047: What is Your Time Mindset?

Time Mindset can have a profound impact on your productivity. Productive people don’t have more time than unproductive people. But, they do have a different mindset about it. If you want to see an increase in your productivity, one of the things you need to think about is your relationship with time.
 
How much time have you spent thinking about your relationship with time?

Do you approach it unconsciously, or do you know where you stand with it?

I think a lot of people are really unconsciously dealing with time.

The symptoms of someone who doesn’t consciously understand their relationship with time are things like getting to the end of your day and not getting the most important things done.
Or starting every conversation with “I’m so busy” or “sorry I couldn’t get you what I promised, I’ve just been so busy.”

Another common symptom is negative self talk about your productivity. Telling yourself you just aren’t accomplishing what you want to accomplish. Being down on yourself or – even more diabolical, making yourself a victim of time.

These are all symptoms that occur when you aren’t conscious of your relationship with time. And, the simple way to fix them is to become conscious of it. Once you become conscious of it, you will begin to see that you can become more productive because your mindset sets you up to be more productive.
 
Notice your mindset about time. Are you making decisions about how you spend your time or are you unconsciously letting your time get by you?

Do you feel good about your time mindset?

Do you have a mindset about time that serves to make you more productive, or is it limiting you to a life where you feel like there just isn’t enough time?

Become someone who takes responsibility for your time mindset.

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