Time Efficiency: Plan your breaks or break your plans

Sometimes, the most effective use of your time is to NOT use it productively. One my most loved movies is called Mystery Men. It’s a superhero movie — kind of. They all have powers but a bit different. There is the Invisible Boy, who has the power to be invisible, but only if no one is looking. As soon as someone looks at him, he becomes visible again. Another hero is The Sphynx. His power is to be ‘terribly mysterious’ and he says things like “if you cannot learn to master your rage then your rage will become your master” and such like. I credit him with the inspiration behind today’s heading. Time Efficiency: Plan your breaks or break your plans.

The Importance of taking a break to effective use of time

The aim of this mini-series is to think through as many different ways of being efficient with our time as we can.

I’ve written before about the importance of taking breaks and I encourage you check out my past posts on this subject. The conclusion drawn in all of my thinking on this, is that human beings are not machines. We cannot function at maximum efficiency for extended periods of time. We just cannot do it.

So, if we plan to, we will fail.