, about a half-mile away.
After the meet, Hickey notified Camas athletic director Josh Gibson, who contacted the parks department.
"They told us there had not been any more sightings at the park, so we thought it was a fluke thing," Hickey said. "So out we head to Round Lake for our meet (Tuesday) with Skyview."
This time the meet got underway as the junior varisty girls made their way around the two loops of the 5,000-meter course at Round Lake.
"The girls started into their second lap when all of a sudden, here they come running back all scared," Skyview boys coach Chris Erdman said.
"I don't know if it was a hiker or a parent volunteer, but someone had spotted a bear and told the girls to head back. So needless to say, there was a lot of drama."
Again, the meet was hastily moved to the Heritage Trail, where Camas swept both the varsity boys and girls races.
Camas residents have spotted two to three bears in Lacamas Park in the last month, says Sgt. Doug Norcross with the Camas Police Department.
"We usually don't have bears that people see," he said.
The park did not close following the Sept. 25 sighting, but police notified the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Much of the 331-acre Lacamas Park is undeveloped.
"I've been coaching here for five years, and my good friend Sherrie Geiger coached here for five years before that, and no one has ever heard of something like this," Hickey said.
Erdman said the whole experience added a little fun to the meet, because no one was hurt or threatened.
"It's something that the kids will be talking about," Erdman said. "Anything that helps bring attention to cross country can't be all bad."
Columbian reporter Patty Hastings contributed to this report.


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The number of consumers downloading a mobile app drops once a price is set. Of those consumers who have downloaded a mobile app, 46%said they paid between 99 cents and $2.99 for an app. As the price goes up, the number of buyers shrinks. Only 20% said they had downloaded an app priced between $3 and $9.99. And if the app cost more than $10, only 4% made a purchase, the survey finds.
While retailers are not likely to charge consumers to download mobile apps, this is an interesting insight into the frugality of consumers, myself included. For example, I'll download a gaming app because it's free only to later find out that to get full functionality I have to make in-app purchases. Right away, I close the app and delete it. That's what I like about mobile apps from a retailer. You know the game going in. There are no surprises. Retailers don't charge 99 cents to view the image of an item, doling out bits of mobile functionality one in-app purchase at a time. Consumers get as much, and sometimes more, information about a product as they need for free.
A retailer, whether in a store, via an e-commerce site or through a mobile commerce site, knows that consumers are careful with their money. Macy's isn't going to charge a $5 fee to enter one of its department stores because it wants consumers to spend their money in the store. I'm glad mobile commerce retailers are doing the same.
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Republicans in Congress are counting on "Obamacare" being the gift that keeps on giving in this fall's midterm elections, though some others in the GOP question whether that's enough.
Decrying the Affordable Care Act has become a fixture of the GOP's election year strategy. To boot, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, opened his press conference on Thursday decrying the "devastating consequences" of the law for Americans.
But some Republicans are questioning whether staking the 2014 campaigns on Obamacare alone is a wise wager. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, R, told the Washington Post it wasn't enough to make 2014 a referendum on the healthcare law and that Republicans must offer, "detailed policy solutions, detailed ideas of what we would do differently."
When questioned today if the House GOP was focusing too much on "Obamacare," Boehner said it was important for the GOP to have "Better solutions on Obamacare, better solutions on getting our economy going again, and that's where our focus will be."
When pressed for specifics, Boehner pointed to tax reform and a GOP healthc are alternative as things that could be seen on the House floor later this year -- both ambitious issues that the GOP latch onto in this election year.
It's unclear when the House might consider these initiatives; the House GOP Conference is so divided that many aides privately admit putting members on the record for controversial votes is not an easy task, especially ahead of primary season when there is no pressing deadline for the legislation.
Boehner admitted as much today: "So there is a certain amount of reality that we have to deal with, even though some days it doesn't look that way."
Luke Russert joined NBC News in August 2008 as a correspondent based in Washington, D.C. Russert currently reports from Capitol Hill on the House of Representatives for "Nightly News with Brian Williams,†"TODAY,†MSNBC and NBCNews.com.Since late 2011 Russert has served as a guest host on various MSNBC programs including: "Way Too Early†"The Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd†"Andrea Mitchell Reports†"NOW with Alex Wagner†and "The Cycle.â€From March 2006-2010, Russert co-hosted the sports radio talk show "60/20 Sports" with political pundit James Carville on Sirius-XM Satellite Radio. On "60/20 Sports" he interviewed the likes of former President Clinton, former President George Bush, Bill Russell, Cal Ripken Jr. and Lance Armstrong.In May of 2009, Russert was honored with the Marlin Fitzwater Award for Leadership in Public Communication from Franklin Pierce University, an award meant to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to public discourse in the spirit of a healthy democracy. He's also received an honorary degree from Wingate University in North Carolina.Russert graduated from Boston College with a double major in history and communications. He is the son of the late Tim Russert and Vanity Fair writer Maureen Orth. Russert lives in Washington, D.C., with his pug Chamberlain.


