Leadership reflections 2017
Time: More than money by Sheuneni Kurasha
3 January 2017
The ability to manage time effectively is one of the major differences between successful and unsuccessful people. Time is a resource that is available to all in equal proportion – no one has 72 hours in a day, we all have 24 hours each day. The difference is what we do with that time.
Time management is crucial because we don’t live forever – our lives are shorter than we think and wish for. We therefore, should make optimum use of our time.
Back in 1748, one of the founding fathers of the United States, Benjamin Franklin coined the maxim that “time is money” in an essay titled Advice to a Young Tradesman.
My own experience has taught me that time is in fact more than money. As a Zimbabwean who stays in in Namibia, I have to visit home occasionally to monitor my projects and attend to other social obligations. When I come home, the most precious and yet scarce thing I have to deal with is TIME. Every day I wake up with a double digit ‘to do list.’ While I can save money during the course of the year to spend when I come home, I can’t do the same with time. I can even ask a friend to borrow me their excess money to spend now and return it later when they need it, BUT I can’t ask anyone to borrow me their excess time, whether they will use it or not.
While different responsibilities and pressures in our lives demand our attention, let's remember Apostle James' warning: “….You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes” (James 4:14 NIV).
In his epistle to Ephesians, Paul warns us to “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:15-16 NIV). Let’s live each day with an eternal perspective so that we make the most of every moment.
God bless you.
Time: More than money by Sheuneni Kurasha
The ability to manage time effectively is one of the major differences between successful and unsuccessful people. Time is a resource that is available to all in equal proportion – no one has 72 hours in a day, we all have 24 hours each day. The difference is what we do with that time.
Time management is crucial because we don’t live forever – our lives are shorter than we think and wish for. We therefore, should make optimum use of our time.
Back in 1748, one of the founding fathers of the United States, Benjamin Franklin coined the maxim that “time is money” in an essay titled Advice to a Young Tradesman.
My own experience has taught me that time is in fact more than money. As a Zimbabwean who stays in in Namibia, I have to visit home occasionally to monitor my projects and attend to other social obligations. When I come home, the most precious and yet scarce thing I have to deal with is TIME. Every day I wake up with a double digit ‘to do list.’ While I can save money during the course of the year to spend when I come home, I can’t do the same with time. I can even ask a friend to borrow me their excess money to spend now and return it later when they need it, BUT I can’t ask anyone to borrow me their excess time, whether they will use it or not.
While different responsibilities and pressures in our lives demand our attention, let's remember Apostle James' warning: “….You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes” (James 4:14 NIV).
In his epistle to Ephesians, Paul warns us to “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:15-16 NIV). Let’s live each day with an eternal perspective so that we make the most of every moment.
God bless you.
An interesting analysis of the relationship between time and money. As you point out time is finite but money can be unlimited. You may also say How we use our time will have a relationship with how much wealth we have hence the relationship time is money. In the final analysis time and money are variables in the same equation with time being the stronger variable.
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