American Club lecture on “TIME MANAGEMENT”

Mr. Tekest along with the audience

“Time Management” presented by Eritrean Private Businessman, Mr. Tekeste Asgedom, was the topic of the monthly American Club event on July 31, 2008. Over 150 participants attended. The audience listened with rapt attention while he described “Time Management “as “YOU.”

Explaining TIME he stated that “Time is something that you don’t have the power of, it can’t go back, can’t steal it or do anything about it. You just have to know how to use it efficiently and control it”. He noted that by managing yourself and not the time you can be organized and can do quality work. He identified many time wasters including procrastination and a cluttered desk. His discussion included setting objectives and priorities, reducing interruptions, reading productively and improving memory, the adverse effects of working long hours, the wasteful nature of travel meetings, the impact of stress on health and the usefulness of time logs. He highlighted the performance of High leverage activities as compared to Low leverage activities. Further to his presentation he also stressed that we should have the courage to say ‘No” for more work in order to preserve quality in our work. Quantity and effectiveness are not the same.

Mr. Tekeste’s lecture was followed by a lively question-and-answer period with the audience, a wide range of questions such as the impact of “Time Management” in developing countries such as Eritrea.

The American Club next event, on Thursday August 28, with feature Dr. Tadesse Mehari on the topic “The Role of Bio-technology in developing Agriculture and attaining food security.”