Stewardship of Time: An Alternative to Time Management

Thinking about taking a course on time management? That's an idea, and I'm sure you would find benefit from that experience. To me, it sounds pretty, well, bland. A more interesting alternative to me is the notion of the "stewardship of time."

The concept of managing time sounds too mechanical and contrived to me. Time stewardship, on the other hand, implies that we have an organic relationship with time, and that we should treat time as a "sacred" resource. Certainly, it is a limited resource, which makes time a concern to economists fixated on the problem of scarcity. (Editorial comment: Maybe economists and economic developers should focus on the concept of abundance rather than scarcity. Hum...)

Click here to read a fascinating article on the concept of stewarding time. Maybe economic developers should think of time as one of their area's most precious resources, and then devise strategies that help people (including business, government, and education leaders) become better stewards of the time available to them. Novel idea...I think.