The Cost of Time Management Systems - It is in Time!

This is a topic not many people discuss. The truth of the matter is that any time management system including the ones I have developed cost time to implement. Like any other investment and make no mistake about it time is invested just like any other commodity, time must be evaluated in terms of the return on investment. So, if a particular time management system takes five hours a week to implement and maintain, if it does not save you more and in my opinion much more than five hours a week why would you do it. If you are making lists, updating lists, re-typing lists and priorities into a software program, this is in actuality time you could be using to do the true things you need to get done. So making a list of the things you need at the grocery store saves you the time of other trips when you realize you forgot something. This simple example should be used to look at all of your time management activities. Your system takes a certain amount of time.

So take a good look at how much time you are investing in time management and try to calculate if the time is actually providing you with a return of more time saved elsewhere in your life. This is why for many people a simple system is the way to go to gain immediate improvements without a huge investment of time.

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