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Time is money. It is easy to understand. With the right skills and habits, you can turn your time into money. With your money, you can buy quality time.
But understanding this does not make it easy to do. In our work, we have seen time-planning masters waving their BlackBerries or carefully engineering Outlook schedules, and then throw time plans into the wind when the first emergency came up. We have seen routine tasks become high-priority fire-fighting jobs. We have seen the vicious circle of low efficiency and overtime. What is the way out?
The value of timely planning
Here is another proof that time is money. Management consultants and financial consultants agree on the value of early
planning. Planning realistically and keeping one’s own time plans is the skill that puts a confident smile on efficient people’s face. Why? Because when you plan ahead, your assets are safe. This is equally true in the world of leadership and financial planning.
“The earlier you start saving, the less you will have to contribute”, says David Kelley, Managing Director of Ascendant, a financial planning consultancy, about personal finances. “Early planning enables you to eventually stop paying in and still achieve your goals”. The same is true about leadership. Early planners don’t do 3 hours of overtime just before the deadline. They had taken the the project to the point where it will conclude with minimum effort. They may even have energy to help out those who suffer of last-minute panic.
The enemy: Procrastination
Unfortunately, there is a hidden enemy: Procrastination. Procrastination is the human tendency to escape high-pressure situations and end up doing meaningless things. It makes you start clearing out your inbox just before your deadline. It makes you tidy up your office when you are busy, because “it is impossible to work in such a mess”.
But you pay a high price for that empty inbox or neat office. That price can be calculated.
Join David and Gabor as they look at how much your time is worth, and how to invest that value. We will look at procrastination from the leadership and financial angle, and find out what to do about it.
Find out:
- What are the sure signs of procrastination
- How to calculate the value of your time
- How to break costly time-wasting habits
- How to increase your personal value through time-planning
- How to help others grow the same way
Discovery Event: “The Cost of Delay”
- Date & Time: Friday December 3rd., 6pm-8:30
- Speakers: David Kelley (Ascendant), Gabor Holch (Campanile)
- Venue: Gallery NO200, 200 Tai Kang Road, Shanghai
- Number of people: 30max
- Door charge: Free of charge
- Drinks and finger food will be provided
David Kelley, Managing Director of Ascendant has spent 18 years in the industry. He started with Sun Alliance in 1992, continued with an offshore career in Tokyo and spent 3 years in the United Nations. In Shanghai for 5 years, David worked for two brokers before setting up Ascendant, ‘to fill a significant niche in the market’ he says.
Gabor Holch worked as an organizational advisor for the United Nations before coming to China in 2002. He started and has managed Campanile Consulting, a management consultancy focusing on leadership, strategy deployment and communication.
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200 Tai Kang Rd." charge="Free entry" event_name="The Cost of Delay"]