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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL . The four Ds of time management Despite our strengths, we all share one limi tation. Time! No one has more than twenty-four hours in a day. Many leaders drive them selves to the limit trying to cram in just a little bit more. In The Power of Focus, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Les Hewitt describe a process to “sepa rate so-called urgent tasks from your most important priorities.” They emphasize your freedom to choose your response to every situation that arises. They suggest that you consciously consid er these four options, each of which starts with the let ter “D.” Do it now. This is the default method of manag ing time for many of us. When the telephone rings, you jump to answer it. When a letter shows up on your desk, you react to the request immediately. Treating every new demand as if it were urgent overlooks the opportunity to prevent future crises by planning, training, doing preventive maintenance, or building relationships. These important items lead to greater effectiveness, but they rarely call out to you with urgency. Most time management experts recommend that you schedule your day and week based upon the prior ity of each item. Priorities should be based on how sig nificantly it will contribute to your overall vision, the “macro” definition you’ve given to your desired out comes in life. Still, things come up. If it can be completed in ten minutes or less, do it now. Make sure you focus on that I COMPUTER JL SERVICES Specializing in: hardware repairs/upgrades, and virus removal. 4501 Russell Pkwy Suite 2 Warner Robins 478-333-6515 Friendly, hometown service at affordable prices. www.tdzcomputers.com TCt-tsC, . . . 1 L Discover The Catholic Church ML. . A Information Session hjm ftp \ Thursdays, August 23 &30 % Thursdays, September 6& 13 Starting at 7:00 p.m. mmm ma Dr. Dudley B. Christie, Jr., welcomes DR. 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In the years in which I have helped lead ers build intentional devel opment plans, I estimate that about half have includ ed improvement in delega tion skills. Leaders direct others, right? Yet many Assessing Your Leadership Skills -SBS/person O A - St. Patrick Church Rev. Kirk Mansell 2410 Hwy. 127 (at Houston Lk. Rd.) K> Kathleen, GA W J For info call: (478) 987-4213 Formerly Chief of the Optometric Clinic at Robins Air Force Base, Dr. Mosteller specializes in the treatment and management of ocular diseases, primary eye care and contact lenses. Dr. Mosteller is currently seeing patients at Christie Eye Cares Warner Robins and Dublin offices. 198 S. Houston Lake Kd. Warner Robins, GA (478) 971-1500 leaders are not very good delegators. Too many times, indi viduals equate “delegation” with the previous option of “dumping.” To delegate effectively, you need to know who has what com petencies and interests. Both are important consid erations. Further, you need to be clear about desired outcomes and the conse quences for the individual in doing the work. Thinking “Who can do this well and enjoy it?” will allow you to avoid doing it all yourself. Defer it. Be intentional about this category. Too often, items wind up here just because you’ve not allo cated time to attend to them. That’s when piles develop. Do you have an adequate system for defining when the topic should arise again for your focus? Refine your system so it works for you. Then consciously insert each deferred activity into that system. Mastering these “Four D’s of Time Management” will contribute both to “bal ance” and “focus.” Both are awareness items that will strongly aid your success as a leader. Dennis Hooper is a local certified leadership develop ment coach, helping lead ers of middle Georgia build organizations of excellence. Contact Dennis at (478)-988- 0237 or dhooper2@juno. com. way, you have the option of saying, “I choose not to do this.” You can firmly say “No!” only if you have a larger F. Dennis Hooper Certified Leadership Development Coach Building leaders and organizations of excellence (478) 988-0237 SI Exclusively at the pUmstoit Journal nmnmpGD EVERYDAY aEXSHE&n? contact a Classified Rep today at 078-987-1823 1-866-873-2172 Aimti .52225 145 Second St.; Cochran, GA ! (478) 934-8848 52858 dhooper2f«;juno.com' Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. it was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. ~Adam Smith A special thanks to nil the hard workers in Houston County. • iMmtte •journal from MU Wbscoj Security Systems, m 323 Carl Vinson Warner Robins, GA 31 (MW 478-923-192 S jmt...*.. .drn.MM..2K.3m m. 4 Timberwood Apartments % 478-987-4150 LOCAL What is a legal tiling deadline? Dear Mr. Rockefeller, I was involved in an auto wreck recently and some one was telling me some thing about a filing deadline I need to worry about. What is this? Dear Reader, Excellent question! Most folks do not take this into account. This is called the “Statute of Limitations” and limits how long you have to sue. It varies based on the type of cause of action. In most cases, the SOL is two years, as it is for any case involving bodily injury. Strictly speak ing, you could actually have different SOLs for different counts or claims, in the same complaint, against the same defendant! In your case, the appli cable SOL means you have just two years from the date of injury to sue the driv er of the other car. Failure to file (and serve) a com plaint within two years dis solves one’s right to pursue a lawsuit against another - forever! Obviously, this is a very important concept to consider. Two years may sound like a long time, but in practice it really is not that long. 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Frankly, there is no absolute correct answer, as all three might be the right answer depending on the facts. Another twist on the SOL is that if you file and serve a complaint against a defen dant, it can eliminate any LUNCH: Hamburgers Hotdogs Sandwiches Daily Specials NOTICE TO ALL CITY OF PERRY Residential and Business GARBAGE CART Advanced Disposal will be Closed for Labor Day On Monday. Sept. 3 Your Revised Schedule for the Labor Day Holiday Week is: Monday pickup will be Tuesday Tuesday pickup will be Wednesday Wednesday pickup will be Friday Friday pickup will be Saturday Please place carts out at night 52827 f Advanced Disposal 52-42 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 ♦ SOL issues as to ALL pos sible claims raised by that particular plaintiff against that particular defendant. Thus, it is important to have a correctly named plaintiff filing the claim against the correctly named defendant. But a defendant, even if not properly named, can be deemed to have proper notice of the claim (elimi nating the SOL defense), because the defendant was, in fact, served. Finally, there is something called a “continuing harm.” If applied to the toxic mold situation, this would mean that the “harm” might extend over a period of time, essentially extending the SOL deadline, because there is no specific event, as in a car wreck case, precipitating the injury. As you can see, the SOL can be complicated; make sure you keep your eye on it and don’t miss the deadline, or you will be out of luck! Local attorney Jim Rockefeller owns the Rockefeller Law Center and is a former Houston Co. Chief Assistant District Attorney, and a former Miami Prosecutor. E-mail confidential legal questions to ajr@rockefellerlawcenter. com . Visit www.rockefeller lawcenter.com for Frequently Asked Questions and Jim’s blog, The Rockefeller Report. before filing the com plaint, if that is what you want to do. 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