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There is one way to achieve time management. And that is . . . to get it done. Time management is a tricky thing. We all have our own way, our own system. Something that works for one person may not work for another.

The most powerful advice I have ever received was learned through showing, not telling. According to Jennifer, a second grade teacher in Pennsylvania,

My parents are two of the most incredibly driven and motivated people I know. Both lawyers but with extremely different styles. I can vividly remember visiting them at their office. I walked into my mom’s office and there were papers flying everywhere. Aggressive typing, yellow notepads with scribbles, and phone calls occurring. Next, I walked across the hall to my father’s office. One pad of paper on his desk. A single blue pen perfectly aligned to his pad of paper. And my father, completing a task and checking it off.

They worked in the same law office and are both extremely successful lawyers . . . how could one place have two totally different styles? It’s taken me quite some time to come to the realization . . . but case in point . . . find what works for you, become good at “your way” and make it happen.