Untold volumes of literature have been written about the concept of time management and personal productivity. I’ve produced many articles on the subject of better performance, procrastination, and organization. Add to that tips, techniques, and tactics to help you get more done.

This idea of providing advice where “the rubber meets the road” is well and good. But it’s a ground level view of life and it’s easy to forget the bigger picture “why-we-do-what-we-do” kind of thing.

Is time management really about managing all the time we have available from when we arise in the morning to the evening when our heads hit the pillow?

Is time management all about maximizing every minute to the best use possible?

Is time management an answer to low income, poor health, and broken relationships?

Is time management just for the solopreneur or freelancer? Does time management help the factory production worker? The single working mom? The busy homemaker? The writer, architect, and fireman? The programmer, secretary, and entrepreneur?

Can time management solve all of our worries, hopes and dreams?

Is time management itself the panacea we would like it to be?

The answer is yes. And no…

Yes, as part of your plan to get where you’re going you’ll need a method and several techniques to help you free up time to do the necessary actions. Reaching for goals and aspirations requires time and hard work to bring them to fruition.

On the other hand, The answer is no… Not because time management techniques don’t work… they do. It’s just that time management is not the area of focus when it comes to achieving goals, it’s about the goal itself. Time management is a means to an end.  Time management really isn’t about managing time… It’s about managing our own selves and how we use the time we’re allotted. Knowing our own particular inclinations such as laziness and having a technique to combat that.

Maybe we have habit of arriving late. Having a cheat to use like setting your clock ahead 15 minutes ensures your on time.

Coming to grips with a lack of focus might be as simple as writing down your tasks and doing the number one priority item first and not quitting until it’s complete.

The ingenious techniques we espouse are answers to questions that hold us back and hinder our productivity. The problem rarely is a lack of time because we all possess the same 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day.  Many people have achieved great things and done great exploits in the same 24 hour period.

Our productivity or lack of it is dependent on us. So it becomes our lot to take responsibility for our own results and set on task of improving those results.

Is time management a myth and a skill only possessed by the elite or is it a miracle tool that can help you get far more done that you ever thought you could do on your own?

It’s just a tool… the miracles happen because of it.