How pleasant it is to take five with a tasty cup of coffee, and explore my view from the balcony. I find as I age, I need that extra tlc just for me. It can be so rejuvenating to get away from the work demands even if just for a few minutes.


That sudden feeling of euphoria got me thinking ...

What came first - down time or time management efficiency?

If you work offline, you know the pressure to produce. Some office type is watching you like big brother, waiting to pounce.

If you work a factory job, the pressure is greater when it comes to line production. Supervisors watch you so much you learn to respond with a thumbs down or a frown.

Why? Why does any company for any reason feel the need to turn you into a robot?

I have worked both positions in my life and found the need to regenerate was far more important to my good health then meeting the expectations of a job demand.

If the company was employee conscious at all, they knew it was very important that the employee have both the ergonmoic conditons and the space and the lack of interruption to become a good producer.

I was watching a program where all of those conditons are now being monitored using very expensive equipment to learn how you respond to daily interruptions of your work time.

Your focus, your internal reaction via heartbeat, muscle retraction and brain wave patterns for learning are under the microscope.

Is their focus designed to make you a better robot? No way, the whole concept is learning how to give you good downtime that will allow you to regenerate and to find out just what kind of working conditions the human mind needs in order to be a better worker. BUT the key here, is not from the perception of the company but from you, the worker expected to produce.

Online promtional pressure

Within minutes my focus on that concept took me to you and I as we struggle to design a system that allows us to meet the rigorous promotional demands of our online business efforts.

Have we brought all our bad habits from offline work to our desk online? Are we turning outselves into even bigger robots? Are we working for our betterment or trying to keep up with the online Jones'?

What is the driving force that keeps you glued to your monitor every day? And, most importantly, how are you helping you to find a system that lets you plan your work and work your plan keeping your very own personal needs right up there front and center?

For me, I think I'll pour me another cup of coffee, put my feet up and take an extra 15 minutes to let this whole concept of time for me begin to sink in. How about you? Care to join me for some much needed tlc?