There are two indicators that don’t lie about what our true priorities are in life, calendars and checkbooks. We have a tremendous amount of leadership responsibility over both areas. Many times our schedules are driven by others but for most of us we waste a tremendous amount of time doing the wrong things. This post by Shani Harmon was spot on:
“Many people treat their calendar the same way – as a picture of what is often a very sad reality. Days either booked back-to-back with meetings or hacked into pieces by a scattering of appointments throughout. No time reserved for mental breaks, much less uninterrupted stretches for thinking and creating.”