Respect Others’ Time
Time
= Life; therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time
and master your life.
– Alan
Lakein
Are you sensitive to others’
priorities? If you want people to respect your priorities, you should respect
their priorities. Time is a scarce resource which should not be wasted, whether
it is your time or others’.
Check if you do the following:
- Do you waste
others’ time by involving them in unnecessary conversation, especially if
you are in such a position that they cannot avoid?
- Do you engage
others on long telephone conversations, insensitive to time?
- Do you make
people wait without any reason?
- Do you make
unreasonable demands on their time regardless of their time pressure?
- Do you interrupt
others very often affecting their flow of work?
·
Do you force your priorities on others using your
power and authority?
Some people may not express their
embarrassment, if you are not sensitive to their priorities. They may not feel
comfortable to say ‘no’ to your demands on their time.
Over the next week,
audit your own style with respect to the above factors. If you value others’
time and priorities, they will also reciprocate the same sentiment!(From my b00k '365 Exciting Ways to Live')
N C Sridharan
www.thetimefoundation.com
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