Wednesday Focused Thread

March 12th, 2008 by Stephen

---

Posted in Community, GTD, Networking |

Welcome back! It's good to see you again. Please note that I am now publishing all new material at my hub site: In Context Blog

I came across this story about Time Management in the NYT, and wanted to share it with you. Please read the whole thing, then come back and share your thoughts.

The brain’s inclination to distort time is one reason we so often feel we have too little of it. One in three Americans feels rushed all the time, according to one survey. Even the cleverest use of time-management techniques is powerless to augment the sum of minutes in our life (some 52 million, optimistically assuming a life expectancy of 100 years), so we squeeze as much as we can into each one.

Believing time is money to lose, we perceive our shortage of time as stressful. Thus, our fight-or-flight instinct is engaged, and the regions of the brain we use to calmly and sensibly plan our time get switched off. We become fidgety, erratic and rash.

Thanks.

Leave a Comment:

Subscribe to Productivity in Context by Email.
Get involved with the Work.Life.Creativity forum.

4 Responses

1. Sue Massey Says:
   March 12th, 2008 at 3:00 am

   I like your writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you.

   - Sue.

2. SaiF Says:
   March 12th, 2008 at 3:08 am

   Hey Stephen!

   I just discovered your blog and I think this New York Times article gives one a lot to ponder, doesn’t it?

   I’m not going to look at the “time is money” phrase the same way again lol

   That German Experiment was quite cool though.. I want to have that experience of almost going forward in time (although I don’t understand how one can do tt!)

   I recently wrote an article on time management that has touched a vein in my readers. Maybe you’d like to check it out.

   It has something to do with that 3 minute productivity thing the article talked about:

   10 Proven Time Management Tips Everyone Should Practice

   Keep the great posts coming, Stephen! I’m loving it!

   To CANI,

   SaiF
   The World’s First Teen
   Personal Development Video Blogger

3. Stephen Says:
   March 12th, 2008 at 5:32 am

   Thanks for coming by, I am glad you enjoyed the link. SaiF, I will take a look at those videos.

4. mrtruckster Says:
   November 4th, 2008 at 5:01 am

   Hi forum users and readers I hope you can solve a stupid problem with my computer  
   Im getting a lot of popups when Im browsing the internet, sometimes even when Im not at the computer, I leave it on for
   an hour and when I get back I have 2-3 popups that have appeared from nowhere. How can I remove this? Im really not intrested
   in finding adult friends or downloading a new screen saver :D 

   Well thats it, stupid problem and I hope that it has a nice easy solution that you can come up with, Im getting all your replays to my email
   so I´ll keep an eye on the topic, take care. 

Leave a Comment