People can live and not remember time. But on a birthday there is usually a little tension - another year of life has passed. And what was its result? And at this moment you want to change something and achieve more. Then time passes again and everything returns to normal. The next moment of awareness of the passage of time is the New Year (this could be a new school or calendar year). At this moment, we also want renewal, people set new goals and new deadlines. The saddest period when absolutely everyone remembers the passage of time is old age. The realization that you want to leave your mark and take stock of your life comes to everyone. Let's set a new benchmark for change, and let it be today.
The value of time
Why is time so important? Time is an irreplaceable resource, it is becoming less and less every day. Therefore, there is an idea: in order to get more done in 24 hours, you need to hurry. Rush. Does it add time to us or take it away? It seems like a lot of things have been done, but how are they done? We quickly bought a dress and realize that there is nowhere to wear it and we need to spend time returning it to the store. We didn't have time to look at the map, and so we go to the same place twice instead of doing everything in one go. We were in a hurry and forgot our phone at home, and now, at the speed of James Bond, we turn around and go home. In such a life scenario, time slips away like sand through your fingers.
Sometimes we adjust the time ourselves. When you arrive early for a meeting, you really want the waiting time to end. I wish I could go on vacation soon. The working day would soon end. We regularly repeat these phrases in our heads. And thus we program the rapid passage of time. How about changing your thinking style? "Hooray! I have a few minutes before the meeting to make a few calls” instead of “I wish he would come soon,” or “I have a few more days to think about visiting the sights” instead of “I wish I could go on vacation soon.”
Time is an opportunity! Some people use their opportunities to whine, complain, and be offended, while others, realizing their feelings, begin to look for ways of self-development. The ancient Greeks distinguished two types of time: Chronos - time flowing endlessly, and Kairos - an elusive moment of luck that comes unexpectedly, which must be seized in time.
Kairos comes suddenly - now here, now there, but he is always somewhere nearby. And he runs so fast that not everyone can not only catch him, but even notice him. And the Greeks believed that you can take advantage of this elusive moment of luck only by awakening your mind and intuition. And we want to add that these elusive possibilities can be seen only by setting up a special filter for the perception of reality. The perception filter is adjusted when a person has set a specific goal and outlined specific steps to achieve it.
There are many quotes about time:
- "Time is money" by Benjamin Franklin.
- “Time is the best teacher”, Mark Twain.
- “Time is the most precious of all treasures,” Theophrastus.
- “Time is a precious gift”, Thomas Mann.
- “Time is space for the development of abilities,” Karl Marx.
- “Time is the wisest adviser”, Pericles.
Time spent with loved ones can make a person happy. Time devoted to knowledge can be spiritually enriching. The time spent doing what you love will always remain in the form of creative results. Time can give a lot, but it can also take away. Here are other quotes, also about time:
- “Time is the fire in which we burn,” Delmore Schwartz.
- “Age is the tyrant that commands”, Eugene Delacroix.
- “Time carries away everything”, Virgil Maro Publius.
- "All-Consuming Time", Ovid.
- “Time is a bad ally”, Winston Churchill.
That’s why it’s so important to manage time so that it becomes a friend and not an enemy. What is time management? To manage is to plan, organize, coordinate, motivate and control.
Useful tips
- We need to remember how short our lives are.
- Most of us spend our lives as if we had a couple more. The highest value of time is found in time management.
- The most important thing in our lives is what we do now - wasted time means wasted lives.
- Know the true value of time - no idleness, no laziness, no procrastination, never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
- Time is a very precious gift from God - so precious that it is given to us instantly.
- Money can't buy yesterday, lost time will never be found. Time is the most valuable thing a person can spend.
- This is the essence of life - when someone asks you to give up your time, they are really asking for a piece of your life.
- Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are as many days in a year as you use - one person only gets a week's worth for the year, while another gets the full value for the week.
- Having a time and place for everything will not only help you achieve more, but you will also have much more free time than those who are always in a hurry.
- He who dares to lose one hour of his life has not discovered its value.
Time management
Planning time means determining the mission of your life, determining external factors, internal factors and a way to achieve a global goal. This is the first important stage. If you don't work through it enough, you can plan for failure.
Organizing time means structuring and distributing time depending on functions. To organize time, the famous coach Stephen Covey suggests using a table that lists all the roles performed by a person. For example, this could be the role of a wife, the role of a mother, the role of a systems analyst, the role of a parent committee member, etc. The following table outlines the purpose and specific plans for each role. The next step is to develop a calendar-based schedule for each role with delegation notes.
Coordinating time means updating the mission, roles, goals and objectives. The situation changes depending on both the external environment and internal needs and opportunities, so it is important to respond to changes in a timely manner.
Motivating yourself to use your time effectively means determining what rewards you need to actively pursue your mission. In the time of Adam Smith, the main motivation was monetary, but nowadays non-material incentives are becoming increasingly important: a free schedule, a good team, the prospect of professional growth.
