Ben Wood - Time Leadership Time - practical strategies for a life of purpose, growth & high productivity: Stop time management & start leading it - principles for self development, goal setting & habit building

Do you find yourself struggling to do all that matters in your life because of a lack of time? Do you work hard and yet still feel like life is hard? If so, then Time Leadership Time will help you transform your life. Let me explain.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, our lives were all thrust into a time of uncertainty, lockdown, home-schooling, and survival. My wife and I also took on the responsibility of leading a local church. We had been preparing for the transition and handover for over two years, but when the time came, it was completely different from how we had imagined.

We were thrown into the deep end trying to steady the business that I run along with supporting our four children at home. Add to this the fact that we were also trying to navigate how to lead a church that had never been online. The extremes of this time were enough to push someone beyond their breaking point. The daily and weekly load of home-school, running a business, preparing messages for the church, communicating being a dad and husband along with everything else was intense.

We had some level of time leadership during this period having learned a lot of what you will find in this book over the years in the business world; however, out of the intensity, heat, and pressure of the situation came this system that is Time Leadership Time, combining all of these different models in a practical and visual way of leading your time. By the end of 2020, we ended up coming out of that trial with a way of living life aligned with our purpose. We were also able to lead ourselves better, which benefits everyone else including our children, the business, our church, and the beautiful people we serve.

I know that this system can help you. The central tenet of this system is that you should stop managing your time and start leading it. The only way to make your time count is by leading it out of purpose and from why you are here. If you are yet to live that way, then youll need to learn how to grow by making your time count. Let me tell you what youll learn in this book on time leadership.

This book outlines a practical way of how you can lead your time better to not just get stuff done but also be intentional in your growth. This means that youll learn the process of intentional movement towards a greater you. Instead of being frustrated by lack of time, you make time work better for you. Im not here to provide proof or detail the mechanics of psychology. Ill let the professors do that. I just want to make whats already been found work and explain it in a way that you can use your time more effectively. Here are the Time Leadership Process steps that the book will cover.

First, youll connect deeper with yourself to discover your purpose here on Earth. This is the reason you were born. You may have had a taste of what living your purpose means once in a while. Thats not how life should be. You want to live your purpose every minute of each day. Ill provide you with the tools thatll help discover this purpose so that process is easy for you.

Life is about growth. If you stay stagnant, youll feel bad. Nothing in life stands still. So, you need to grow in all areas of your life including in wisdom, health, and your relationship. Other areas to pay attention to are finance and spirituality. I explain in detail how to grow in all of these areas. Most importantly, I delve into the importance of personal development because it is the bedrock of growth in any area of your life.

The tools proven to transform people are goals. Without goals, we lack direction. In time leadership, you need to set your growth goals for the next three, six, and twelve months. The key to goal setting is that each must help you grow. This means that you cannot set goals that you know how to achieve. Importantly, you need to add a certain ingredient to achieve the growth you need. Youll be exposed to the SMART approach of setting goals.

Next, the book goes into an explanation of the Time Bucket Table for scheduling your activities. These should be the tasks that help you achieve your growth areas in various roles you play in life. The most important activity in the planner is the Time Leadership Time (TLT) slots.