Guerrilla Time

More Time In Your Life, More Life In Your Time

Andrea Frausin, Jay Conrad Levinson

• Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781614489603
• Topic: Développement personnel
• Subtopic: Gestion du temps

Learn how to have "more time in your life, more life in your time" with easy and profound methods and tools which will enhance not only your time management but also the quality of your life. This book is strongly based on the most recent evolutions of personal and professional development so that what you will find inside is really applicable for effective change in your life. Save more time, discover what you really want and get the best out of your time.

CHAPTER 1

THE NEED FOR GUERRILLA TIME

“Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible”

(Lord Kelvin, physicist and former President of the Royal Society, 1895)

“Airplanes will never travel as fast as trains”

(William Henry Pickering, Astronomer, Harvard college, 1908)

“Guitar groups are on the way out, Mr. Epstein”

(Dick Rowe, Decca records, on The Beatles’ audition at Decca Records on January 1st, 1962)

“Time is money” (many authors, -2013)

All Guerrillas know time is more, much more, than money. Time is life and the quality of our time is the quality of our lives.

What value do you give to your time?

If you’re one of those “I haven’t got time” people, or if you’re always saying to yourself “If I only had more time,” or if you think that the quality of your life could be improved, then you’re in luck: this book is for you!

It’s All About YOU!

This book is not about time management. This book is about you.

It’s about your needs, your emotions and your dreams. It’s about your virtues and your faults. It’s about your great potential and your many talents, be these hidden away or clear for all to see. You and only you!

This book speaks to every human being.

It’s written for human beings, for people who dramatically want to improve themselves and the quality of their lives. People made of flesh and blood, people like you and me… real Guerrillas of Time.

Who are these people?

How do we spot these Guerrillas of Time? Well…

• you may see them fully enjoying life in the most unexpected ways (they understand themselves to be the best judges of their actions and don’t hang on the expectations of others)
• sometimes they’re happy, sometimes reflective, sometimes brilliant… they have a myriad of times and are a kaleidoscope of states…. each chosen deliberately by these particular people
• they know when to stop and when to carry on; they understand their own needs—their superficial needs and, above all, their deep needs; they know what must be done in order to feel better now, or if not now then at least not long from now
• they know what they want and they really want it
• sometimes they change their minds, which can be the wisest move
• they know how to be humble and resolute
• they are fully involved in listening whenever they decide to be so. They know how to be in the here and now, eyes open, ears pricked, senses tuned; living the “here and now” is truly a choice available to them
• they know how to withhold judgment
• they’re curious
• they know how to plan without becoming a victim of planning
• they’re able not to plan, yet do not wander, unless by choosing wandering
• they know how to enjoy a beautiful sunset and how to enjoy the rain, they know the pleasure of a single step on a long journey, whether first or last or one of the steps in between
• they know that life can be a work of art… a masterpiece of theatre in which they play the lead
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In the spaces above I’d like you to write down what you really want and… start to write your masterpiece!

Thousands and Thousands of Books on Time Management Which Forget About…

Of the thousands of books on the topic “time management” many of them will have forgotten about an essential element….

That’s right, you!

These books are little more than collections of “technical advice”, which becomes extremely hard to implement if the human element is left out, as, alas, often happens.

When it does happen, in a sense sweeping the issue under the carpet, time management may still bring some progress.

But what progress exactly?

Perhaps a spare thirty minutes here and there? We can hope!

What kind of time will this be and what value will it have?

If it’s not centered around you, if your needs as a human being, as a person, are not the keynotes in the symphony, then the quality of your life will not be as good as it might be.

What do I promise?

Miracles, magic solutions? Absolutely not!

What I promise is that, having read this book, you’ll have all it takes to become a real Guerrilla of Time.

You’ll learn all the essentials, all the elements, from the simplest to the most complex.

As you now know, you spot a Guerrilla by noticing that he or she acts where others simply acknowledge things or stare. If you truly want to augment the quality of your time, roll up your sleeves and practice, practice, practice what you find on these pages, making from the ingredients there listed the recipe for what you truly desire.

It won’t be simple. You’ll have to face a very important person, very important indeed. That person, of course, is you.

You, with your habits, with your faults, with your praiseworthy qualities. It’ll be hard at times.

Some Indian tribes use a special technique for taming elephants.

From a young age, the elephant is tied to a pole by a strong rope. The little elephant tries and tries, unsuccessfully, to get away from the pole.

His determination is to no avail… The pole is too big and the rope too strong.

As time passes, attempts become fewer, until the day he knows exactly how far he can go. His world is bound by an invisible circle. This is his explorable world. Then, once he has grown up big and strong, we are confronted by the remarkably strange sight of a tiny pole holding a behemoth at bay. He, of course, doesn’t see things this way. One more try and he’d burst through the wall of his invisible bubble… but instead he keeps on wandering, round and round his world.

When you come to explore unfamiliar or even entirely unknown lands, you won’t be alone. The tools you will find in this book will be with you, as will your fellow adventurers on this journey.

Your satisfaction at, finally, fully feeling yourself, with an ocean of new choices and opportunities before you, with your quality of life ever on the rise, perhaps to the surprise of those around you, will serve as ample reward for having undertaken this adventurous journey.

But don’t wait for these things to be before enjoying life. Enjoy the whole journey. Every single step you take, every word you read, every piece of advice you consider, every tool you put into action with disciplined practice. Too often, instead of rewarding ourselves and enjoying our time, we wait for goals beyond our reach to be met. Why bind ourselves this way? Why wait, wait and wait some more?

Don’t be satisfied with the first fruits borne of your endeavors, yet fully enjoy these fruits as they come to you… continue to look around, carefully listening, fully feeling every experience—the possibilities are endless. And when you fully enjoy the single moments of your life and you notice the quality of your life increasing significantly, in that moment—and that moment only— will you be a Guerrilla of Time.

If you think I’ve forgotten anything important, please let me know: It’s always, without exception, possible to improve.

CHAPTER 2

7+ DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL TIME MANAGEMENT (TTM) AND GUERRILLA TIME (GT)

There are some major differences between traditional time management and Guerrilla Time. Understanding them will help cast light on the path to becoming a Guerrilla of Time.

1. TTM Is Mainly About Techniques vs. GT Is About You

Traditional time management essentially focuses on techniques. Guerrilla Time is about you: It’s about your needs, your virtues, your faults. Too often time management advice is difficult to apply. Despite discipline in implementation, the advice tends to turn your habits upside down, to the point where you effectively refuse to make use of it. The worst outcome is that you feel like it’s you that isn’t working, that something’s wrong with you—the advice is fine, it’s just that you can’t make it work.

You might feel inadequate and helpless, even worse than how you felt before you started applying the techniques. They tell you: “Now you have the necessary awareness. You know the tricks of time management”—traditional time management, by the way—“These techniques work very well. It’s you that’s not working!” And if the training session is paid for by...