Susan Karim Time Management and Personal Effectiveness Coach
Time is neither our friend nor our enemy. It is something that gets measured out to us, to see what we will make of it. Richard Gaylord Briley
If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got. Lee Iacocca
Time is everything. Anything you want, anything you accomplish–pleasure, success, fortune–is measured in time. Joyce C. Hall Founder of Hallmark Cards
The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: “I did not have time.” Robert J. Hastings
This story about Ben Franklin applies even today. One day, Ben Franklin was busy preparing his newspapers for printing when a customer stopped in his store and spent an hour browsing over the various books for sale. Finally, he took one in his hand and asked the shop assistant the cost. The assistant answered, “One [...]
What do you do when you are caught in a traffic jam? Noel Coward didn’t fuss and fume; he took out a piece of paper and wrote his popular song, “I’ll See You Again.”
Dale Carnegie told the story of two men who were out chopping wood. One man worked hard all day, took no breaks, and only stopped briefly for lunch. The other chopper took several breaks during the day and a short nap at lunch. At the end of the day, the woodman who had taken no [...]
Ivy Lee, a management consultant, was called in by Charles Schwab, chairman of Bethlehem Steel Company, to give him advice on how to better manage his time. Lee told him to write down every evening the six most important things he had to do the next day and to list them in the order of [...]
In 1939, Frank Whittle and Hans von Obain were both working on the idea of the jet engine. Von Obain was in Germany and Whittle was in England. Both were in different geographic and political arenas but were separately working toward the same goal. No matter how original our ideas may seem to us, someone [...]
“The only person to succeed while horsing around is a bookie.” Bob Murphy
