Time is the great equalizer – everyone of us has the same 168 hours in a week, it’s what we do with those hours that separates the successful from the also-rans. I know it’s harsh, but it’s true.
If you can’t master your time, you become a slave to the clock – your business (or boss’) clock, your home (wife’s/husband’s) clock and of course the ever-present biological clock!
One of the most powerful and liberating things you can learn is TIME MANAGEMENT – but you need a holistic, purpose-driven approach that ensures you attain life-work balance without compromising your goals, dreams and aspirations.
Easier said than done, I know. That’s why I’d like you to explore Exponential Mindset Thinking as an alternative to a stress-filled week of unmet deadlines and never-ending to do lists.
Which one of these are you? Monochronic or polychronic?
The key to success is to learn what you need to work on – DEPENDING on which type of person you are.
Hello,
That’s a very interesting article and it makes me think of Geert Hofstede’s analysis of culture. In a globalized world, it is certain that culture has an influence on international business. Therefore, he identifies 5 dimensions for classifying cultures:
1. Power distance (measures power inequality between superiors and subordinates within a social system)
2. Uncertainty avoidance
3. Long term/short term orientation
4. Masculinity/femininity
5. Individualism/collectivism
The third dimension can be applied to individuals but also to a whole group of people, even a country.
For instance, Monochronic Time or M-time typifies most North Americans, Swiss, Germans, and Scandinavians. They concentrate on one thing at a time. They divide time into small unites and are concerned with promptness.
Polychronic time or P-time people are more concerned about the completion of a human transaction rather than holding to schedules. P-time is characterized by multi-tasking and by “a great involvement with people”
Personally, I think that I’m a P-time person.
Thank you for the article,
Tatiana Chung
Treasury Management Systems
Finpacific Treasury Systems
Monochronic: MBTI Judging, sense of time from left brain
Polychronic: MBTI Perceivers, sense of time from right brain
Thanks for the chart. I pinned.