In case you haven’t noticed, I have been out of sorts for a while. Probably since July when I shut down Top Blog Posts after being burned out. I haven’t been burned out for months, but I just never really got...
The ads are everywhere, you can’t escape them. No, I’m not talking about political ads, I’m referring to the PSA’s for TV’s, the Big Switch. On Feb 17th, 2009 you’ll only be able to receive digital signal which means that old...
My wife and I are struggling to cancel the cable once again. We talk about it every time our Comcast bill goes back to normal price. We have internet + digital cable + DVR for about $122 a month. I usually...
So you thought we were done talking about the tip offs that our time is probably not being used as wisely as possible……………not so fast. Here are the Happy Rock’s additions : Unmanaged Time Flows Towards Immediate Gratification This one isn’t...
The fourth of Gordon MacDonald’s laws is : Unmanaged Time Gets Invested in Things that Gain Public Acclamation This one might not be as obvious to spot as the others, but it very well could be the most dangerous. Without a...
Law three : Unmanaged Time Surrenders to the Demands of all Emergencies This law is similar in principle to Law 2. If our time is not budgeted for the things that we want and need to accomplish, the last thing that...
Time for the second law : Unmanaged Time Comes under the Influence of the Dominant People in my World Intuitive, you bet! If I don’t have a plan for my time, then every phone call, email, meeting request, and lunch date...
Let’s dissect the first law of unmanaged time : Unmanaged Time Flows Toward Your Weaknesses This idea makes intuitive sense, or at least it did to me. We spend more time doing things that we are not good at. With tasks...
Taking a lead in from my previous post on the book Ordering Your Private World by Gordon MacDonald, let’s talk about my favorite section of that book. In a section called ‘Recapturing My Time’ MacDonald presents ‘MacDonald’s Laws of Unmanaged Time’....
Finally, we come to the last book that has made a deep mark on the life of the The Happy Rock. Well, at least for now…..I am sure that this list will grow over time. I already have a possibility or...
