X47 Time Management Philosophy

If you are utilising your time to capacity and the usual optimisation potential is already exhausted, you have arrived in the realm of decision making conflicts. You have to decide straight away what is more important. Precisely the objectives “family life” and “health” are sacrificed daily.

If your work schedule is “full”, then a delay at 11am means that Daddy will come home later from work.

If your work schedule is “full”, then a talkative colleague at the coffee machine in the morning is the cause for you arriving later at the anniversary dinner you’ve been planning for weeks.. And a salesman that is “coincidentally” in the area and just wanted to say “hello”, is the reason why you can’t going running after work. What is your politeness worth?

Learn to say “No"!

Deciding means doing without!
Prof. Dr. Bruno Tietz, †1995

(Working) time is money – or free time! The time that you save during the day doesn't extend your work schedule and doesn't set you back any private time. With every activity, especially the time consumers, weigh up: “Is this activity or this conversation or level of politeness so important that I see my children less because of it?”