Early to Bed, Early to Rise.
Makes a person, Healthy, Wealthy & Wise.
I learnt this saying from my Late father and inculcated this in my lifestyle from very early days of my childhood. At that time, my father used to tell this to us with his main emphasis that the early rays of sun and the morning fresh air are very useful for the body and also you feel rejuvenated all day long.
Later on, I realized that its not only about the early sun rays & fresh morning air, but its all about self discipline and time management. As, the above saying is being conceived in good old days, probably in those times, when there is scarcity of electricity or may be no electricity. So, the main idea behind this saying is to sleep early to make good use of the nighttime, wherein one cannot do much without availability of light. And by doing so, one can easily get up early and start his/her day with the onset of first rays of light. Remember the old farmers, they used to wake up at 4 am and move out towards their farms and start their work with the first rays of light. Also, this way one can make maximum use of the daylight available and finish off most of the pending works easily well on time, every time.
So, nowadays with every thing changed, with electricity available, round the clock. We need to understand this saying in respect of Self Discipline and Time Management. One has to understand the needs of his job/ work at hand and plan his/her day accordingly. Early to Bed nowadays means go to bed at the time so that one can have a sound sleep for at least 6 hrs and Early to rise means get up at the time which allows him/her to prepare for the day easily and reach his destination of work well on time. Punctuality is the key word, which comes with Self – discipline. The etiquettes say, “ if you reach five minutes earlier than the appointment, still you are ten minutes late”. Plan your day/ schedule, so that you can easily reach your destination at least fifteen minutes in advance. Believe me, it makes a difference, it starts making an impact slowly. People will recognize you for your ability to reach on time; they will recognize you as the person who stands by his commitment. Once you get this recognition, half the battle is won; you always start the match with an advantage, as “The First Impression is The Last Impression”. Also, by reaching early, you have ample of time with you to settle down and start your work at the time expected of you. Most of people think if their office starts at 9 am, they have to touch the office gate by 9 am with limit of extra 10 minutes. But, I think if your office starts at 9 am, you should be starting your work at least by 9 am. It means you should reach office at least 15 or 20 minutes before 9 am and easily take your coffee, talk to your colleagues (if there are any self disciplined persons), start your PC, settle down, etc. Try it for a week, you will feel less stressed out, you will start feeling that you have some extra time to finish off your work, it helps a lot.
The day started as usual with a glimpse of newspaper, and the front page displayed a photograph of Anil Ambani running on Mumbai streets in the early hours of the day when it’s still dark. The first few lines clearly says, he gets out of his house at 4.45am for his morning jog and after going through all his morning chores he reaches his office at 9 am. This shows what a Self Discipline person he is, at this stage of life, no one can dictate terms to him, but still he has a dedication, devotion, self-discipline, every possible virtue to drive him towards more success. Also, once a boss arrives on time at office, no other employee can dare to think of coming late to office. I have seen many bosses coming to office well late and then start shouting that no one in his / her company works on time. How can they expect others to deliver on time, when they themselves cannot even stick to coming on time to office? They should try to reach office on time like Anil Ambani and watch the productivity levels grow day by day.
So, be on time, every time, n ….Enjoy The Life!!!
Makes a person, Healthy, Wealthy & Wise.
I learnt this saying from my Late father and inculcated this in my lifestyle from very early days of my childhood. At that time, my father used to tell this to us with his main emphasis that the early rays of sun and the morning fresh air are very useful for the body and also you feel rejuvenated all day long.
Later on, I realized that its not only about the early sun rays & fresh morning air, but its all about self discipline and time management. As, the above saying is being conceived in good old days, probably in those times, when there is scarcity of electricity or may be no electricity. So, the main idea behind this saying is to sleep early to make good use of the nighttime, wherein one cannot do much without availability of light. And by doing so, one can easily get up early and start his/her day with the onset of first rays of light. Remember the old farmers, they used to wake up at 4 am and move out towards their farms and start their work with the first rays of light. Also, this way one can make maximum use of the daylight available and finish off most of the pending works easily well on time, every time.
