Every business leader needs to manage their time – and every business leader sometimes fails to manage it well. When it comes to business, it’s easy to look back on our experiences and see where we fell short, wasted time, or focused on an activity that didn’t prove helpful.
Adam Torres, author, speaker, and podcaster, helpfully noted that as tempting as it is to beat yourself up, the true path to leadership is to reflect on the lessons learned and make changes accordingly. Executives from all over the world choose this path every day. Read their stories and more in Torres’ latest book, Mission Matters: The World’s Leading Entrepreneurs share their top tips for success (Business Leaders Vol. 6).
Torres is co-founder of Mission Matters Media, a media and publishing house dedicated to serving the needs of business owners, entrepreneurs and executives. An international speaker and author of several bestselling books, Adams Advice has been featured in major publications such as Forbes, Inc. and Fox Business. Listen to Adam’s popular Mission Matters podcast at MissionMatters.com.
In the introduction, Torres shares his own experience of auditing his time – and how he realized how much of it he was wasting on inefficient tasks that took two or three times as long as he thought. What he did find, however, was that a few small tweaks in his approach to these tasks led to big gains, saving him time and improving his focus.
But what’s really special about it isn’t that Torres did it himself — it’s that anyone can do it. He writes: “I’m not a time management guru. I’m just another ex-manager-turned-entrepreneur like many who will pick up this book. I share this to challenge you to find ways to improve your own life.”
While Torres is committed to every business leader’s ability to learn from their experiences, he also acknowledges that sometimes the learning process isn’t as simple as a simple…
