Changing the Time Management Paradigm

I confess to now being the ‘anti- time manager.’ After delving into the practice of time management and personal productivity to the extent of coaching and workshopping with clients, I am convinced time management as a practice must now be cast to the dustbin of history. This has nothing to do with the evolution of fancy paper organisers to Outlook and Smartphones. The human interface with tools is still a critical component of feeling in control and we all have preferences about we use. Time really does not exist- it is not a thing to be managed. Time is more a map than a road. Now is all we have and decisions made in the moment direct our progress or stagnation, our happiness or melancholy, our relationships with ourselves and others. The eternal now. I have an admiration for the writing of John Renesch and we share a belief that all leadership (personal, interpersonal and strategic) has a spiritual component. Getting back to time- what drove me to become so interested in the management of time was the realisation early on that it is limited. Having changed my paradigm to the NOW my path is to teach others how to create space in the now as opposed to adding layers of processes and complexity to already crowded personal lives. My work now is focused on lessening the inputs and outputs in a media frantic world; to offer space for thought and tapping into creativity and personal quality. Our outputs will be of higher quality, our sense of time will slow and a greater sense of peace (not found on your computer screen) will rise.