LEADERS ARE PUNCTUAL“Our problem is not too little time, but
making better use of the time we have. Each
of us has as much time as anyone else.”^8
(Oswald Sanders)One of the best ways to win over procrastination is to prioritize your time.
Learn some basic principles of time management – and reprioritize your
life around them. Priorities will help you move logically and sequentially
from goal to goal. Priorities will help you do the right things – not just
do things right. Then and only then will you avoid living your life in
irrelevant circles – which does not make you a “Big Wheel!” The Bible
calls this the lifestyle of a fool who is on a meaningless circuitous journey to
eternal anonymity!
The principle is still true that says: “The shortest distance between two points
is a straight line.” Effective leaders like straight lines to the obvious – rather
than circuitous lines around the solution! Good leaders usually do not like
“holding patterns” or “treading water.” They want to “cut to the chase”
and get to the bottom line...goal line...finish line as quickly as possible.
The only way to do that is by prioritizing your life and then allotting your
time accordingly. Once you get “first things first,” it is much easier to
prioritize the rest of your life. Here are the basic Biblical priorities for
you to build your life around:
Time with your Savior (Christ);
Time with the Scripture (Word);
Time with your Spouse (Mate);
Time with your Sires (Children);
Time with your Sheep (People).Once you prioritize your life around these Biblical values, and commit
yourself by God’s help to be punctual in your time allotment to them, you
will be qualified to lead others. In order to be able to lead others, you must
first of all be led yourself. The person who cannot lead himself through
self-discipline and wise time-management, will not be able to lead others.
If you can’t manage your own time, you certainly cannot manage other
people’s time – which is what leadership is all about.