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Broncos turn tables on Chiefs 49-29
DENVER The Denver Broncos corralled the NFL's top rushing team, doing their best imitation of the Kansas City Chiefs in a rout of the AFC West leaders.
Kyle Orton threw a career-high four touchdown passes and Knowshon Moreno had his first 100-yard rushing performance as the Broncos won 49-29 on Sunday in their highest-scoring game in 47 years.
The only time the Broncos scored more was in 1963, when they put up 50 on the San Diego Chargers.
Moreno ran for 106 yards on 22 carries and caught three passes for 50 yards and a TD as the Broncos (3-6) snapped a four-game skid and kept alive their thin hopes of getting back into the playoff race by handing the Chiefs (5-4) their second straight loss.
The Broncos stuffed the Chiefs' vaunted ground game by jumping out to a 35-0 lead behind a trio of touchdown passes from Orton, a 1-yard run by Tim Tebow and a 75-yard fumble return for a TD by linebacker Jason Hunter.
Tebow also threw his first NFL pass, a 3-yard TD toss to fullback Spencer Larsen.
Ahead 35-10 at halftime, the Broncos kept the Chiefs from turning to their two-headed monster of a ground game as Jamaal Charles was held to 41 yards and Thomas Jones managed just 3. The Chiefs entered averaging 180 yards rushing, 113 more than Denver, which ranked last in the league. On this day, the Broncos rushed for 153 yards and the Chiefs 51.
The Broncos benefited from their bye week to get several starters back from injuries, including right tackle Ryan Harris (ankle), whose return allowed rookie Zane Beadles to go back to left guard, finally giving Denver the offensive line it envisioned in training camp.
The Broncos controlled the clock and the game thanks to a fast, efficient start that stunned both the Chiefs and the crowd that was dotted by thousands of empty seats in the first game at Invesco Field since Oakland's 45-point shellacking of Denver three weeks ago.
During the week, John Elway dropped by to give the Broncos a pep talk.
Orton, who spent the bye week nursing a sore shoulder courtesy of San Francisco linebacker Manny Lawson, took advantage of Denver's big lead to stay upright for a change and also capitalized on the absence of safeties Kendrick Lewis and Jon McGraw to pick apart the Chiefs for 296 yards.
Orton didn't throw any interceptions and wasn't sacked.
Shut out in the first quarter of every game since Sept. 19, the Broncos exploded for three first-quarter touchdowns as Orton hit Moreno from 17 yards out, Brandon Lloyd with a 6-yard strike and Jabar Gaffney with a 40-yard heave.
His 15-yard TD toss to Lloyd in the fourth quarter made it 49-17.
The Broncos sat star linebacker D.J. Williams for the first defensive series after his arrest early Friday on suspicion of drunken driving, his second such arrest since 2005 and one that subjects him to a multigame suspension by the NFL.


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"Arte Moreno cares about his people, his staff and his players," she said.
"He loves the game like I do."
Tim Mead, the Angels' vice president, communications, has worked with Weiss for 35 years (he's seventh on the Angels list of longest-tenured employees). He knows what she's been through.
"She went through the thin and thinner times," Mead said. "She defines dedication. She's seen it all and remained very calm and even-keeled. When we won the World Series in 2002, I remember the smile on her face. She waited as long as anybody."
Weiss isn't married; she doesn't have kids. Baseball is her passion. When she watches the games at home, she gets nervous. When the games get too tense to watch, she turns on the radio.
"I love listening to baseball."
In 2002, however, when the Angels were in the World Series against the San Francisco Giants, she stayed in her office behind home plate watching the games on television. She will never forget Game 6, when the Angels fell behind 5-0 before the magic happened.
During that game – the most dramatic come-from-behind victory in Angels history – Susan Weiss left her desk and, in the ninth inning, walked into the stadium.
"I was crying," she said. "It was like a dream."
She has watched the replay many times: Troy Glaus blasting a pitch into the left center gap, two runs scoring, the scoreboard showing the Angels taking the lead, 6-5.
That night, with Angel Stadium going crazy, television announcer Joe Buck said the nine words that still give Weiss chills.
"The Anaheim Angels have come all the way back."
For more than half a century, she just kept coming back.
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Denver beats Memphis 87-80 for 11th straight win
Early on, the Nuggets controlled the rhythm - and the game - as they led by as many as nine in the first half. Jerryd Bayless beat the buzzer with a layup just before halftime to send the Grizzlies into the locker room trailing just 48-47.
After halftime, the Grizzlies began rolling by slowing things down. They also turned the pressure up a notch and held Denver to a season-low 10 points in the third quarter to take a 66-58 lead.
