The Power of Managing Time by J D Tripathi

There has been a lot written about Time Management. But, when I read the reviews of Javed Akhter and Shobhaa De on this book, I knew this has to be special. I started reading and I could not put the book down. The treatise is succint and clear.

The Beginning: Voltaire's question: "What of all things in the world, is the longest and shortest, the swiftest and slowest, the most divisible and most extended, the most neglected and most regretted, without which nothing can be done, which devours all that is little, and enlivens All that is Great?" The answer is TIME


He has formulated a Time spectrum which focuses on Reducing -Unnecessary/ non-productive work/ Procrastination, Interference interruptions and Utilization of Thinking Time for planning/ meditation, productive work, recreation to recoup oneself. Idle time, waiting time and travel time needs to be managed with as much positive approach to make your day worthwhile.

The only reason for time is so, that everything doesn't happen at once". - Albert Einstein


"Of calculators, I am Time, the imperishable, world-destroying, grown mature, engaged here in subduing the world". - Dr. S Radhakrishnan quoting the Bhagawad Gita.


You cannot kill time without injuring eternity - Thoreau

Conclusion:
Story of Time: Somewhere in the far East, there lived a King who wanted to gift the most precious thing to his subjects. In one of this trips, he came across a Sundial which he brought home and installed it at the City Centre.


His subjects started to differentiate the parts of the day, they became time-conscious, produced more and prospered. 


Eventually, the King died. The subjects wanted to pay tribute to the King and so they built a temple around the sundial andornated it with gold and jewels. It was a fitting tribute to the King who brought the Sundial.


The rays no longer reached the sundial: the shadow that was the source of prosperity was not longer in time/ they lost their orientation. The kingdom collapsed. (Source: I J T D, ISTD, New Delhi)


Now, give it a thought!!