What is TIME costing you?
I learned this invaluable skill when I was hired as the President and CEO of a new start up company. We raised a couple million dollars and were off to the races. To say I was busy would be an under statement. I remember having lunch one day with one of our our billionaire investors and he asked me how I spent my time. I shared my Franklin Covey planner. I was perplexed when he laughed. I was thinking he’d be so impressed how organized I was (or how organized I thought I was listing everything I had to do). What I learned from him that day changed everything. I discovered he did NOT have a to-do list. He said if it was not important enough to make it into his calendar it did not exist . So, to this day (19 years later) I live by this mantra. I schedule everything. And I mean everything. I’ll schedule 5 minute meetings if necessary. Because if it’s not scheduled, it doesn't exist. Just adopting this ONE habit has allowed me to: Focus on what really matters and ...