So, nowadays with every thing changed, with electricity available, round the clock. We need to understand this saying in respect of Self Discipline and Time Management. One has to understand the needs of his job/ work at hand and plan his/her day accordingly. Early to Bed nowadays means go to bed at the time so that one can have a sound sleep for at least 6 hrs and Early to rise means get up at the time which allows him/her to prepare for the day easily and reach his destination of work well on time. Punctuality is the key word, which comes with Self – discipline. The etiquettes say, “ if you reach five minutes earlier than the appointment, still you are ten minutes late”. Plan your day/ schedule, so that you can easily reach your destination at least fifteen minutes in advance. Believe me, it makes a difference, it starts making an impact slowly. People will recognize you for your ability to reach on time; they will recognize you as the person who stands by his commitment. Once you get this recognition, half the battle is won; you always start the match with an advantage, as “The First Impression is The Last Impression”. Also, by reaching early, you have ample of time with you to settle down and start your work at the time expected of you. Most of people think if their office starts at 9 am, they have to touch the office gate by 9 am with limit of extra 10 minutes. But, I think if your office starts at 9 am, you should be starting your work at least by 9 am. It means you should reach office at least 15 or 20 minutes before 9 am and easily take your coffee, talk to your colleagues (if there are any self disciplined persons), start your PC, settle down, etc. Try it for a week, you will feel less stressed out, you will start feeling that you have some extra time to finish off your work, it helps a lot.
The day started as usual with a glimpse of newspaper, and the front page displayed a photograph of Anil Ambani running on Mumbai streets in the early hours of the day when it’s still dark. The first few lines clearly says, he gets out of his house at 4.45am for his morning jog and after going through all his morning chores he reaches his office at 9 am. This shows what a Self Discipline person he is, at this stage of life, no one can dictate terms to him, but still he has a dedication, devotion, self-discipline, every possible virtue to drive him towards more success. Also, once a boss arrives on time at office, no other employee can dare to think of coming late to office. I have seen many bosses coming to office well late and then start shouting that no one in his / her company works on time. How can they expect others to deliver on time, when they themselves cannot even stick to coming on time to office? They should try to reach office on time like Anil Ambani and watch the productivity levels grow day by day.
So, be on time, every time, n ….Enjoy The Life!!!
3 comments:
time M'ment does make life easier. Its a myth that you do it for others, its actually for your own self.
Self discipline on ther other hand may have different meaning to different people. Its how u look at life, work, and everything around you.
though i agree with most of the thoughts, my thoughts differ with the pluses and minuses. Yes you do need to strengthen your pluses but one shouldn't ignore his/her minuses. working on your minuses and making them into pluses is as much necessary to grow in life and be successful.
yes, I agree that there is a definite need to understand the minuses in life and work on to improve on that aspect to grow and achieve the ultimate possible. But with a committed concenteration on pluses one can easily reach till 90% of the goal, which is not a mean achievement by any means. So, the time to work on minuses comes only when you have reached that milestone and are not able to add furthur to your achievements.
So, work on positives till a saturation point comes n then only look at what else is needed in Life to grow furthur. Like, Ratan Tata has everything but not the iconic fame of JRD, so he started to do things like acquiring Corus( a company which is 5 times the size of Tata's, developing of Nano, (the one lakh car). These are the things done after saturation to get a fame & name like that of JRD or Dhirubhai.
always run the race at a pace u are accustomed to and then when u achieve the inertia and near the final touch point, then only try to increase the pace for a short duration to outpace the competetors. It is The tested method, try it, n... enjoy the Life!!!
I look at Time Management very differently... I do not abide by the early to bed early to rise rule! For me Time Management is about managing to make the best of every moment spent.... be it in bed, in office or with friends and family. I count the moments spent with my angel - my daughter Urvi - as the most treasured and next in line comes my husband. And then my parents... I don't think I have the skills to manage time so well that I can allot time slots to them.. I cannot plan my day and manage time to do all this.
Still I manage to... right?
Thats Time Management for me.....
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