CHAPTER 1HOW TO THINK ABOUT TIME
“For tyme ylost may nought recovered be.”
—CHAUCER
More than 600 years ago, Geoffrey Chaucer—en route to Canterbury—marveled that time (once lost) could never be recovered. Through the centuries, men and women have continued the quest for that “ineffable ineluctable essence” of time control. Consultant Peter Drucker, a modern tour guide whose destination was not Canterbury but the industrial park called Good Management, said grimly: “Time is the scarcest resource. Unless it is managed, nothing can be managed.”
DIAGNOSTIC TEST: YOU AND TIME
WHAT THE TEST SAYS ABOUT YOU
Give yourself 4 points for every “often” ...
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