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Dave Crenshaw (Twitter: @DaveCrenshaw)
www.davecrenshaw.com You should set priorities and prioritize those tasks that
need immediate attention. There are only 60 minutes in an hour. There are only
24 hours in a day. This simplistic statement is something we know academically,
yet fight against in practice. Most try to fight the Truth of Time every day. Some
fight it every hour. These people become time bankrupt, because they are
constantly overspending time and playing a catch-up game. Yet others have
learned to be at peace with the Truth of Time. They have come to accept it as the
immovable truth that it is, and actually feel they are time wealthy. These people
have put systems in place that allow them to smoothly manage unexpected
emergencies. Allow me to share a few systems to help you be at peace with the
Truth of Time: 1. Use a calendar. This may seem a ridiculously obvious
suggestion. The truth is most people attempt to schedule tasks and appointments
in their mind. This results in missed appointments, stress, confusion, and over-
scheduling. Not using a calendar is a bit like trying to use a credit card for your
time. 2. Under spend time. Make sure that all of your appointments are not back
to back. Give yourself breathing room of 15 or 30 minutes; sometimes even an
hour. If you find yourself unable to leave these gaps in your schedule, then push
things off. Procrastinate as much as possible the things that are not necessary in
the moment. Doing this will leave you the room to handle the unexpected.
Ultimately, being at peace with the Truth of Time is a matter of you being
truthful with yourself. While you are likely capable of doing anything you put
your mind to doing, you are not capable of doing it all at once. Finally, here are
a few brief tips: take control over technology—your cell phone ringer (even on
vibrate) doesn’t need to be on all the time. You can turn off email notification on
your computer as well. Become master over the nagging beeps and buzzes by
creating some silence. Schedule what you can schedule—set regular times in the
day and week to check your voicemail and email. Let others know you will be
using that schedule so they know when to expect a reply. Focus on the person—
when you switchtask with a computer, you simply lose efficiency. But if you
switchtask on a human being, you additionally damage a relationship. Be

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present, listen carefully, and make sure everything has been taken care of before
moving on.
Dave Crenshaw is the master of helping business owners triumph over chaos.
His first book, The Myth of Multitasking: How ‘Doing It All’ Gets Nothing
Done, has been published in six languages and is a time management best seller.
His latest book, The Focused Business: How Entrepreneurs Can Triumph Over
Chaos, is also a small business best seller.