MEET THE 3T’S OF LIFE

Time, Timing, and Time Management!

Time is one the most elusive, nonspatial, and irreversible occurrences that will ever exist. Time cannot be exported, imported, expedited, replicated, defeated, or conquered. Time can represent a moment and be the face of eternity simultaneously. Back in the day, the senior folks would say, keep living… what I have learned is that means Time is a teacher. Each day God gives you, a new lesson will be learned. I’ve also learned that every day will become yesterday – Time does not stand still, nor does life.

I believe life is a journey to be lived “A Day At A Time,” and I firmly believe that with a good understanding of Timing integrated with Time Management, you can develop a healthy relationship with Time. Our relationship with the three Ts brings clarity; when you see with clarity, you can aim and hit your target more accurately.

Seeing is not merely with the human eye but perceiving and understanding life through a clear lens of Time, Timing, and Time Management in everything you do. Everything and everyone has an appointment with Time.

Here’s a revelation: You can naturally and harmoniously learn and apply the principles of TIME, TIMING, and TIME MANAGEMENT according to your God-given rhythm of life that’s already down on the inside of you to help you manage to master all three. It’s not about changing your rhythm; it’s about synchronizing your inherent rhythm with T-I-M-E, TIMING, and TIME MANAGEMENT.

Why is Time a Teacher?: Because your core beliefs about Time, Timing, and Time Management permeate every thought you have, the decisions you make, and actions performed - and will directly influence your ability to pass or fail the tests of time, timing, and time management.

Let’s look at life through the microscopic lens of Time, Timing, and Time Management – because they do not stand alone! TIME will always be in the past, present, and future – but our views about time, timing, and Time Management are sometimes subjective, dimensional, and controversial. This revelation took way too long for me to comprehendand I don’t want you to spend precious time wandering around in a desert land as I did.

How Do I Master Time?: Learning to allow your natural rhythm to instruct you on making wiser decisions. Your rhythm of life will show you how to use better judgment, open your mind to learn ways to increase your knowledge, give you understanding, impart the clarity you need so you can see the way you need to take and train you to exercise better problem-solving skills for more successful outcomes.

What Will I Achieve?” You will learn when to say yes and when to say no, or at least not now. That means you begin to recognize when to stop doing the right things at the wrong time and start doing things at their appointed time; embrace time as your best friend, not your worst enemy!

We all struggle with managing our day because of Time constraints, many of which we cannot control. However, the relationship between TIME, TIMING, and TIME MANAGEMENT seems to be the greatest challenge for most individuals.

Time, Timing, and Time management are not destinations – each continues to evolve | and develop throughout our lives through the thousands of events we will encounter along our journey.

Once you complete one project, achieve one milestone, or finish one race, another will appear before you. That’s why we need many moments of spiritual solidarity, revelation, liberation, and times of healing and refreshing. These moments happen a day at a time, shaping the whys, hows, whats, and whens we experience along our journey.

Starting Something New

When starting something new most people what to know why they are doing it; they need to understand the purpose or reason for doing the task, and that's fair—but immediately following the resolution of why in their mindthen it's on to how - how are they going to attain or complete the task in front of them – will it be done by a tangible or intangible method, formula or process. And finally, people need a realistic but challenging explanation of what specified outcomes or results to expect from performing the assigned tasks. Time, Timing, and TM are the interface for all three.

So please take a deep breath with me…stay focused and lets keep moving.

Listen closely: Sometimes your life may feel like you are standing at home plate waiting for the perfect pitch, and the pitcher throws you a curveball, then a fastball, now a changeup, and maybe he even throws you the perfect pitch – but here's the reality; no matter what the pitch – if you swing and fail to hit the ball it’s called a strike and after three strikes – you are out! You might say that's how I feel about Time,

Timing, and TM. I have tried repeatedly to master all three – but I keep striking out – and now my life is dysfunctional; I am overwhelmed, overworked, and overextended Being a good hitter in baseball is about mastering all three. The key is for the player to know how much time he needs to commit to practicing his form, developing the awareness of his timing or rhythm, and then to self-administrate time management to maximize his ability to use his time effectively to work out, get rest, and more.

Leveling all three increases that player's ability to begin to calculate from the moment the ball leaves the pitcher's glove to the moment he must begin to move | angle his entire body, so the bat can make direct contact with the baseball using the right amount of force. The same applies to the hockey player racing around the ice rink with a bunch of guys swinging a skinny stick, trying to strike at a tiny little rubber puck on a floor of ice, to make a shot into a net – at the right time and timing, at the best angle to get past the goalie to score a goal.

How about that quarterback who throws the ball to the receiver, who has to estimate the timing and speed of the ball which he through the air, all while calculating the speed and timing of the receiver; simultaneously while the receiver is calculating the timing of the quarterbacks throw to ensure he will be in the right place at the best time to catch the ball mid-air | run into the end zone to score a touchdown.

Have you ever wondered how basketball players can run back and forth up and down the court, throwing a basketball back and forth multiple times among their teammates with the opponent on their heels, waving their arms in their faces, reaching in to grab the ball – and somehow still pass the ball to their teammate or jump and shoot the ball sending the ball flying through the air with such, velocity, timing and precision that the ball goes through the hoop –sometimes not even touching the net?

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