As Christians, who value God and family, we need to strike a balance with increasing work demands and our core values. This requires most of us to have very good time management skills. The Bible gives straightforward advice about time and money balance. Proverbs 23:4 "Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint".
As an Engineer at an aerospace company, I constantly deal with time management challenges. Many of my co-workers and bosses work huge amounts of overtime to stay on top of all the work. The following practices can be utilized to remain valued at work while doing less overtime.
The 20/80 Pareto Principle
Studies
have shown that 20% of most tasks create 80% of the value. The other
80% only adds 20% value. Learning to find and do the 20% can make you
five times more efficient than average. Become a priority freak.
I think it helps to set fairly rigid boundaries about how much overtime you will work, or what hours you will work, or how far you will drive, etc.. Having boundaries creates an urgency to get the important work done and to resist low value activities. If you have 4 hours to write an important note, it will take 4 hours. If you have 10 minutes, it will get done in ten minutes. God will protect these boundaries if done to support your Biblical core values.
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Source: Todd Gould, The Christian Post
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