Why Bank Your Time?

I was asked a question yesterday at a networking meeting: Why another time management system? What is the difference?

True, there are many time management systems out there. And, as everyone else who has created a new system, I feel I have “invented a better mouse trap.” Or have I? What is significantly different about Bank Your Time? What fuels my passion?

Over the years, I have developed slogans or tag lines for Bank Your Time, ranging from “Do More With Less Time – Time is Money,” “Create Spare Time For Things You WANT To Do,” “Stop merely existing; start really living,” “The Goal-Oriented Metrics-Driven Productivity Enhancement System,” etc. All of these are true – they all describe Bank Your Time to some degree. None of these, however, reflect the main reason why I started doing this and quit my well-paying job to teach others and bring some sunshine in others’ lives.

Bank Your Time is a GAME! It evolved from something I created to teach my 9-year-old son the elements of time management. Since lectures don’t work with children but games do, and, in Mary Poppins’ words, “In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun,” I put some fun into time management. It worked, my children now manage their time to the best of their abilities (they are, after all, children!), and the experienced enriched me. It enthused me and infused me with the passion to take this to the tops of tall buildings and shout out for the world to hear. Many people have told me, “Time management is so B-O-R-I-N-G,” or “Time management systems don’t work for me.” The same people have accepted Bank Your Time with (not so surprising) open arms. When something is a game, it is fun and more readily adopted than a process or a system, however good the process is for you.

For more information about Bank Your Time, do visit my website, http://www.bankyourtime.com.