Time management is the new rage and time-bound working the new Dharma. Being a scarce and non-renewable commodity, time is highly valued. Losing time is equivalent to losing money. Success is known to be the result of managing your time efficiently.

TIME MIS-MANAGED IS FAILURE

Let us take the example of a person who viles away his time only to repent it later. He always loses the opportunity to get a handle on his time and put it to productive use. His growth is stunted until he does that. He is not carefree but lazy. He wishes to make it big but can’t get himself to change his ways.

TIME MANAGED IS ANOTHER FAILURE

Thereafter, he attends a few time management programmes. This helps him change his habits. He cuts down on time-wasters and re-invests his time for his growth. He ends up being successful and keeps setting higher and higher growth goals. He becomes yet more successful but yet more busy. He is not left with enough time for his health, his leisure and his family. He spends the later part of his life spending his wealth to earn back his health and harmonious relationships.

TIME NOT-MANAGED IS SUCCESS

Juxtapose this with a third scenario: the life of a truly care-free person. This person appears similar to the lazy person from the first scenario. But in actuality he is different because he doesn’t wish to change his non-serious ways in the first place. He doesn’t value success as much as the world around him does. He has no special need for fame or power. He is happy with his mundane existence.