Servings of Stone Soup

I have just read the umpteenth ezine/newsletter column about, “Wow, it is so hard to believe that the holidays are here and most of 2007 is gone. Where has all the time gone for this year?” It is such an interesting paradox, we have so many time saving devices and processes, yet we can never harness time. My unofficial poll of clients reflects that 95% of people “never have enough time.” Time to do what? I see calendars that are scheduled to the max with very little if any down time. I hear the agony of leaders rushing to the next task, the next emergency, the next cry of the urgent and yet they never seem to “get it all done.” Will they ever get “it” all done? Do you ever get “everything accomplished?” And another season passes – another year gone by. And there is that feeling deep in your gut, a mix of sadness and sentimentality, “really, where has all the time gone?”

Many people I encounter want me to help them save, find or maximize their time. Over my career, I have changed my strategies and suggestions to focus on more of what matters to the individual, to the business owner. Listed below are questions that need to be answered first, before you’ll ever have enough time. How would you answer?

· In what ways do live each day as an unfolding drama, in anticipation –  or are you going through the motions of living without really connecting?

· In what ways are you internally driven? Externally driven?

· In what ways do your circumstances dictate the flow of your life?

Time will march on, another season will quickly pass. Will you receive it – your life, your uniqueness and make your imprint – or will you focus on managing what only can be received? Maybe that is when you do get it all done.

Receiving my life

Jan Hinton

Stone Soup Coaching

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