Do more by focusing!

Posted on | October 23, 2008 | No Comments

A conversation with TIM FERRISS about taking control of your work life.

I listen to students complaining day in day out about the fact that they have too little time to get things done.

Given that students, generally speaking, are so awful at managing time, setting priorities and figuring out how best to direct their energy is it any wonder that so many in the work world suffer from the same malaise?

Tim Ferriss the author of the book titled THE FOUR HOUR WORK WEEK has set out in black and white a few common sense ways to wrestle your life back from that time sucking abyss called a job.

I love the idea of putting a cap on the amount of time you spend on email.

I love the idea of putting a cap on the amount of time you spend on the phone.

I love the idea of empowering those around you to stop second guessing and calling on you to make decisions that they can make.

Once again I am left asking if we are doing enough as educators to re-focus the thinking process from how much time we invest in something to the quality of time we invest?

I gave students a project, over 10 weeks that asked them to do just as Ferriss is suggesting, more with less.

The students were shocked and beside themselves, it took them 8 weeks to realize that there is amazing productivity when you have a clear focus and when the worst case scenario is well defined.

Give my conversation with TIM FERRISS about taking control of your work life a listen.