How to Coach Yourself and Others Essential Knowledge For Coaching

Time-Fillers Time-fillers are those people who see time as a stretch of eight hours work each day or 40 hours a week which somehow has to be filled and endured. Time-fillers... • put themselves at others' beck and call • fill up their time in empty ritual, pastimes and competitive game-playing • swing from boredom to crisis and back again • lack any pace of work; sometimes they allow themselves to fall behind time and so have to rush, while at other times nobody has anything for them to do so they waste their time and become bored. • have no sense of direction • find themselves underworked or overworked • suffer stress as a result of not being in control of their time. Time Managers Time managers see time as a partner in helping them achieve their goals and objectives. Sometimes time will be less helpful, eg when things aren't ready for action; sometimes time will be more than helpful, eg when offering them opportunities to seize the moment and get ahead. Time managers... • know what they want to achieve with their time • feel in control even when there is little personal freedom to arrange their working day • work closely with others • work at an even pace without highs or lows • have a sense of direction • are able to vary their activities to maintain their interest • can balance their tasks • feel a sense of accomplishment and achievement. 1203

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