Improve Your Time Management and Productivity with this Simple Tip
Perhaps the best advice I ever heard on time management was from Jim Rohn, who rose from humble beginnings to become a self-made millionaire by the age of 33. Mr. Rohn says, "You can always get more money, but you can never get more time."
When you waste your time in non productive pursuits doing things which have little value, not only will you be viewed as a slacker, but you lose valuable productive time. If you're spending your time parading up and down the halls gossiping or discussing last week's sports event, you're work is probably not getting done.
Remember, we don't get paid for the hour. We are paid for the value we bring to the hour. The more value we bring to the hour, the more we can potentially earn. While there are a lot of different ways to measure value, we might be a valuable parent, or a valuable Scout Troop leader, or a valuable church member, but in the workplace our value is measured in terms of money. How much money is your time worth?
If you had just a few months to live would you waste even a minute of your time on non-valuable activities? Probably not. It is a personal decision as to what is more important: your work or your family. If you waste time at work you're robbing your family of your time which might be better spent with your children or spouse. 
I worked with a guy who liked to arrive about 20 minutes early to the office. He would pointedly look down at his watch as the rest of us arrived around 8:00 o'clock. He made it habit to tell everyone how early he had gotten to work. In reality, while the rest of us had already settled in with our cup of coffee, signed in to our computers and had begun our work day, he could still be heard strolling around our cubicles as he continued to socialize.
Which reminds me of another saying that makes good sense: Mere presence on the job does not indicate productivity. In times like these, when employers are looking for reasons to cut staff, it behooves us to become known as valuable contributors.
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I love this article. It should be required reading for every young person who is getting their first job. "While you are at work, work" is a slogan that should be part of every employee manual ... especially these days when there are so many office distractions, such as personal emails, texting, etc. Thanks for a well-written article!
Very nice article! Even the best of us need this reminder like this every now and then. Good to print out and keep near my work desk.
Deborah-Diane, thanks for your encouraging comments about this workplace article. It does get increasingly difficult to concentrate with all the gadgets that rob us of our time. Sometimes I long for the old days where we actually used pen and paper and opened our mail with a letter opener.
dadbintheadmin, Thank you for your positive comments about this article. You're probably not one of the ones who needs this advice from what I've read of you. Nice to know that you share these sentiments.
Hey thinkwrite17; Wonderful quote: "You can always get more money, but you can never get more time." So true!! Great article!
Introspective - Thanks! That's just one of the many incredible tips from Mr. Jim Rohn who is known as America's foremost business philosopher. His series on "How to Have Your Best Year Ever" is inspiring and useful. It's great to share with coworkers during a Lunch-n-Learn :-)
Great article! As precious as jobs are today, anyone who has a job should be reading and practicing the ideas in this article. Thanks for sharing.
Southerengirl09 - With so many jobless workers we must be diligent in order to keep our jobs. Thanks for stopping by and for your comment.
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