For three quarters, the Nuggets were lethargic and couldn't match the energy of Wednesday, when they thumped the New York Knicks in Carmelo Anthony's first return to the city since he was traded two years ago.
Finally, they turned it on.
"You grow playing these kinds of games," said Danilo Gallinari, who finished with 15 points, including two free throws to break a tie with just over two minutes remaining. "You cannot grow a lot when you're blowing out a team by 20 or 30. These are the kind of games that make you improve as a team."
Marc Gasol couldn't agree more.
"I don't see it as a setback. We feel confident in the way we can play this team," said Gasol, who chipped in 14 points. "We played this team well for 36 minutes. Then we tried to play their basketball. We kind of played that way for 12 minutes and they won. But I think for 36 minutes we played good basketball but games last 48 minutes, not 36."
Notes: The Grizzlies have been on a 15-5 roll since a three-team deal on Jan. 30 that sent Rudy Gay to Toronto and landed Tayshaun Prince in Memphis. ... Denver has won 26 of its last 28 home games against Memphis. ... The Nuggets are 28-3 when allowing 100 or fewer points.
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Razan, a poet and critic as well as an activist, studied English literature at Damascus University and comparative literature at Balamand University in Lebanon. Since 20089, she has blogged on human rights, international solidarity, and Syrian politics at www.razanghazzawi.com. She is one of very
few bloggers in Syria who writes under her own name; and she has consistently spoken out for women, for ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities, and for all victims of discrimination or abuse.
For many of us in Egypt, in the region, and around the world, Razan is a mentor, an ally, and a personal friend. Her principled commitment to human rights has been an example to us. Her courage and her willingness to face danger head-on have been an inspiration.
In one of her last blog posts before she was arrested, Razan wrote: "I do not believe in a 'national consciousness,' I don't believe in nationality .Once we drop hyphenations, we become as one." In that spirit, we say: Razan's struggle is our struggle. The Syrian people's battle for freedom is
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* that Razan Ghazzawi be released unconditionally;
* that she be protected from torture or ill-treatment while she remains in detention;
* that all political prisoners in Syria be released;
* that Syria end arbitrary arrests, torture and ill-treatment of detainees, and violence against protesters and opposition members.
A list of addresses and phone numbers for Syrian embassies and consulates can be found at http://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-of/syria, or at http://www.cafe-syria.com/syrian-embassies.html.
2) Organize peaceful vigils or demonstrations at Syrian embassies or consulates calling for the release of Razan Ghazzawi and all political prisoners in Syria.
Below you will find statements (translated from the Arabic) a) by Syrian bloggers and friends of Razan, and b) by the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression.
Additional resources:
Facebook page "Free Razan Ghazzawi" (Arabic): http://on.fb.me/sN7MeQ
This statement is signed by:
* Ahmad Ragheb – Human rights activist-Executive director (Hisham Mubarak Law Center)
* Dalia Abd El Hameed – Human rights activist – Gender officer (Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights)
* Mona Seif – Human rights activist (No to Military Trials)
* Mozn Hassan – Feminist, human rights activist- Executive director (Nazra for Feminist Studies)
* Scott Long – Human rights activist (Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School)
* Tarek Moustafa – Feminist, human rights activist (Nazra for Feminist Studies)
* Yara Sallam – Feminist, human rights activist (Nazra for Feminist Studies)
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I get very irritated when people claim to know me better than I know myself. I feel it's such a violation to even say that or suggest it. How freaking arrogant can you be? Then again, I know there are people who have been with me my entire life and have seen me grow up. There are things they see about me that may not be visible to me when I look at myself. I don't deny every criticism anyone has to make of me. In fact, I listen attentively, even when I know it's mean-spirited and meant to undermine me. I know there are some people who are going to criticize me with the intent of helping me or making it better for me, and I'll listen to them. I frankly get tired, though, of people who put in their two cents when I don't ask. I used to ask and stopped asking, so I think people think that I'm expecting to hear their opinions about me. I used to ask around about "how I was doing" to people, especially elders, as a form of getting their approval. I did, but I was expected to do things to hang onto that approval. It's a lot like my relationship with my parents - I'm rewarded for performing well. Not really allowed to be a human being who makes errors and has contradictory feelings. I'm a robot. For a long time, I didn't share my feelings with anyone. It wasn't encouraged in my family. Only hard work was. I had to introduce myself to my own feelings, with the help of a therapist. Since then, I became very vocal about my feelings, and made plenty of mistakes in who I shared them with. Show a little vulnerability, and people will exploit it. Some will, at least. Those were the kinds of people I met and was sorry to have met. I loved some of them, for reasons that still elude me.
I do feel very messed up sometimes. I'm not sure why. I think everyone has such struggles. If it's not this, it's something else. I'm not sure when or where I got the idea that I was different than everyone else, that I was strange. But I've always felt it.
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