Some executives establish firm rules for meetings, giving each person a time limit. For example, spend time waiting in line dictating thoughts into a tape recorder. Learn to appreciate the value of people who end telephone conversations and meetings quickly. They conserve their own time and ours. There s always so little of it and so much to do.
Every accountant knows that time is money.
As accountants, we have only our talent, knowledge, professional skills and time to offer to our clients and companies. I ve been trying to tame time for my entire professional career and am always on the lookout for clues to how other people make efficient use of their days. His approach was to answer memos and letters on the originals themselves and then send them back. A definite time-saver. A woman who runs her own small business reads three morning papers while riding her stationary bike.