Changing Behavior

We are all individuals who are deeply conditioned.

We are going to use habituated behavior when it enhances and renews our life.

But when habituated behavior brings us to the brink of perdition what is our logical response?



In the book of Douglas and Douglas, Managing yourself is managing yourtime. Below are some of their ideas.



1. Identify the habit you want to change.

2. Carefully define the new habit you wish to develop.

3. Begin the new behavior as strongly as possible.

4. Never deviate from the behavior until the new habit is firmly established.

5. use opportunity to practice the new behavior.

Notes on Time Management

The article came from the newsletter that I was able to produce in the early 1990. It is called TimecaP. It is a printed mimeographed vehicle to communicate time management tools and experience. I did snail-mass mailing to reach my readers. Stamp cost P2.00.

Below is a write-up:

Time is a vital part of our life.
It exist though we may not see it.
If I deny it, I lose a lot of available wealth for me.
It is like having the notion that wealth is readily available for us.
Time is always available for us.
It is knowing where we must go.
It is knowing our direction in life. It is using this time to achieve these goals that we have set.
Wealth we must understand is not outside us.
Wealth is inside us.
Wealth is not money.
Money are only means to ends.
Money is never an end.
Wealth is our personhood.
Wealth is us.
Wealth is relationship. It renews and affirm.
Effective time management is knowing our personhood and our direction in life.
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Use time or lose time.

The use of time has something to do with knowing yourself and this is of utmost importance. What we do in life should be to point out, or directed at self-knowledge. Without self-knowledge there is no palpable direction.

Using time is a recognition of yourself. There is a desire that propels your behavior to move from point A to point B. This is motivation. Motivation is a tremendous transformative force. It is this force that change is achieved.

Benefits of Time Management

I have been giving Time Management seminar for the past ten years. Thus, I wanted to share with you my experiences, readings and practices of a particular instrument.

What are the benefits of taking a time management course in your life?

1. Knowing where your time goes.

2. Valuing goals.

3. Understanding and setting your priorities.

4. Using your time log.

5. Understanding the dynamics of behavior.

6. Differentiating the Urgent and the Important.

7. Identifying your time wasters.

8. Planning.

A Prayer

There are decisions that must be made today and obligations that must be fulfilled.

There are deadlines to be met and duties to be performed.

But we know God, that You will lead us to the right path.

We do have bad days and we make stupid mistakes.

We know we sometimes fail to live up to other's expectations.

But Lord, despite our shortcomings, you have not given up on us.

We are not as beautiful as we want to be.

We are not as young as we used to be.

We are not as talented as we wish to be.

We may not even have the time that we need to be.

But Lord, You make us feel great and enlightened because You have chosen us to be your instruments.

May we all have the courage and strength to face the challenges that will confront us today.

Give us the full awareness of others and always be at service to them.

Amen.

(Anonymous from a forwarded email)

Goals

One of the very basic human reality is about human intention.

This is understood as human goals, be they individual or collective in nature.

Since we are an existential human project and intentionality as the gift of human awareness, our way of living is directed towards action, towards goal accomplishment that is deemed towards human needs and satisfaction.

We cannot escape this reality as we wake up every morning.

Thus, one should be aware of his/her goal in the day-to-day engagement be they activities for survival or spiritual ones.

Exercise: Write down five goals in a piece of paper. Eg. Alphabetize files, Clean study table, Update yourself by reading the latest book on magic.

Writing goals as an exercise is an excellent activity because you will be able to review your goals. You will have the chance to go back into it because you have a record of your consciousness at that particular time and intention.

First Entry

Hi! I'm AL Leonidas.

The intention of this blogsite is to share with you my knowledge of time management.

We all know that time is an essential component of our activity.

We live in time.
We have joy in time.
We suffer in time.
We love and make love in time.
We also die in time.
Time is inevitable.
Time has no beginning nor an end.
Time will exists independent of our consciousness.
Time will be there.
Time conquers us.
We cannot conquer time we can only use time for time is beyond our frail body.

Whether we like it or not time will be there.

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In the following entries and engagement in this blogsite, I hope the materials will be able to help you in managing your time.

Feedbacks are welcome. My mobile number is: 0917 856 6747 email: jleonidas@gmail.com