Effectiveness Management

I don't like the phrase "time management."  It doesn't grasp the essence of what is important.  What is actually important is how effective you are with your time.  Time is a bad frame for effectiveness management since you can spend hours doing something without being effective.  How is it that some people can finish a paper in 2 hrs and I need 7 hrs?  How can some people lose 10 pounds in 4 weeks, and I lost 2 pounds in 4 weeks?  What matters is not time spent or money spent, what matters is effectiveness for the amount of resources you put in.

- Working at a higher paying job for the same hours is more effective than a similar lower paying job.
- Quality time with friends talking about life events is socially more effective than playing video games.
- Working out intensely for 25 min is more effective than screwing around in the gym for 1.5 hrs.
- Learning how to interview then going to 5 interviews is more effective than interviewing 30 times without prep.
- Researching what clothes are fashionable and look good on your body, then going shopping is a much more effective way to spend money on clothes.



Sometimes, Working Smart > Working Hard.  Think about how effective you are, and think of ways to become more effective.