Time or Priorities

"I'd love to do that, but I don't have time." Do you ever say this? Hear it? Live it? While we might not get every single item crossed off our "bucket list," I find it hard to believe that we should have to forgo what we would "love to do." What this is actually about it priorities. Sometimes we have to give up one good thing for another. The choosing is important. What DO we TRULY want from our lives? Are we picking our hopes and dreams, or what we think is practical and acceptable? Make a choice and go for it! Don't regret what you didn't do, celebrate what you are doing. You DO have time for what you CHOSE to do!

Dr. Shaun Jamison

Not too late to Join the "Time" Teleclass!

Current Events

Improving Our Relationship with Time - Four Part Teleclass Wednesdays at Noon Central (1pm EST, 11am MT, 10am PT) starting July 16, 2008.

Join us for this interactive Teleclass! If you missed some sessions, they are available on audio replay so you can catch up.

Reduce anxiety, increase peace and start living with a better relationship with time.

$69.95.

Class sessions deal with:
1. - Challenges and Goals
2. - What Matters Most
3. - Saying No
4. - Being Present in the Now

Current Events

Improving Our Relationship with Time - Four Part Teleclass Wednesdays at Noon Central (1pm EST, 11am MT, 10am PT) starting July 16, 2008.

Join us for this interactive Teleclass!

Reduce anxiety, increase peace and start living with a better relationship with time.

Early bird discount applies until July 10, 2008. $49.95. On July 11th, it goes back up to $69.95.

Class sessions deal with:
1. - Challenges and Goals
2. - What Matters Most
3. - Saying No
4. - Being Present in the Now

Bonus! New to teleclasses? Want to "try before you buy?"

Free Teleclass! "Introduction to Teleclasses"What is a teleclass? How do I get the most out of a teleclass?Join us on July 9th at 12pm Central Time to learn about teleclasses.

To register, send your name and phone number with the subject line "Free Teleclass" to register@guideonyourside.com.

Finding Peace in a Chaotic World

My daughter received her first communion a few days ago. It was a lovely event and milepost in her life. However, the activity leading up to it did not seem to match the beauty and serenity that the ceremony symbolized.

There were the classes and scheduling conflicts. There must be a party. The party must have cake even though the reception at the church that the children must attend also has cake. Decisions needed to be made about photographs, who is coming, who sits where, and the list goes on. Naturally, the kids still had school and we still had work.

I made three choices to help with my peacefulness. First, I acknowledged the chaos, but decided not to get “sucked in.” Second, I chose to limit the level of busy-ness. We picked up sandwiches, I made a simple salad, we ordered the obligatory cake, and some very simple decorations. I paced myself by spreading out my jobs for the event throughout the week. Third, and most importantly, I reminded myself of the purpose of the event and what it meant for my daughter.

It is not everyday that we or someone we love reaches a big milepost, but each day we are challenged with busy-ness. Uncontrolled busy-ness causes needless stress and conflict. When we are stressed and conflicted our ability to contribute to a peaceful world is inhibited. When we resolve to be peaceful, we can best influence others to be peaceful.

Peace,

Dr. Shaun Jamison

Dr. Shaun Jamison, ACG, ALB is a speaker, law professor, and a business/life coach. He writes and speaks on journaling as well as improving our relationship with time. He may be found on the web at www.guideonyourside.com. He will be presenting at the June Region IV Toastmasters Conference.

Jamison Tapped for Time Presentation

Dr. Shaun Jamison, ACG, ALB, has been selected to present Improving Our Relationship with Time as one of the educational sessions at the Region IV Toastmasters Conference which will be held in Rapid City, SD June 26-28, 2008.

Do you feel like you do not have enough time for your personal and professional growth? Are you frustrated with time? Waiting? Wasted Time? Life and Business Coach Shaun Jamison, J.D., Ph.D., will lead an interactive session introducing ways to improve our relationship with time. How you use time is important, but so is how you choose to experience it.

The registration form appears below.

Too Many Emails!

Do you have this challenge? I bet you do. Here are some basic tips:

1. Unsubscribe to newsletters you just delete anyway. Save yourself a step.
2. If your email allows you to filter email into folders, set up rules to prioritize email. I.e., if it has an FW in the subject heading for "Forward" it goes into a folder that *maybe* you'll read.
3. If you have employees, teach them to use email efficiently. Concise, descriptive subject lines are very helpful to manage email. Senders should be clear about expectations - do they want a response or action? Only copy emails to people who *actually* need to see them.
4. If there is a string of emails going back and forth, schedule a call and resolve the issue. Again, only copy in people who need to know.
5. Delete, delete, delete. Set aside time to handle emails and delete or file them.
6. Answer your email. Not answering email only gives birth to more email or hard feelings. If you give out your email address, then do utilize it or don't let people know your address.
7. Let people know your preferences. When is an email appropriate or a call or voicemail? You know your habits, be honest.
8. Don't forward junk mail to others, it will only encourage them to send it to you and others. Those "alerts" are almost only bogus, so not only do they waste time, they often needless upset people. Chain letters weren't funny when they were in paper and they haven't improved in email.
9. Try sending a note through the postal system once in a while. It has a much better chance of being read these days than email. . .

Shaun G. Jamison, JD, PhD
www.guideonyourside.com
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Time, Part I

For those of you unfamiliar with Toastmasters, it is a great international organization dedicated to improving communication and leadership. I belong to a club that meets every week where we practice speaking and having well run meetings. We even time every aspect of the meeting to make sure we stay on task.

Today while I was celebrating in my mind our accomplishment of ending a little bit early, I coincidentally ran across a book called Time Shifting at the library. The book decries overemphasis on measuring time and suggests taping the word "Now" onto the faces of our watches. It does recognize that time measurement can serve an appropriate purpose in our Western, space age society, however, it must be balanced against being able to savor our experience and live in the moment . . . Later, I went for a walk in the mall and ran across a print of Dali's Exploding Clock. No doubt this story will continue. . .

Shaun