42 Time Strengths

John Spacey, August 30, 2022

Time strengths are talents, know-how and character traits that allow an individual to make productive use of time. Time is a strange dimension as it can only be traveled in one direction. It is also the most limited resource in the sense that no one can produce more time -- it moves at the same pace for everyone. As such, using time effectively is a basis for outcompeting or living life well. The following are common time strengths.

Action Planning	Agent of Change
Bias for Action	Calculated Risk Taking
Clearing Issues	Dealing With Ambiguity / Not Overthinking
Decision Making / Timely Decisions	Determination
Energy	Enthusiasm
Imagination	Industriousness
Initiative	Investing In People, Processes and Tools
Last Responsible Moment / Not Overplanning	Lessons Learned / Learning From Failure
Managing Commitments	Managing Expectations
Optimization	Patience (not doing things until it's time)
Perseverance	Persistence
Pragmatism	Problem Solving
Process Improvement	Productivity
Prototyping / Experimenting / Testing	Quality Time
Recognizing Failure	Recovering From Failure
Resourcefulness	Respect for Time
Rethinking Processes, Practices and Procedures	Self-Direction
Self-Discipline	Self-Improvement
Setting Priorities	Solving the Root Cause of Problems
Thinking Big / Attention to Detail	Time Management
Work Ethic	Work Throughput

It is common to view planning related skills as prioritizing, delegation, organization and scheduling as the core time management strengths. It should be noted that the most productive of people do not overplan and may do things quickly in a seemingly chaotic way. This is reflected in the list above with approaches such as last responsible moment that challenge the convention that time management is a systematic and conservative planning exercise.

42 Time Strengths

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