Coaching two clients recently on their time management habits inspired me to dig into the wisdom form Gordon MacDonald again. A timeless truth is that, unless we budget time for goals and tasks, we might end up not achieving our goals nor accomplish the tasks on our to-do list. Gordon MacDonald, in his book "Ordering you private world" calls this the laws of unseized time.

Law 1 says that unseized time flows toward my weaknesses. Without a clear mission or at least clear goals in my life, I tend to spend large amounts of time doing things I'm not good at.

Law 2 says that unseized time comes under the influence of dominant people in my world: If I don't budget for time, others easily enter my world and force their priorities on my time.

Law 3 says that unseized time surrenders to the demands of all emergencies. Remember that not everything that cries out loudest is the most urgent thing

Law 4 says that unseized time gets invested in things that gain public acclamation. We are more likely to give our unbudgetted time to events that will bring the most immediate and greatest praise.

(From: MacDonald, Gordon: (1989). Ordering your priviate world. Highlands Books)

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