Why Blaming Others Won’t Solve Your Time Management Problems.

One of my favourite Jim Rohn quotes is: “Don’t wish it was easier wish you were better. Don’t wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges wish for more wisdom”. It encapsulates the mindset of all successful people: whenever they are faced with a problem, they look for a solution, not an excuse.

Sadly, when I read through the comments on my YouTube videos, I see many along the lines of “I wish Apple would add this feature” or “Todoist add that feature”. It’s as if the authors of these comments have delegated their productivity and time management difficulties to others so they don’t have to find a solution themselves.

Apple and Todoist (and other app developers) are working on their own roadmap to develop their tools. Each will have different timelines and features, and the chances are what they are working on will not be a solution to your particular difficulty.

If you want to get better at managing your time and be more productive, the onus is on you to find the solution.

Managing your time boils down to saying “no” to many opportunities. The time part of time management is fixed; you cannot change that, and nobody else can change it, either. So, the only solution you have available is to say “no” more often and be more disciplined…