Woke up this morning to a public holiday.. I’ve actually
come to appreciate public holidays this year. Instead of going out and enjoying
with friends and family. I’ve found that I use these days to catch up on the
work that has been piling up. As you can
imagine this year has taken a tall on all of us, with the amount of work that
keeps springing up from no where
This day was spent just as any other holiday, catching up on
work that has fallen behind. The amount of group work which has crept up during
the course of this semester has seen the work load pile up.
Lesson I’d like to share with you regarding time management
would be that you should always try remain on top of your work otherwise you
will find yourself in my situation spending days which are reserved for family
and friends grafting away. This also extends to your business, one should never
let order or any sort of work pile up. By continuously keeping up to date with
what is happening with your business will enable you to make better decisions
on the spot without the need to hold long meetings that will in order to get everyone
up to date. This sounds like a simple task, however when you realize that
losing two days of work could lead you to play catch up for up to two weeks.
This is due to the fact that time lost will never be
regained, and time and money are the opportunity cost of letting work pile up.Simply stated, lost opportunity is the value of reduced
productivity or time lost due to ones absence from the job. Anytime an
individual is not performing the tasks of their job, the organization incurs
the cost of lost opportunity.
So every time you don’t do something now, you forfeit the
opportunity to do something else in the future. And that lost opportunity will
never be regained again, just as lost time can never be recouped in the future.
It’s like an airplane which takes off with a half empty seats. The revenue that
could have been gained from those seats is forfeited forever.
I know that this is a tricky concept to get however I hope I
have put it simply enough. Economists can take you to school and back on the
subject, but the crux of it is that time lost can never be regained no matter
which way you look at it. It is with this that I say, BE PROCATIVE AND PUT
FIRST THINGS FIRST
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