Time Management Rap - part 2 - Too Busy

4,534 views · Published 30 November 2014 · 1:37 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: Chris Croft · 2014 · Education

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The five options when you're too busy - set to music. Big thanks to Jolyon from Voodoo Trash for performing this for me.  Three more parts to come soon...

Lyrics:

If you’re too busy
there are just FIVE choices left
None of them is magic
Combining them is best
 
the first is to say "no”
even if you‘re drunk!
If you can’t say no
your life will fill with useless junk
 
Every time that you say yes
You are also saying no
To everything else - in the world
All those things you will forego…
 
second is negotiate - it is a partial no
do some of it, or spend less time or charge them extra dough
third is to delegate - give it to someone else
maybe they'll enjoy it and you’ll improve your wealth
fourth is to have better systems – keeping things neat
computers / checklists / organised so problems don't repeat
fifth is do the task less well - but still done well enough
you'll always have to compromise ~ perfection is too tough
 
Never say “yes”
and then fail to get it done
What sort of a person
have you become?
bosses and customers
will be unimpressed
and you’ll find in your own mind
you’ll be much more stressed
 
There is no magic answer
No single big technique
But small improvements here and there
add up to one big leap
 
If you save one hour a week you'll find
That's fifty hours a year
An extra week of working time
You can have completely clear
 
Time, Time,
it’s always on my mind

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