Should Time Management be Taught at School ??
I am a great supporter of Getting Things Done, the time management system developed by David Allen. I use it pretty much all the time to keep up to date with the stuff which must be done in my daily life.
I was surprised to hear that the education system, both in the UK and in North America, put little emphasis on time management. Perhaps its because students time is micro-managed by the school system. When your kids finish school, you have expectations as a parent that they will be prepared for the ‘real’ world, as we like to call it.
Quite often though, they’re not. They don’t understand how to manage their finances, so we keep having to bail them out. They don’t manage their time, and often spend too much time socializing and not enough studying.
Brian Kim, who’s blog is a great source of information on productivity recently wrote an article on the topic,’The Top 5 Things that Should be Taught in Every School‘ which has ellicited a large response. Do you agree??
Even something as basic as creating a simple budget is beyond the grasp of some young adults and it simply amazes me that a lot of people don’t do this and some don’t even know how (you’d be surprised). Figure out your income after taxes, pay yourself FIRST (this is a big one – most people pay the bills and frivolously spend the leftovers until next payday), see what you can cut out if things are tight, look to see where you can bring in more income if you need to do so, etc.
fatherhood, finances, time management, gtd, productivity
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