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Today the topic is time – how we think about it, frame it and manage it.
Productivity appears to be the name of the game today, which becomes an incredibly frustrating aspect to focus on. We never feel productive enough, the end of our work time seems so far in the future, and our fleeting day to day never really meets our expectations to catch up to our long term goals and priorities.
But when we think about a 30 year (or 20, 15, 10 or 5 year) horizon, we can break things down into a different sort of framework. When I put a 30 year view, rethought as only 360 months, something changes in the way I approach it.
And when we think about where we wish to be, recognizing progress is an important part of making sure we are heading in a direction that is meaningful to us. Our context changes over time, our views and priorities shift, and a constant dialogue with ourselves is vital as we look to progress and push forward.
From goal setting to ambition – this podcast covers the loop, and gives you a number of different questions to ask yourself as you move forward. Enjoy!
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Welcome to Bellwether. Thank you, episode 121. It’s good to see everybody again or hear everybody again, or just know that you’re listening. It’s a wonderful thing. Today we’re talking about time in this fun, philosophical kind of, well, not really philosophical, but kind of philosophical way, um, time management. It’s almost a new way to think about time management and a little perspective on time and how I feel like there is so much, especially from a social media standpoint, so much pressure to take action and do all of these things and things are changing so quickly, and how do I do this and how do I do that? And I have to get things done, and I have to do all of these things. And perspective really helps as we go through these types of things.
0:46
And so, you know, I was talking to the team, um, and I’ve talked to clients about this too, you know, oh, do I really want to do this job for another 30 years and what do I have? And I’m only 35, I wanna go to 65, or I’m 45 and I’ve only got 20 years, or whatever it is. Um, and there’s, you know, 30 years seems like so far away, especially if you’re in your early thirties and it’s, you know, double the life that you’ve already had. And it seems, you know, think about all the experiences you’ve had over time, and there’s a lot of time that you can, you think you have a lot of time, I guess. And then there’s this other side of the coin saying, you never know when, when the, the good world is gonna spit you out. And, you know, you’re only on this rock for a short amount of time, and how do you, how do you get more done with the time that you have?
1:30
And it’s more pressure we put on ourselves. And, you know, when I think about a 30 year time horizon, it’s only 360 months. Um, and when I think about 30 years, there’s only 360 months. It, it kind of says it’s not a lot of time.
1:46
And, you know, my, my daughter, she’s coming up on six, so she’s five now. That’s what, 60 months? 60 months are gone already outta those 360. So that’s, um, you know, so how are you thinking about your time horizon?
1:58
That’s what I wanna talk about today. Is it a 30 year horizon, a 20 year horizon, a 10 year horizon? Uh, I’m 45, 44, something like that, somewhere in my mid forties. And so I probably have, like, you know, we always, in work, we think about our horizon to the age of 65.
2:18
Um, and that’s a built in assumption that we have, right? Oh, I have to do this until I’m 65 and then I can retire. And, uh, I got 20 years left and, and maybe 15, maybe whatever. I like to think about it until I’m 60.
2:31
The youngest of our kids is gonna be 18, close the doors, I get freedom and life is gonna be good . Um, but the 65 thing is interesting. If, if, you know why we picked 65 as a retirement age, and I learned this a long time ago. There was this, you know, retirement coaching thing that I had done. And, um, you know, the age of 65 came.
2:54
Here’s a quick history lesson. The age of 65 as a retirement came from Adovan Bismark back in and fun knowledge aspect of it. The reason they picked the age of 65, Adovan, Bismarck wanted in a position Germany as like the premier, um, cosmopolitan place in Europe. And so he came out saying, Hey, if you work until you’re 65, once you’re 65, the state will take care of you. And it was supposed to be this nice big thing and, you know, look how, look how forward thinking we are.
3:20
But the reason they picked the age of 65 is something like, less than 3% of people lift past that. And so it wasn’t gonna be this big financial impact on, on the business, but it, or on the, on the state. So it took this big, it was, it was more of like, look at this good pr we could get out of it. It’s not really gonna impact us, but it took fire and say, oh, we can work until 65 and, and do it.
