Tuesday 14 February 2012
A week ago, a mutual friend of my wife and me phone me to help him in “time management”. We sat a day to meet up. To me, it his request offers us an opportunity to catch up on what those times that had passed us by.
We met, chat about his family and what he is doing at the moment and some of areas of common interest. He has progressed in his career and is about to take on a new post as manager for logistic in his previous company. He sees this as an honour as his previous employer had invited him to help him. His concern is that his new post would demand more of his time and he is seeking on how he can manage his time more efficiently and effectively.
I took this opportunity to coach him by asking him some questions that challenged him to think about solutions to his predicament. In the process he came to realize that his children are controlling him in that there are no set boundaries of proper behaviour. Much time is spent on nagging, yelling, and bribing them to get up, wash up and prepare for school. The same routine is repeated to get them to bed. With this realization, he can move forward with approaches to handle the issue.
As for Irene – my wife – she has the innate ability/talent/strength that allows her to accomplish many things within the day. At this moment our grandson is staying with us. Irene would get up before her grandson and other member of the family is up. She will wash the cloths, put the water to boil and even make breakfast and sweep the floor some of the time.
Later in the day, she would prepare to bath her grandson while he is in the play pan playing with his toys and watching Astro Baby TV channel. In the afternoon, when her grandson is sleeping she would prepare his food and dinner. Irene’s ability to plan what she wants to do (house work) in alignment with the time available to her makes her efficient and effective.
No 13 attribute of a great wife: Plan her work and work her plan.
Cheers.
Hope to see you soon.
Hope to see you soon.
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