Jane, Stop This Crazy Thing! - Time management for the 21st Century

“Jane – Stop This Crazy Thing!!”Time Management for the 21st Century

Presented byThomas L. Willis, PCAM®

Zalco Realty, Inc. & Association Bridge, LLC

WMCCAI Conference & ExpoMarch 12, 2016

A vision of the future from 1962

How did we get here?

How did we get here?Thank you, technology…

How did we get here?Speed of business & life…

How did we get here?Attention thieves & other time sucks

5 hours41 minutes

Myths, Lies, False Assumptions & Other Balderdash

• You manage time• A professional keeps gobs of data in her head• Multitasking is a skill to be mastered• Champions are superhuman, dashing from

achievement to achievement• It’s everybody else’s fault• Connectivity = efficiency

Just give me the magic beans!

TOP 10 TIPS (+1)

11. Never start the day without a plan

10. Stop , drop & roll

Wally knows best??

9. Think of tasks in terms of time blocks

8. Think about efficiencies

7. It’s your own dang fault more than you want to admit

6. Slow the game down

5. Reverse engineer everything

B > A

4. Identify time investments

3. Do you think it or feel it?

2. Think about what you think about. Attitude makes a difference!

"If you think you can, or if you think you can't, either way, you're right." 

-Henry Ford 

1. This is your life. Get off treadmill and live it.