3:39
That assumption’s going away. You know, as you look at people who get to the age of 65, they still have plenty of value. They still have lots of things to do. They still want to work. They still need some kind of purpose. Um, and when we get to 65, you’ll find that there’s just a lot more to be done. And you’re not just going out to pastor and you’re not just gonna die in 10 years and, and do whatever. People are living longer and everything else.
4:01
So, um, when we think about time on the long-term horizon, uh, I heard a good quote the other day. Some guy named Kevin Kelly, I have no idea who he is, not the Kevin Kelly. I know, I actually know a couple of Kevin Kelly’s, but none of those, I don’t know who Kevin Kelly is, but I heard this quote. Um, we tend to overestimate what we could do in the short term and underestimate what we can do in the long term.
4:23
And that’s, you know, when we think about saving for retirement and, and all of these things, we kind of, it sneaks up on us, right? All of these things sneak up on us. Say, where did the time go? And we need different mindsets to accommodate for this.
4:36
We need, um, you know, a long-term kind of vision, a, a short-term vision, a, a one year vision, a quarterly vision, a monthly, a weekly whatever it is, a daily. Um, and we have to change our mindsets on each of these because who we are as an individual actually changes. You know, one of the things I learned when I was becoming a coach is, you know, you set all these goals for yourself and you make a little bit of progress on one of these goals. You actually become, if your behavior changes, which it will, you actually become a different person, you’re gonna make different types of choices over time as you become a different human being and a different person. And context changes, the world changes.
5:18
You get kids, you get, you know, you buy a home, whatever, you, you get all of these types of things. And so we have to do this constant reevaluation on what’s relevant and what’s important to us. And part of that reevaluation is to recognize the progress that we’ve actually made. And we lose sight of all the things that we’ve accomplished over a period of time. And, and when I, I speak to clients who are frustrated with, um, you know, 20 years at corporate, and who am I and where am I going? And there’s never a discussion on the progress that they’ve made.
By Jim Frawley, Bellwether4.6
1212 ratings
Today the topic is time – how we think about it, frame it and manage it.
Productivity appears to be the name of the game today, which becomes an incredibly frustrating aspect to focus on. We never feel productive enough, the end of our work time seems so far in the future, and our fleeting day to day never really meets our expectations to catch up to our long term goals and priorities.
But when we think about a 30 year (or 20, 15, 10 or 5 year) horizon, we can break things down into a different sort of framework. When I put a 30 year view, rethought as only 360 months, something changes in the way I approach it.
And when we think about where we wish to be, recognizing progress is an important part of making sure we are heading in a direction that is meaningful to us. Our context changes over time, our views and priorities shift, and a constant dialogue with ourselves is vital as we look to progress and push forward.
From goal setting to ambition – this podcast covers the loop, and gives you a number of different questions to ask yourself as you move forward. Enjoy!
Your content goes here. Edit or remove this text inline or in the module Content settings. You can also style every aspect of this content in the module Design settings and even apply custom CSS to this text in the module Advanced settings.
Welcome to Bellwether. Thank you, episode 121. It’s good to see everybody again or hear everybody again, or just know that you’re listening. It’s a wonderful thing. Today we’re talking about time in this fun, philosophical kind of, well, not really philosophical, but kind of philosophical way, um, time management. It’s almost a new way to think about time management and a little perspective on time and how I feel like there is so much, especially from a social media standpoint, so much pressure to take action and do all of these things and things are changing so quickly, and how do I do this and how do I do that? And I have to get things done, and I have to do all of these things. And perspective really helps as we go through these types of things.
0:46
And so, you know, I was talking to the team, um, and I’ve talked to clients about this too, you know, oh, do I really want to do this job for another 30 years and what do I have? And I’m only 35, I wanna go to 65, or I’m 45 and I’ve only got 20 years, or whatever it is. Um, and there’s, you know, 30 years seems like so far away, especially if you’re in your early thirties and it’s, you know, double the life that you’ve already had. And it seems, you know, think about all the experiences you’ve had over time, and there’s a lot of time that you can, you think you have a lot of time, I guess. And then there’s this other side of the coin saying, you never know when, when the, the good world is gonna spit you out. And, you know, you’re only on this rock for a short amount of time, and how do you, how do you get more done with the time that you have?
