The views expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those of the CEOWORLD magazine.įollow CEOWORLD magazine headlines on Google News, Twitter, and Facebook.Are you ready to RUMBLE? WAHC is pleased to present a fall brawl of a season with Punching the Clock: Working to Wrestle in Hamilton, an exhibition of design and research by Dave Kuruc. Did the world end because you only focused on the big stuff? Or, did things hum? And, most importantly, how did you feel? More or less stressed? Track Latest News Live on CEOWORLD magazine and get news updates from the United States and around the world. Then, after the week is over, gauge the results. So, that means none of the lesser or insignificant items on your list. Do NOT do anything this week BUT these critical items. For one week, perform the most important items or tasks on your To Do list FIRST.Did you work more or less? You more than likely will find you were able to work less and still get your job done. Then, for one week, don’t focus on the hours you work but the work you need to perform. Talk to your Boss, if you have one, and let know you are going to “test” an experiment.So, don’t go looking for work that is simply unimportant or useful. For one week, quit looking for meaningless work to perform.Here are a few Actionable Suggestions that can bring you immediate results. Isn’t it time you move from a Time-Based Worker into a Performance- Based Worker? I call that this the “Bring More Value” approach. But if you work for a company that “requires” its workers to be in the office all day from 8-5, then you need a new approach. Obviously, if you work for yourself or have job flexibility, this is already a given. If you let go of these old beliefs and focus on Adding Value, you can then shift the requirements of your job. It is solely based on performance and results. Your business exists because of the success of that relationship. You have a company because of your customers or clients. This same concept applies to Business Owners and CEOs. You’ll be looking for a new job faster than you can say “Industrial Age.” Trust me, stop bringing value to your job role, even if you keep working your 8-5 schedule and watch what happens. You were hired and are still employed because you DO a job, you bring RESULTS, so you essentially bring “value” to your company. Listen close: to bring value to your company!! Do you really? Why were you hired in the first place? Sounds great but I have a job that requires me to be in the office from 8-5. Now, I know where your mind instantly went. If you want to move from a Time-based employee to a Performance-based worker, the first thing you need to do is jettison ALL of your old BELIEFS on the “traditional” workday. Today’s issues are less about punching a time-clock and more about learning to “clock out. Plus, in today’s smartphone in our pocket or purse world, we’re always working because information is always flowing. And, for every one of those types, there’s the other guy, who has to work 12 hours to finish the same workload.Įvery human is different and unique so why would we EVER assume we’re all the same when it comes to TIME?

We all know employees who can get tasks or jobs done in half the time. The main problem with traditional, 20th Century Time Management is that it operates on a flawed premise: That everyone needs to work an 8 hour day. Shouldn’t the 21st Century Workday match our new world as well? We’re in the Creative Age, where information flows instantly and business is all about being creative and bringing massive value to your customers or clients. We blew past the Industrial Age decades ago, moved into the Information Age and even have outgrown that. It still happens even now.īut everything except the need for an 8-hour workday has changed. Since the early days of industrialization, the business world has built itself for employees to punch that clock. I call this the “punch the time-clock” structure. The entire reason we have the 8-hour workday (it used to be longer) is because it is based on the factory system. We are living in the 21st Century but the business world is still operating like a factory in 1910.

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