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N e w s l e t t e r May 5, 2011
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LOGBOOK
May is here and our minds race thinking of all there is to do in addition to our regular work - turning the soil, planting and clearing out gardens, raking leaves - and all before the black flies arrive! With the lengthening daylight hours, there is more opportunity to create a longer to-do list and exhaust ourselves. This is arbitrary and we fool ourselves into thinking we are getting more accomplished. But are we? Time. When we hold time as a noun it drives measurable actions and is finite - as a verb it sets a pace that can seem too fast/too slow - but can we discover other options? As leaders we can explore our relationship with time as it impacts everything we do. There are days when we are overwhelmed and frenzied, but when we can move to a different space, we can invite others into a totally freeing relationship to the moment. Time to breath and think. The right time. Time enough. Timed to ignite. Carol and Deb |
RESUPPLY
TIME MANAGEMENT
1:16:22
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch gave a lecture on
Time Management
at the University of Virginia in November 2007. Randy Pausch --
http://www.randypausch.com
-- is a virtual reality pioneer, human-computer interaction researcher, co-founder of Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center --and creator of the Alice software project. The slides for this lecture and high-res downloadable versions of this and other lectures can be found at:
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/Randy/.
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 Reading the waters Wanting to Steal Time by Robert Bly People are moving big milk cans around in The storeroom, and I am there. Each day I move Barrels full of nothing to a different spot. I want to charge you for the rustmarks on my pants. When greed comes by, I hitch a ride on the truck. You'll see nothing but my backside for miles. Every noon as the clock hands arrive at twelve, I want to tie the two arms together, And walk out of the bank carrying time in bags. Don't bother to associate poets with saints Or extraordinary beings. People like us have already Hired someone to weep for our parents. We have a taste for ignorance, and a fondness For the mediocre dressed up as fame. We love To go with Gogol looking for dead souls. Counting up the twelve syllables in a line Could make us allies of the stern Egyptians Whose armies were swallowed by the Red Sea. "Wanting to Steal Time," by Robert Bly from The Night Abraham Called to the Stars (Harper Collins). |
Steering the Course
Deb and Carol are initiating new projects in service to leaders throughout Maine.
In addition our our leadership consultation groups, individual executive coaching, board development, strategic planning, and facilitation work, here is what is planned - contact us and let us know what you are interested in learning more about.
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Guidebook
by Marilyn Paul and David Peter Stroh
This article was featured in volume 7, number 4 of the The SOL Journal on Knowledge, Learning, and Change called Reflections. It is published by The Society for Organizational Learning. What is SOL? SoL, the Society for Organizational Learning, is an intentional learning community composed of organizations, individuals, and local SoL communities around the world. A not-for-profit, member-governed corporation, SoL is devoted to the interdependent development of people and their institutions in service of inspired performance and meaningful results. SoL serves as a space in which individuals and institutions can create together that which they cannot create alone (from their website).
When Paul and Stroh asked their clients if they used any of the many available time management tools - such as, goal setting, delegating, tracking commitments, creating lists, etc. - they heard two things:
1. Yes, we do all these things, and they are not sufficient OR
2. We know we SHOULD do these things, but we don't have the time.
This article illustrates an updated approach to time management. Learn how to identify phantom workloads and make effective choices for yourself, and those you lead that can change behavior.
Read this!
Do you have a book or article to recommend? Tell us.
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Navigation Tool
First Things First by Steven Covey
Yes, before you skip this section - pause. I know - Steven Covey may not be your favorite authority and you may shun self-help style writing. However, the mindmaping tool in this book may be just the thing that gives you needed perspective on the choices you make about how and where you spend your time. The framework helps with prioritizing tasks aimed at achieving long-term goals.
The 4 x 4 matrix classifies tasks on two axis as:
urgent but not important
urgent and important
not urgent but important
not urgent and unimportant
You can buy this book used on Amazon for 1 cent!
Take some time to consider where you spend your time and what your courageous and vibrant future will look like!
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Upcoming Events
May 11, 18 & 25 - The Leader Defined; 9AM-noon; Bangor, interested? May 13 - A Conversation about the Impact of Leadership Change; 11-2 PM; Augusta; for more info
June 14 - 18 - The Eleanor Days, Isle Au Haut, contact Deb
Fall 2011 - Paddling the Rapids leadership groups; Bangor, Portland, Midcoast, and several other regions October 2011 - A Retreat for Leaders, interested? |
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"There is more to life than increasing its speed."
Mohandas K. Gandhi
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Contact Info
Carol Carriuolo | carol@paddlingtherapids.com | 207.781.9816
Deb Burwell | deb@paddlingtherapids.com | 207.338.2162
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