1:30
And it’s more pressure we put on ourselves. And, you know, when I think about a 30 year time horizon, it’s only 360 months. Um, and when I think about 30 years, there’s only 360 months. It, it kind of says it’s not a lot of time.
1:46
And, you know, my, my daughter, she’s coming up on six, so she’s five now. That’s what, 60 months? 60 months are gone already outta those 360. So that’s, um, you know, so how are you thinking about your time horizon?
1:58
That’s what I wanna talk about today. Is it a 30 year horizon, a 20 year horizon, a 10 year horizon? Uh, I’m 45, 44, something like that, somewhere in my mid forties. And so I probably have, like, you know, we always, in work, we think about our horizon to the age of 65.
2:18
Um, and that’s a built in assumption that we have, right? Oh, I have to do this until I’m 65 and then I can retire. And, uh, I got 20 years left and, and maybe 15, maybe whatever. I like to think about it until I’m 60.
2:31
The youngest of our kids is gonna be 18, close the doors, I get freedom and life is gonna be good . Um, but the 65 thing is interesting. If, if, you know why we picked 65 as a retirement age, and I learned this a long time ago. There was this, you know, retirement coaching thing that I had done. And, um, you know, the age of 65 came.
2:54
Here’s a quick history lesson. The age of 65 as a retirement came from Adovan Bismark back in and fun knowledge aspect of it. The reason they picked the age of 65, Adovan, Bismarck wanted in a position Germany as like the premier, um, cosmopolitan place in Europe. And so he came out saying, Hey, if you work until you’re 65, once you’re 65, the state will take care of you. And it was supposed to be this nice big thing and, you know, look how, look how forward thinking we are.
3:20
But the reason they picked the age of 65 is something like, less than 3% of people lift past that. And so it wasn’t gonna be this big financial impact on, on the business, but it, or on the, on the state. So it took this big, it was, it was more of like, look at this good pr we could get out of it. It’s not really gonna impact us, but it took fire and say, oh, we can work until 65 and, and do it.
3:39
That assumption’s going away. You know, as you look at people who get to the age of 65, they still have plenty of value. They still have lots of things to do. They still want to work. They still need some kind of purpose. Um, and when we get to 65, you’ll find that there’s just a lot more to be done. And you’re not just going out to pastor and you’re not just gonna die in 10 years and, and do whatever. People are living longer and everything else.
4:01
So, um, when we think about time on the long-term horizon, uh, I heard a good quote the other day. Some guy named Kevin Kelly, I have no idea who he is, not the Kevin Kelly. I know, I actually know a couple of Kevin Kelly’s, but none of those, I don’t know who Kevin Kelly is, but I heard this quote. Um, we tend to overestimate what we could do in the short term and underestimate what we can do in the long term.
4:23
And that’s, you know, when we think about saving for retirement and, and all of these things, we kind of, it sneaks up on us, right? All of these things sneak up on us. Say, where did the time go? And we need different mindsets to accommodate for this.
4:36
We need, um, you know, a long-term kind of vision, a, a short-term vision, a, a one year vision, a quarterly vision, a monthly, a weekly whatever it is, a daily. Um, and we have to change our mindsets on each of these because who we are as an individual actually changes. You know, one of the things I learned when I was becoming a coach is, you know, you set all these goals for yourself and you make a little bit of progress on one of these goals. You actually become, if your behavior changes, which it will, you actually become a different person, you’re gonna make different types of choices over time as you become a different human being and a different person. And context changes, the world changes.
5:18
You get kids, you get, you know, you buy a home, whatever, you, you get all of these types of things. And so we have to do this constant reevaluation on what’s relevant and what’s important to us. And part of that reevaluation is to recognize the progress that we’ve actually made. And we lose sight of all the things that we’ve accomplished over a period of time. And, and when I, I speak to clients who are frustrated with, um, you know, 20 years at corporate, and who am I and where am I going? And there’s never a discussion on the progress that they’ve made.