Time Keeps On Tickin' Tickin' Tickin'... Into the Future

I was hoping to blog a lot more today but now here I am, with only 18 minutes to finish getting ready, go pick up my friend, and get to the Orlando Convention Center. (And FedEx a bill and get lunch somewhere in there too). I don't seem to have much time.

I'm meeting with Tony Robbins... well, me and about 5000 other people :) We're doing his "Unleash the Power Within" (UPW) workshop. Tonight, if I don't chicken out, I'll walk on hot coals. Tomorrow, Tony's top trainer will lead the day, and Sunday Tony will be viewed on a video mega screen.

I'm interested to see if I am disappointed with not having Tony live and in person for two days. I suspect that I'll enjoy and benefit all the same but I'm not 100% sure. I'll let you know.

Now I have 14 minutes...

Okay so here's the deal: we all have the same amount of time. If you're like me (spontaneous and "living in the now"), you have a habit of trying to pack in every single possible opportunity. If you're more methodical (like about 40% of the population), you prefer to make a plan and stick to it.

BTW, I want to direct you to Amy's recent entry in the new Team BetterPhoto blog. Like Amy, I have found it immeasurably helpful to understand personality types. I like to call them "preferences" because I want to avoid thinking of them as "typecasting" systems. They are more like preferences... akin to you being either right or left handed. You can still write with your left hand, but it's a bit less comfortable. Also, we are all "delightful mixtures", as my friend Bryan Eisenberg likes to say. You may lean toward being an ENTP like me (a competitive, rational, spontaneous type) but you may easily shift into being an INFP where you are more empathetic, guided by feelings and intuition, and a bit introverted (also me, at some times).

Find yourself and use this new knowledge in your efforts to manage your time better. As a "P" (spontaneous, perceiving) type, I know that I have a tendency to live in the now, and my challenge is to see opportunities as something I can selectively choose. Richard Branson says "Opportunities are like buses... there's always another one coming." As I learn to pass on some opportunities and say "No" to lower priority opportunities, I can more effectively manage my time.

And in this way, I can be prompt to meetings with more methodical types, like my friend who I need to go pick up.

5 minutes to go... I think I'll make it :)

Comments

[Ana]

In homage to your adventure tonight, I give you the coal walk, courtesy of our other favorite boss, Michael Scott.

http://www.tbs.com/video/index.jsp?oid=176701&eref=sharethisUrl

[Jim Miotke]

Awesome! Thanks for reminding me - that was one of many favorite episodes.

And watching it after the fire walk was very fun. Dwight, for example, did everything Tony said NOT to do :)

Thanks again!