Rather than thinking terms of minutes or hours involved in a project, discerning leaders process time allotment more in the context of their energy allocation.

By way of example, a project that might take six hours to complete may actually take less personal energy than a one-hour project. The six-hour project might even be of such a nature that it replenishes the leader’s finite energy source. As a leader plans his/her day, this energy perspective remains in the forefront so that at the end of the day the leader does not return home to his/her family with little or no energy left for the most important people in his/her life.

Only by monitoring energy allocation is the leader’s quality of life preserved.

Categories: Closure, Schedule Orientation, Time Competency

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