What is your time tempo? Are you impatient when people who use the express lane have one item over the limit? Do you leave for a destination with just enough time to arrive? Then maybe your time tempo is faster than many people who are in your life. We live in a world with different time zones Eric Hosmer Jersey , but what we don't realize is that the tempo of time is different around the world. Culture shapes the way we approach time and spend time. Our inner clocks dance to the tempo that we are raised with. According to a study done by Professor Robert Levine with the University of Fresno in California, Japan has one of the fastest pace of life, while Indonesia is more relaxed. This placed the United States and England in the middle of the beat.
Time crunches can increase our adrenaline and induce a sense of urgency that will either speed up your tempo or destroy your ability to find the beat or make the deadline. Some people work well under pressure, while others fold. The problem is that when people work at a high state of alert their body begins to use its reserve adrenaline and they run the risk of not having a supply when they really need it. If your life is demanding make time to relax and let the adrenaline rush subside. Tips to decrease the rush and restore your body to normalcy include eating balanced meals and getting solid sleep that leaves you relaxed and refreshed. When we get rest and eat well, along with exercise Manny Machado Jersey , our body is able to function better, thus we are more productive and more positive in our day.
We all know that the problem with time is that it is perishable. The short supply of hours in a day is irreplaceable. If we agree this is true then why do we waste it? Most people spend 80 to 90 percent of their time doing things, which produce little or no results, while 10 to20 percent of the items we should be doing would have a higher pay off. How much more successful could we be if we used our time more wisely and applied ourselves fully to the 10 or 20 percent of the items that have high pay off. This means delegation is the key to getting our time tempo to a beat that will let us live longer and be healthier. Are you spending time doing things that could be delegated out to someone else? When we try to do it all, we lose ourselves Wil Myers Jersey , wear out our bodies, and begin a downward spiral to burnout.
Managing through delegation is a time saving device provided we know how to delegate and what to delegate. Delegating is the art of giving meaningful tasks that need to be done and are important to people that are capable of doing them. Appropriating time at different levels is a challenge: supervisors spend 70 percent of their time doing and 30 percent delegating. Middle Management is on a 50:50 scale. Top management should spend 70 percent of their time managing through delegation and 30 percent on the tasks that are vital to the future of the company and will have high pay off for the success of the business. Chief Executives should work with the 10:90 rule or the 20-80 rule (depending on your source). As a person who is self-employed I have to weight the 10:90 rule and spend more of my time doing those things that provide a higher pay off in terms of business, while other items I do better to delegate these out.
Interesting Time Facts :
Managers should spend 70 percent of their time listening and only 30 percent of their time talking.
On average, a person speaks between 120 to 160 words per minute. (Unfortunately, what many people say isn't being said for its importance Rollie Fingers Jersey , but because people like to hear themselves talk). Therefore, in the course of a day, the average person would speak enough to fill a fifty-page book. Over the course of a year, that same person would fill over 130 books, each containing over 400 pages. Since few people like to read books that are long Dave Winfield Jersey , it is likely that few people are listening to what this person is saying.
When thinking about getting some well needed exercise down at your local health club and gym, does the phrase "I haven't got time" sound familiar? It is one of the most common excuses we all use for not going to the gym, but what we don't realise is that joining a gym can actually relieve the pressure from our busy lifestyles!
You're thinking, how on earth can I fit an hour in the gym 3-4 times a week? Try and think of it in another way, as each hour can be used to help toward your job effectiveness.
How?
Well research shows that taking the time out to exercise can actually improve your performance in the workplace. By giving ideas and stresses time to 'incubate' in your brain Tony Gwynn Jersey , you come away not only feeling refreshed from the workout, but ready to face the challenges in your job.
Think about it, your mum always told you to go and 'sleep on an idea' and in the morning it would all be clear, and wasn't she always annoyingly right?
Exercise can provide that same state in your brain so that you are able to think clearly after a session in the gym. Your brain achieves almost a meditative type state, even when you have the I-pod blasting and one eye on the T.V San Diego Padres Jersey , your mind wanders and it gives it the rest it needs.
Pressures in our lives come from our home life as well as the workplace, so taking that hour out in your local health club means you come home in a great mood, ready to relax in the evening as you have unwound beforehand. Many gyms also offer health and beauty treatments and spa days which can all help you distress. Added benefits
In addition, this new healthy lifestyle decreases cortisol, increases endorphins Melky Cabrera Jersey , tones your body, is better for your heart, and helps you lose or maintain a healthy weight.