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Monday, April 25, 2011

Time Management

By definition, time management is actually the ability to efficiently help give more worth to the time and energy spent with the goal to make life better and easier.

I once knew a mentor who was a boss for a textile company. He would leave the house at around 7:00 in the morning, not even eating his breakfast, and he would head straight to work. By the time he gets there, he gets a cup noodle and puts hot water in it and starts doing his daily job. He checks if all the employees have arrived and are all in their respective work areas. Then, he checks all the machineries if they are all working efficiently. . He e-mails all the employees to make sure they are working efficiently and are not wasting time. Then, he makes calls to all his clients to assure them that all their orders are well on the way. By the time he finishes his calls, he doesn’t even notice its time for lunch. He hurriedly eats his lunch in the cafeteria then heads back to his office to take care of the papers all waiting for his attention. At 3:00 O’clock, he takes the time to visit each and every one of his employees to give prep talk and to make sure he has a healthy relationship with all his employees. By the time he finishes, its time to go home. He makes sure all the facilities are shut down and everything is in place before he locks the factory himself and leaves for home. In result, he gained the respect of his employees, and since they have deep respect for him, they make sure they do their jobs efficiently. Because of all of these, his textile company has long been successful.

In my view and opinion, I can say that he did manage his time well and it contributed much to the success of his textile company and the well-being of his employees. Because of his habit of always checking on his employees and giving a bit of his time to check on them or to talk to them, he has ensured for himself the future of his company. He manages his time wisely despite his heavy schedule. Though he’s such a workaholic, he still finds time to spend with his family and still finds the time to go out with his employees and has team-building sessions with them to make sure they never lose that good feeling they have with their boss and their colleagues. Also, his being able to bounce back from a major fall-out was a great motivation for all his clients. They then viewed him as a strong person which was a major plus for his company. Being viewed as a strong person can make your employees trust you and could give them enough confidence to bounce back from a major catastrophe. Also, his being around earlier than anyone else gives him the luxury to check everything, like if the machines are working or if all his employees arrived on time. And when he leaves late in the evening, he could also check all the outputs his employees have done and he could correct any mistakes that had been made so as to ensure product quality and work efficiency for the next day.

All in all, I could say that this employer has done well in managing his time and in keeping everything in order for his company. And being the man that he was, he never forgot to impart a little bit of the knowledge he had. He told me that in order to make life easier, I should plan ahead and never forget to stick to my schedule. In that way, I can make sure that life will be simple enough for me.

Problem Solving and Decision Making

If I were caught by the police with my accomplice, I’d first hold my tongue and not say anything. Then I’d start reviewing my options on what I could do to better my situation. So first I am told that if none of us would confess, we’d get away with a minor offense and would get a sentence of two years. My second option is if I blew the whistle, I’d get a lighter sentence than the other one, just a year in jail, but the other one will be in it for ten years. And lastly, if both of us spoke, we’d be both in jail for eight years.

Situations like these calls for the simple task of trust. Unless you trust the other person, you could ruin his life just so you could get away easier, but if you trust this man more than he trusts you, you could be in it for a long time. but if both of you really trusts one another, you’d keep quiet and not say anything to anyone.

But if I were put in a situation like that, I’d first evaluate my accomplice. Was he really trustworthy?

If the answer is yes, then I’d definitely keep quiet in order to make sure that we both are spared from a longer term. Since I know that we both committed the same crime and we both had a hand in doing it, I’ll make sure that we both get the same equal punishment. No sense in blowing the whistle since I know that we both did it and that I’ll be running away from him for the rest of my life for being a traitor to him.

But if the answer is no, well, I’d rather blow the whistle on him since I won’t lose anything if I did. If he didn’t tell on me, then well and good, I get only a year for a sentence. But if he told on me, well, at least we both get the same punishment, eight years isn’t bad, at least you get to have equal treatment.

Those are my choices, if I were only an observer. But if I was really put in a situation like that, I think I would really blow the whistle. No matter how trustworthy or untrustworthy the accomplice was. Of course, if I was put in that situation, things would be racing through my head, and the first thing that would really register is how I could get out of the mess I was in. I know I’d think of my partner, but then I’d justify my actions saying that he’d understand.

If I get the chance to speak to my accomplice on my decision, or anyone else for that matter, I’d just ask for his forgiveness and that there wasn’t anything I could do. It was either him or me. And of course, in reality, we really need to save our skin first, unless you’re Captain America. My action may or may not be justifiable, but it is human nature. Unless you really have the heroic potential in you, it would really be hard for you to save someone else before yourself.

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