Steward Your Time & You'll Manage Much Better

So little time and so much to do; or is it - so much to do and so little time?  Either way you say it, there are only so many hours in a day and if we don't manage our time well, we end up being far less productive and satisfied in our home, family and business; and thus, we can end up severely diminishing our creativity and motivation. 

 Although there are lots of really cool systems for helping us to improve time management, I'm actually  advocating a total mind shift for how you think about time and relate to it.  I'm asking you to begin to approach time management from the perspective of stewardship.  Stewardship is defined as: the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care.  Pretty cool isn't it! 

Admittedly, I didn't always have a mindset of stewardship, but that all changed after I purchased my first home I was so grateful for my home I determined that I wanted to take really good care of it and so I decided to apply a principle that is usually associated within a spiritual context to how I took care of my home.  I decided I would become an excellent steward. I took such great care of my home that when I sold it I earned double the money I'd paid for it. When it came time to sell, I was extremely proud of the all of the work I put into the home: all of the repairs, general upkeep and improvements.  That pride of ownership created a powerful vibration which everyone could feel just from standing on the front walk.  I never felt like I was wasting time. I kept a regular schedule so nothing fell into disrepair , and as you can see, I benefited tremendously from adopting the mindset of stewardship. There's a lesson in here for how we can approach Time Management and the awesome benefits that come as a result of adopting the mindset of stewardship for all that we do.

So here's what I'd like for you to do, begin think differently about time.  Begin to think of time as being entrusted to your care and you are responsible for it.  When you decide to become a steward over your time you will experience three awesome benefits:

• Increased self confidence and self value

• Increased motivation and creativity to find solutions

• Increased productivity and the kinds of results that will move you forward in life

Now those are some pretty great pay offs for adopting a small mind shift like stewardship.  Each day wake up and say to yourself I am going to treat my time as something valuable that has been entrusted to my care.  Please stop by and let me know how this mind shift makes a difference in how you manage your time!

Remember, time is short. Do your happy dance. Enjoy life!