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| The New York Optimist December 2008 |
Ellie Robyns:
Wear a Watch
erobyns@thenewyorkoptimist.com
Wear a Watch
erobyns@thenewyorkoptimist.com
A dear friend of mine, who is now "watching" over me, once taught me this crucial
lesson: If you want to be on time, wear a watch. If you want to have really good time
management skills, wear a watch. Overall, if you want to be successful in life, wear a
watch.
When you put on a watch, you immediately feel organized, professional and even
pretty (especially if it is diamond-faced). However, more importantly than the look of
the watch, is what the watch represents.
It represents all of the above. It gives you a sense of purpose and sense of structure. I
believe that in recent years and especially in today's world, so many people are
stressed out and tired of being overly organized and structured. We are all facing
multiple responsibilities with never enough time to complete all of the tasks we have
on our list. Therefore, we often throw away our watches and see wearing a watch as
a form of incumberance, a strain around our wrists. We often rely on our cell phones
for the time, or on our computer screens.
Nothing can replace "the watch." You actually have to think when you check for the
time on your watch. You have to make quick mathematical calculations and check the
big hand and the little hand. While this may sound like child's learning...it doesn't
change much for an adult.
Especially with all the stress we face today, why not do more things that represent
childhood? No one has to know you are a child and you may not be able to write with
crayons all over your boss's desk or make loud slupring noises through your
milkshake straw..However, you can always look at your watch, check the hands listen
for that faint but childlike ticking sound and figure on your next play/work date.
You can wear a watch and not look like a child! I have seen CEOs with Mickey
mouse watches, and I have seen teens with watches they can't afford. As long as it
tells the time and fits your wrist, you are ready to go. Time for me to go now... I have
another blog appointment.
Good luck!
lesson: If you want to be on time, wear a watch. If you want to have really good time
management skills, wear a watch. Overall, if you want to be successful in life, wear a
watch.
When you put on a watch, you immediately feel organized, professional and even
pretty (especially if it is diamond-faced). However, more importantly than the look of
the watch, is what the watch represents.
It represents all of the above. It gives you a sense of purpose and sense of structure. I
believe that in recent years and especially in today's world, so many people are
stressed out and tired of being overly organized and structured. We are all facing
multiple responsibilities with never enough time to complete all of the tasks we have
on our list. Therefore, we often throw away our watches and see wearing a watch as
a form of incumberance, a strain around our wrists. We often rely on our cell phones
for the time, or on our computer screens.
Nothing can replace "the watch." You actually have to think when you check for the
time on your watch. You have to make quick mathematical calculations and check the
big hand and the little hand. While this may sound like child's learning...it doesn't
change much for an adult.
Especially with all the stress we face today, why not do more things that represent
childhood? No one has to know you are a child and you may not be able to write with
crayons all over your boss's desk or make loud slupring noises through your
milkshake straw..However, you can always look at your watch, check the hands listen
for that faint but childlike ticking sound and figure on your next play/work date.
You can wear a watch and not look like a child! I have seen CEOs with Mickey
mouse watches, and I have seen teens with watches they can't afford. As long as it
tells the time and fits your wrist, you are ready to go. Time for me to go now... I have
another blog appointment.
Good luck!
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