She s extremely organized, which I believe is a crucial characteristic for anyone seeking to maximize the use of his or her valuable time. Alan Alda, the actor, was once asked in an interview how he managed to balance his professional demands with his role as a husband and father. At the time, he was spending the week in California filming MASH and commuting home each weekend to his family on the East Coast. He responded that on the flight home he consciously forced himself to shift gears from being an actor to being father and husband. But he felt that if he didn t make this effort, one responsibility would meld with the other, and neither would be well-served.
Many successful executives establish firm rules for meetings, giving each person a time limit.
Others find it more productive to be flexible in the way they attack each day. Time is something to be molded, like putty, to our advantage. We have to decide to use our time productively. We have to be committed to this goal. So much of our time is wasted because we allow it to be.