There are also internal and external motivation. If a person has formulated his mission in accordance with his values, internal motivation works. If the mission is aimed at obtaining external values (money, social package, other privileges), external motivation works. Motivation can be positive (the so-called “K motivation”) and negative (“OT motivation”). Focus on internal positive motivation - it is usually more effective.
Controlling time means setting time boundaries, measuring the time used, and looking for options for optimizing time. It is very important to periodically see the results of your work - it is also very energizing and stimulating.
Thus, time management is necessary to find time for both work and leisure; be confident and motivated by your results; be satisfied with the fruits of your life. Time management involves planning, organization, coordination, self-motivation and control, as well as knowledge of the basic principles and techniques of time management.
We would like to end our article with a quote from the French writer Edouard Laboulaye:
“Tomorrow” is the great enemy of “today”; “Tomorrow” paralyzes our strength, reduces us to powerlessness, keeping us inactive.”
Edward Laboulaye
Start managing your time now, and our “Best Time Management Techniques” program will help you learn how to do it quickly, efficiently and correctly. Go through it, and we are sure that very soon both your attitude towards time and the results you achieve will change!
We also recommend reading:
- Storytelling
- Six things to do every day
- Will-do lists
- Seven Lessons of Marcus Aurelius
- How to find time when you don't have enough
- Simple Time Management Tools: A Brief Overview
- 9 Ways to Be a Productive Writer
- Seven Methods for Training Self-Discipline
- Comfort zone: you can't go out, you can't go in
- Mindfulness Exercises
- Time management for those who don't have time
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The price of one moment
What is the value of time? We can't measure its potential because sometimes just one moment is enough to win, while sometimes it can take a lifetime. In a minute you can become richer, and in another moment you can lose everything. It only takes one moment to make the difference between life and death. Every moment brings us many unique opportunities, we just need to understand the indication of time and use it.
Every moment is a great store of new chances in life. If we realize the value of time late, we may lose both opportunities and the most precious time of our lives. This is a basic truth in life that we must never forget. We must use this value positively and fruitfully. This is a wonderful thing that has no beginning and no end. In it things are born, grow, decay or die. Time has no restrictions, so it constantly moves at its own pace.
Sergei Shnurov
The musician’s appearance at SPIEF was like a flash. The founder and leader of the Leningrad group, Sergei Shnurov, during the day he spent at the forum, managed to present his new project - the Zoya group, show off the Rolex Yacht-Master II, which cost about 1,500,000 rubles, and urgently leave SPIEF from for the birth of his wife Olga Abramova. In addition to Shnur wearing Rolex watches, director Konstantin Bogomolov appeared on the forum - he was wearing a Rolex Datejust on a jubilee bracelet, the estimated cost of which is 700,000 rubles.
Yuliana Slashcheva in Hublot Big Bang Ceramic Blue Diamonds
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Alexey Nashchekin
An equally expensive watch was demonstrated at the forum by the general director of National Telematic Systems, which developed the new generation automatic traffic control technology “Smart Road”. Nashchekin was wearing an Urwerk UR-110 watch, which costs about 5,700,000 rubles.
Patrick Pouyanné wearing a Bvlgari Roma watch
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Ivan Polyakov
The Chairman of the Russia-ASEAN Business Council, like Alexey Kudrin, gave preference to watches from the Swiss manufacturer Breguet. He appeared at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum wearing the Breguet Heritage 5400 Chronograph. The watch is made of white gold and costs 3,531,000 rubles.
Stanislav Bliznyuk wearing A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Date watch
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Yuliana Slashcheva
The only woman in the Robb Report review this year is the Chairman of the Board of Soyuzmultfilm, General Director of the Gorky Film Studio and Chairman of the Board of the Animated Film Association Yuliana Slashcheva. She wore a Hublot Big Bang Ceramic Blue Diamonds watch at SPIEF, which costs approximately 900,000 rubles.
Vagit Alekperov wearing a Patek Philippe 5327G watch
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Sergei Sobyanin
The mayor of Moscow did not choose an Apple Watch at SPIEF in 2021, but also limited himself to an inexpensive mass-market model. On his hand during the forum were Luminox Space SXC PC Carbon GMT. Their estimated cost is approximately 30,000 rubles.
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Sergey Shnurov wearing a Rolex Yacht-Master II Novoderezhkin Anton/TASS
Konstantin Bogomolov wearing a Rolex Datejust watch on a jubilee bracelet Prokofiev Vyacheslav/TASS
Patrick Pouyanne
Chairman and CEO of the French energy company Total Patrick Pouyanné was one of the foreign businessmen who came to SPIEF to meet and talk with Vladimir Putin (the online conversation took place on June 4). At the forum he was wearing a Bvlgari Roma watch in a gold case, the estimated cost of which exceeds 1,700,000 rubles.
Ivan Polyakov wearing the Breguet Heritage 5400 Chronograph watch
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