It almost feels like productivity blasphemy to say that time management is dead, but hear me out.
During the age of assembly lines (yeah, we’re going way back), workers were paid for their time. The math was simple: the longer someone worked, the more the assembly line ran, and the more products were made. When people went home, the factory closed down. No more products.
Time = money.
Even today, that mentality is still used.
But it’s wrong.
Why?
Because our jobs have almost entirely changed. Now we are paid for a different commodity. Two of them, actually. Learning to manage these is essential for productivity and a balanced life.
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