Time Mastery

In my book the Power of RE I discuss Reclaiming control of your life. Far too often, we get busy and fail to make choices. In essence we let life control us. We can become like puppets with life pulling our strings. It becomes difficult to enjoy what life has to offer when we are reacting from one event to the next. One of my favourite movies is City Slickers starring Billy Crystal. Billy played the role of Mitch who had lost control of his life and wasn’t sure how to get it back.

While I was watching TV the other night with my wife Jane, a commercial for one of those new fabric softener bars came on. You know the ones I'm talking about, the bar you stick in your dryer instead of adding a dryer sheet.

Life is hectic isn’t it? We seem to run, run and run some more, essentially, feeling as though we are accomplishing nothing. It’s like a cycle we run through every day, the rush before work to get everyone ready, fed, lunches made and to school or the sitters. Then there’s the rush during work to get to all the meetings, make the phone calls, answer emails and work on a project whose deadline is fast approaching. And, what about the rush after work to get everyone fed, to hockey practice, then home, unwound and ready for bed.