If you had more time, what would you do with it?

"Time isn't the main thing. It's the only thing." - Miles Davis 

Time often emerges as a challenge when I talk with senior executives, middle managers, general white-collar workers or even junior cadets.

It seems most of us don’t have enough of it.

Recently I was supporting Mary who was leading a team in a medium-sized business.  Mary was time-poor but was too busy to do anything about it. I’ve seen this very scenario 1,000 times before!!!

Before exploring ways to save Mary time, I asked her; “If you had more time, what would you do with it?”

Mary had 3 responses:

• Achieve work deadlines and targets

• Have quality time with the family

• Get more sleep

Time can mean different things to each of us. However, issues typically relate to work, hobbies/interests, family or wellbeing.

In Mary’s situation, we anchored suggested improvements back to why it was important for her to address her time/busyness challenges. This subtle mindset shift was all Mary needed to embrace embedding the techniques and the choices she made.

Now let’s make this about you. Consider these 2 questions:

• If you had more time, what would you do with it?

• What must happen to make this a priority?

I’d love it if you shared your responses with me.