TAKE YOUR TIME

‘Not enough time, too much to do’ is how most of our productivity conversations start.

But, when we look deeper, we find that time is not the enemy. The more we fight time, the less of it we have. If you feel like time is always running away from you, that you never seem to have enough time, if you’re constantly busy, rushing round after other people, wondering when you’ll ever have some time to yourself, if you are waiting for when you have more time, I have three words for you:

Take your time.

Here’s why. When we don’t have enough time we rush.

When my daughter tries to wriggle her foot into her snug winter boots without losing her balance and my son tugs and fiddles with his laces, I find myself saying, ‘It’s ok, take your time.’ ...

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