Note from Jan:  October 24 is my sister’s birthday.  When we were little, we each got a present on the other’s birthday.  Those days are long gone. BUT.  Now – there is a way for ALL of us to get a present on her birthday because October 24 is also National Take Back Your Time Day.

What kind of present would you like?

Take It Back

Rush rush

Hurry hurry

Still behind

Late for a meeting

Heart racing

Boss waiting

Stacks of paper

Staffers waiting

100 Emails

Bottleneck

Bulging briefcase

Car pool

Step on it, Mister

Don’t miss the light

Kids waiting

Drive through

Eat in the car

Soccer game

On sideline

Phone in hand

Cheer the team

Return call

Cheer the team

Return next call

Homework

Load of laundry

Fall into bed

Aching head

Does any of that ring true for you?

Take it back.

It’s yours.

Really.

Here is a favorite Business Class quote:

“Time is the coin of your life.

It’s the only coin you have

and only you can determine how it will be spent.

Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.”

Carl Sandburg

It IS your time.

Yet it’s so easy to get caught up in the traffic and e-mail and voice mail and rush rush push push hurry hurry.

Apparently it’s happening nationwide because Friday, October 24 has been declared National Take Back Your Time Day.

Use that as a nudge.

Block some time on your October 24 calendar. Just ten minutes would be good. An hour even better. Or be bold and block off the whole day.

Between now and then – think about things you’ve been wishing you had time to do.

By the end of the day on Thursday, decide what you will do to observe Take Back Your Time Day and get ready to enjoy your present.

P.S.  Will you share with us how you plan to celebrate Take Back Your Time Day?  See “Comments” box below.

Another favorite Business Class quote:

“If you don’t run your own life,

somebody else will.”

John Atkinson

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Jan is a management coach (CUCG, PCC) with thirty years of sales and management experience.  She loves sharing her experience and expertise with business owners and managers so that they can get through tough situations, and then make and celebrate the achievement of big goals.

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