Week 12 - Power in Time Management
It is not surprising to know that most, if not all, of the top earners in the world would spend millions of dollars on time if they could buy it. Why? Why spend money on something everyone has?
Because everyone has it.
The ability to gain access to more time than others would allow these billionaires to utilize that time in any way possible, whether productively, spiritually, or for sleep. Regardless of how they use it, the power time posses is undeniable. However, what if there was a way to do this in real life? How can someone add time to their day?
Time management.
At first, suggesting time management is the power all billionaires crave may seem comical. According to Harvard Business School, millionaires "spen[d] more time engaged in active leisure (e.g., exercising and volunteering)" rather than "passive leisure (e.g., watching television and relaxing) and allocate time to tasks "they had more control." Clearly, time management is vital to success if the most successful prioritize it being well-spent.
Even from a deductive standpoint, it makes sense that how a person spends time equates to the quality of their life, because to complete a task a certain amount of time is required and the less efficiently it is completed the worse the quality of its end result is and more time is spent on it.
Therefore, if time management dictates the quality and trajectory of an individual's life, it can be concluded that those with a better grasp of it are better off than those who do not, so by virtue, an individual with good time management attains more power.
Then time management is a form of power.
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ReplyDeleteWhen you write about time management through this perspective, I can definitely see how the idea that time management is powerful is valid. Time management can really affect the quality of one's life, as you have mentioned. Whenever I do things in a much more timely manner--even when it's something as simple as arriving to school a couple minutes before the warning bell rings--I feel that my life at that moment feels more at ease and the quality of it overall appears less stressful. I suppose that the "free time" I have could be spent in a much more productive way, though, especially since I spend most of my days after school taking long naps. With the way I am managing my time, it could end up being detrimental to my health since I end up staying late doing work instead of doing it right away, (so in that sense, time management really does take a toll on one's life.)
ReplyDeleteProviding textual evidence from a legitimate source is quite the strategy to prove your point (and possibly create a rebuttal for a counter claim.) By proving that people who are presumably successful--since they are millionaires--spend most of their free time by doing productive things, this could then convince your audience to also commit to doing more active leisure in order to enhance the quality of their lives. While I wish you would also focus more on the perspectives of the average person rather than millionaires (so it appears more relatable in that sense since I believe none of us are millionaires) I still enjoyed how you provided this interesting perspective as a way for the audience to set goals for themselves in hopes of achieving what these mentioned millionaires could. Overall, I liked reading your blog about how time management is powerful, as I, myself have covered this week's blog on the power of time, so it was nice seeing our ideas collide in a way.
Hi Sanchay, I really enjoyed reading your blog this evening. Like you define, time is something that all of us have—even those who are socially, economically, and politically disadvantaged. You've made some compelling points about the value of time, especially in the context of success and productivity. Your comparison of time to a commodity that billionaires would purchase if they could is thought-provoking and really drives home the significance of time in our lives.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate how you've delved into the importance of time management, drawing from research conducted by Harvard Business School and offering logical deductions to support your argument. It definitely bolsters your ethos when bringing up reputable sources, although a recommendation would be to also include contradicting opinions, and explaining how they fall short.
Another suggestion I have is to perhaps delve deeper into personal anecdotes or examples to further illustrate your points. I can tell that you are personally invested in your text, but spelling out your connection more concretely could further convince your audience. Nevertheless, I found your blog post well-structured and highly insightful.