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What do we say when we talk about time?

"There is not enough."
"Time flies."
"Time is running out."
"If I just had more time!"
"My time is not my own."

Would you agree that most of us have a negative attitude about time?

Lee Berglund, the creator of the Personal Resource System, suggests that we look at time as though it were a chessboard. The chess pieces are the activities that we choose to do. No one ever says, "I don't have enough board!" We have all the time there is! We have just said yes to more than we are willing to complete and therefore feel uncomfortable, upset, anxious, and stressed out! Our ability to win with time deals with how we move the pieces (activities) on our chessboard (of time).

1. Be aware that we have an abundance of choices, not a lack of time!
   
   
2. Stop using time shortage language. Affirm; "I have all the time I need to create the perfect result!"
   
   
3. Be systematic in your use of time. Commit to discipline and be willing to keep learning and searching for ways to do what you do in a more efficient way. Buy or create a time system, than commit to doing it regularly. No system will work unless it is used!
   
   
4. In order to use time wisely you must know your purpose, the ideal toward which one strives. A purpose is on-going and intangible. An individual's purpose might be:
   • To be, do and have what I need and desire for my complete self-expression.
   • To have perfect health, loving relationships, prosperity, and peace in my life.
   • To live each day as a celebration through contribution to myself and others.
     
     
5. When you know what you want, you can make your plans and plan your time. Tell yourself the truth about what you can and cannot do; what you will and will not do; what you want and do not want to do! When you are very clear about what you want, you will do what you must do to get it! To help you find out what you want out of life, ask yourself:
   • "How am I when I like me best?"
   • "What am I doing when I feel the happiest?"
   • "How do I look when I feel most attractive?"
   • "Where am I when I am happy and at peace?"
   • "Who am I with when I feel best about myself?"
   • "When in my life have I felt the very best?"
   
   
6. Set your goals. Divide them into career, personal and others. Visualize what you desire exactly as you desire and when you will have it. A goal has a specified date of completion. The subconscious mind does not know whether you are being, doing, having it or just visualizing it! We have not achieved our goals in the past because we were not taught how to set them.
   
   
7. Schedule your activities. Time is not manageable, activities are! Ask yourself, "Is this the best use of my time right now?" Learn, demonstrate, and then teach others activities management.
   
   
8. Don't separate your work and personal life-it is all the same. It is all personal and it all takes time. You have chosen to work where you work and to spend the greater part of your waking life there-that makes your job very personal. If you do not love what you do, quit, and do what you love.
   
   
9. We must know what we have agreed to do and when and where we agreed to do it in order to keep our commitments. Trustworthy and professional people can be depended upon. Keeping our word to ourselves and to others is vital to a healthy self-esteem.

Affirm: I have all the time I need to produce my perfect result.

Ask: What is the best use of my time right now?

Act: I prioritize and I do the most important things first to achieve my goals.

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