TIME MANAGEMENT:HOW LEADERS INSPIRE, INFLUENCE AND ACHIEVE RESULTS

A Lecture Delivered by PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO SAN at the Nigerian Economic Student Association (Unilag Branch)

Conference

TIME TRUTHS

• LIFE ITSELF IS MEASURED IN TIME

• MISMANAGING TIME IS MISMANAGING LIFE ITSELF • BUT YOU REALLY CANNOT MANAGE TIME IT GOES ON WHETHER

YOU USE IT WELL OR NOT, YOU CAN ONLY MANAGE YOUR ACTIVITIES TO MAXIMISE TIME

• TIME IS YOUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE YOU CANT STORE OR SAVE IT, YOU MUST USE IT AS YOU RECEIVE IT

• ALTHOUGH ALL HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME IN ANY ONE DAY , WE DON’T EVER KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WE HAVE IN ALL

SOME TIME FACTS

• SLEEPING 8 HOURS A DAY IF YOU LIVE TO 70 YOU WOULD HAVE SLEPT 25 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE.

• IF YOU WASTE 15 MINUTES OF EVERY HOUR, YOU WILL WASTE ABOUT 17 YEARS IF YOU LIVE TO 70.

• OUR SOCIETY IS ONE OF THE LEAST TIME CONSCIOUS IN THE WORLD.

• LIFE EXPECTANCY IN NIGERIA IS 47 YEARS

WHAT IS THE BEST USE OF TIME?

• TO BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY ACHIEVE YOUR IMMEDIATE AND ULTIMATE OBJECTIVES IN LIFE.

…….BUT NOTE OBJECTIVES DIFFER

POOR AND RICH COUNTRIES

• ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN POOR AND RICH NATIONS IS PRODUCTIVITY.

• HIGH PRODUCTIVITY IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO EFFECTIVE USE OF TIME.

• OKONJO- IWEALA :CHINESE VS NIGERIAN FACTORY WORKER 6 TIMES MORE PRODUCTIVE. WHY?

THE CULTURE PROBLEM

• OUR SOCIETY IS ONE OF THE LEAST TIME CONSCIOUS IN THE WORLD.

• TIME ABUSE HAS BECOME CULTURAL• EVENTS HAVE NO PRECISE COMMENCEMENT OR

END • SPEECHES, PROTOCOLS HAVE NO ACCEPTED LENGTH• TO BE EFFECTIVE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT YOU NEED

TO OPERATE UNDER A DIFFERENT CULTURAL REGIME.

WHAT TO DO

• DEFINE A BROAD VISION OR LIFE OBJECTIVE…SET TIME LINES

• DEFINE PERIODIC OBJECTIVES WITH TIME LINES