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A NEW LOOK AT TIME MANAGEMENT
Dave Bones, DTM - Club Growth Director
could be another three 12 Week know it you have more on your plate than is
Goal. This productivity is manageable.
exponential, rather than one The 12 Week Year system offers a fabulous
person overworking. We learn solution for this. It is called a Commitment
to work smarter, not harder. Worksheet. On one sheet of paper, write three
factors: approximately three 12 Week Goal
KEEPING SCORE Statements, approximately 3, Keystone Actions
Keeping score of how you are to facilitate those 12 Week Goal Statements, and
doing can be uncomfortable. Commitment Costs.
A big part is that predicting The last item on your list identifies what
a future outcome is hard and you will need to let go, to execute a particular
seems impossible to score well. Keystone Action. In the moment of saying yes,
This is true, especially if this it is often not obvious that something will need
involves stretch goals that you to be removed, to add more.
have never done before. This is new territory for me and am learning
The 12 Week Year system offers an ingenious as I go. As I mentioned in the introduction of this
solution. You do keep score, but this percentage article, I am finally seeing this palpable need to
score is calculated by whether you executed be able to manage time more effectively.
the actions you committed to. In other words, Maybe you have encountered some of the
whether your desired outcome is attained, you issues previously mentioned and are intrigued
still score positively if you follow through with by some of these corresponding 12 Week Year
the actions. This can avoid unearned guilt for solutions. I become excited when I think about
not having achieved a stretch goal that was not the possibilities of even more Toastmasters in
certain in the first place. That said, because you our District adopting the methods espoused in
are keeping track of what was executed, this this book.
informs how to improve strategy throughout Time is precious where the opportunity to
the 12 Weeks if necessary. learn, grow, and have fun is now. Your time
spent, and connection within our community
Over-commitment is appreciated more than you know.
Have you found yourself wanting to help
when asked or when a need arises? Before you
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