Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Let your actions reflect your values By Harold Taylor

Let your actions reflect your values

By Harold Taylor

Make a list of the people you really enjoy spending time with. How much time did you spend with those people during the past week? Last month? Last year? Chances are, there are people – perhaps family members – who are being crowded out of your life because of your busyness. In fact, some people are so busy networking they have little time for anyone who is not a business associate.

Be careful that you don’t allow the people that count to be crowded out by things that don’t. Our choices in life have multiplied exponentially during the past decade. We can cruise the internet, take photos with digital cameras or cell phones, listen to music on iPods, scan hundreds of channels on our TV sets, play with our PDAs, ad infinitum. We could spend a lifetime reading instruction manuals for electronic toys and household gadgets.

It’s a life of choices. And the problem is, there are too many of them. If we are not careful, what we do may not reflect our true values. We must make sure that we don’t lose sight of what’s really important.

Take that list of people, for instance. To ensure that you will spend adequate time with them, make commitments now. Schedule time in your planner next week or next month for a coffee, luncheon or night on the town. Never end a conversation with a good friend by saying, “Let’s get together sometime.” Instead, say, “Let’s schedule a time when we can get together.”

© 2000, 2006, Harold Taylor Time Consultants Ltd.


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