One of the top complaints I hear from executives is that there’s just not enough time to meet all their top priorities. Having served in a wide variety of senior roles in Silicon Valley over a 20+ year high-tech career, I totally get it. I’ve been there and sung that mantra myself many times over.
And yet, something has never sat right with me about the “there’s just not enough time” mantra that is so common in corporate culture. Since moving into coaching a number of years ago, I have finally put my finger on it – it’s too much of a victim mentality about time. People often use time as their punching bag, blaming it for their own choices.
Let me offer you a perspective flip about time: We are actually the creators of time. Take a moment to try and let that really sink in.
