Man : Clock (Time Utilization)

Time Utilization

Time is the ticking of a clock, the whine of an alarm, the calendar on the wall. Time seem solid.

        An hour consists of a certain number of minutes, a day of hours and a year of days. But we rarely think about the fundamental nature of time. Time is passing non-stop, and we follow it with clocks and calendars. Yet we cannot study it with a microscope or experiment with it. And it still keeps passing. We just cannot say what exactly happens when time passes.

Expert Views

    "People who feel that they are 'running out of time' have speeded up their biological clocks," says spiritual guide and alternative medicine expert Chopra. "They have faster heart rates and jittery platelets with high levels of adrenaline. When they drop dead from a premature heart attack, they have literally 'run out of time.'"

   "This very personal view of time reiterates that time really is what you make of it, what you make with it, and often most importantly, whom you share it with."

  Alexander Rose is the executive director of  The Long Now Foundation,

      "People sometimes say that they do not have enough time during the day to get things done. I say, 'Yes you do!' Everyone has the same amount of time--24 hours in a day--and what you do with it and what priorities you set determine what you get done. Asking for more time is like asking for more board in a game of chess; there just is not any more available."

Dr. Ken Blanchard is founder of The Ken Blanchard Companies

Responsibility

A popular saying as "Time is Gold." Time is more than Gold or any precious material thing in this world. Time is life.

The following are some of the most important duties demanded of Human:

1. Ensure benefit from time
2. Utilize leisure time
3. Race for good deeds
4. Learn from the passage of time
5. Seek the superior times
6. Plan and organize time
7. Fulfill time commitments
8. Necessary aware of time wastes

Men are encouraged to 
a. care for time, to 
b. utilize it wisely and  
c. not to waste it and to  
d. benefit from it. Besides, it holds them  
e. responsible for their time.

f. take the initiative, and  
g. not to delay good deeds;   
h. grab available opportunities before being handicapped by obstacles.

i. evaluate ourselves objectively, the time, lives, 
j. knowledge was spend wisely.
k. imparting what we have learned to others and kin’s.

To be successful, we have to manage and utilize our time wisely by making plans for virtuous deeds.

Another year has passed; minutes move into hours - into days - into weeks - into months - into years - seemingly faster than ever; yet every moment is a precious component of life and every moment counts.

Time - Use it, do not abuse it

Our attitude towards time indicates our attitude towards the value of the capital of life. If we want to purchase something, we require financial capital; and if we want to do something in life, we require the capital of life, time. That is why human needs to exhorts the value of time we have before life is up.

Realize that...

• Time is the   a. measure of life, b.  time is a trust, c. time is a gift and d. its proper use will determine our outcome for life eternity.
• We are born in time, live in time and die in time; time is the ambit within which we operate. What we do with time is what we do with our lives.
• Each one must realize that every moment that passes by is an opportunity gone, used or abused; never to return. Soon time will be up and we'll have to leave this physical world and give account for our lives.
• The more we remind ourselves of the responsibility of the present the better we get at living the moment and the better we live the present moment the better the consequence for the future.

Our attitude towards the future influences our mind-set towards the rest of life. Being positive about life ahead is among life's greatest motivators. Hope is the best attitude one can harbor towards the future; this realistic expectation that something good or better could/will happen if only we continue doing the best we can. Remember that today well-lived makes yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.

Wise are the words of the one who said ... "I expect to pass through this world but once; any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."

“Make life a means for every dimension of goodness”.

The Characteristics of Time

We are to bear in mind that time has certain characteristics, among of which are the following:

1. Time passes quickly.
2. Time that passes can never return, nor can it be compensated for, for time is irretrievable.
3. Time is the most precious thing that man possesses.

Duty towards Time:

            i.         Having all this great value and importance, time is to be duly appreciated and managed. There is no room for the so-called "killing time", for in time is really valuable.

Wasting time is much more dangerous than squandering property, because unlike property, time cannot be compensated. Free time is a blessing that is overlooked, and not wholly appreciated by many people.

                 ii.         Very important duties for a Human to try his utmost to utilize his time and make the best use of it in beneficial things. We all have the same amount of time -- it is just a matter of how we utilize or use it day in and day out.

         iii.         Learn how to organize time, and make a realistic plan for his worldly and religious duties, without overlapping the other. That is to say that one should know how to arrange his priorities: the most important and the most urgent comes first, and carried out according to schedule. Organizing and utilizing time also includes leaving a place for relaxation and entertainment, for 'all work and no play make Jack a dull boy.'

        iv.         One of the methods of managing his time properly is to get up early and sleep early, for early hours always yield great blessings. Starting his day with prayer and the supplication of the morning brings. Bear in mind that every time has its own task that suits it. Doing tasks in their due times brings about peace of mind and comfort.

          v.         A sane person, should divide his time into fours:

·         hours to invoke and think the  Blessing/Benefits of  this world

·         hours to count his own deeds

·         hours to contemplate and transverse about the creativity and beauty of world

·         hour to satisfy his worldly needs

Steps and Guidelines on Utilization of Time

Five key steps are involved in putting time utilization skill to work:

1.   Identify the non-value added tasks and habits that you have

2.   Eliminate most of your non-value added tasks and habits

3.   Streamline the remaining value-added tasks and habits

4.   Utilize multi-tasking whenever possible

5.   Intensify the way you live them out on a consistent basis

A few guidelines:

- Start early:

Make time to reach early for an appointment for fear of an unavoidable delay on the way to the appointment. Be early.

- Become clock conscious:

Be time conscious. Schedule your activities in advance

- Plan day's work:

Plan, times and sequence you’re various activities. Keep a check list of tasks to be done, prioritize them according to importance.

- Avoid interruption:

Do not allow others to interrupt you, while you’re on an important job or work.

- Assigning work or sharing tasks properly:

Share the tasks properly with other colleagues. If need keep them informed.

- Tighten your own schedule:

Keep a good habit of doing all works at right time. Schedule your daily chores like eating, going to bed, getting up etc.

- Make up your mind fast:

Be fast decision makers. Do not proscrinate and waste time in decision makings.

- Limit chitchat and conversations:

Avoid wastage of time in unwanted or undesired activities and gossiping. Keep friendly talks brief while on a task.

- Avoid unproductive activities:

If the activity is not going to be beneficial to you, better avoid it.

In general, sensible people know the importance of time.

     Imagine there is a bank which credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day, allow you to keep no cash balance, and every evening cancels whatever part of the amount you had failed to use during the day.

    What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course!

   Well, everyone has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose.

      It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours.

There is no going back. There is no drawing against the "tomorrow". 

You must live in the present on today's deposits. 

Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success! 

The clock is running. Make the most of today.

Treasure every moment that you have! 
And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time ... 
and remember that time waits for no one. . .

Yesterday is history, 
tomorrow a mystery, 
today is a gift, 
that's why it's called the present!

 

Excerpt with thanks from:

http://www.ezsoftech.com/akram/time.asp

Forbes

Irfan Mansuri