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The Tyranny of the Urgent: Reclaiming Your Time and Focus
Feeling overwhelmed? Constantly putting out fires instead of pursuing your goals? You're likely experiencing the tyranny of the urgent – the insidious feeling that you're perpetually reacting instead of proactively creating the life you want. This comprehensive guide will explore the insidious nature of the urgent, its impact on your productivity and well-being, and, most importantly, practical strategies to break free from its grip and regain control of your time.
What is the Tyranny of the Urgent?
The tyranny of the urgent isn't about being busy; it's about being busy with the wrong things. It's the feeling that you're constantly reacting to immediate demands, leaving little to no time for strategic planning, long-term goals, and essential self-care. Emails, phone calls, unexpected requests – these become the masters of your schedule, diverting you from the truly important tasks that contribute to your long-term success and happiness. It's a vicious cycle: the more you react, the less time you have for proactive planning, leading to even more urgent demands.
Understanding the Roots of the Problem
Several factors contribute to the tyranny of the urgent:
1. Poor Time Management:
Lack of effective planning and prioritization techniques leaves you vulnerable to reacting to whatever demands your attention first, regardless of its importance.
2. Overcommitment:
Saying "yes" to too many things – whether work projects, social engagements, or volunteer opportunities – leaves you perpetually stretched thin, making you susceptible to the urgent tasks.
3. Lack of Boundaries:
Failing to set clear boundaries between work and personal life, or between different responsibilities, allows urgent tasks to bleed into all areas of your life.
4. Fear of Missing Out (FOMO):
The constant pressure to stay connected and respond immediately, fueled by social media and technology, contributes significantly to the feeling of being perpetually overwhelmed.
Breaking Free from the Urgent: Practical Strategies
Escaping the tyranny of the urgent requires a conscious and deliberate shift in mindset and behavior. Here are some practical strategies:
1. Prioritize Ruthlessly:
Utilize methods like the Eisenhower Matrix (urgent/important), to distinguish between tasks that truly demand immediate attention and those that can be scheduled or delegated. Focus your energy on the important, not just the urgent.
2. Time Blocking:
Allocate specific time slots in your day for focused work on important tasks. Treat these blocks as appointments you cannot miss.
3. Learn to Say "No":
Protecting your time and energy requires learning to politely decline requests that don't align with your priorities or capacity.
4. Batch Similar Tasks:
Group similar activities together to minimize context switching and improve efficiency. For example, answer all your emails at designated times instead of sporadically throughout the day.
5. Delegate Effectively:
If possible, delegate tasks that others can handle, freeing up your time for higher-priority activities.
6. Utilize Technology Wisely:
Employ productivity tools like project management software, calendar apps, and email filters to streamline your workflow and minimize distractions.
7. Practice Mindfulness and Self-Care:
Regular mindfulness exercises and self-care practices help you stay centered and focused, reducing your susceptibility to the urgent. This includes adequate sleep, healthy eating, and regular breaks.
8. Plan Your Day the Night Before:
Spend a few minutes each evening outlining your priorities for the following day. This helps you start your day with purpose and intention.
Reclaiming Your Time: The Long-Term Benefits
Consistently prioritizing the important over the urgent leads to significant long-term benefits. You'll experience reduced stress, increased productivity, a stronger sense of accomplishment, and more time for the things you truly value. Ultimately, you'll gain control of your time and create a life aligned with your goals and aspirations, rather than reacting to the ever-present demands of the urgent.
Conclusion:
The tyranny of the urgent is a real and pervasive challenge in today's fast-paced world. However, by understanding its roots, implementing effective strategies, and cultivating a mindful approach to time management, you can break free from its grip and create a more fulfilling and productive life. Remember, taking control of your time is not about being less busy; it’s about being busy with the right things.
FAQs:
1. How can I overcome procrastination when facing urgent tasks? Break down overwhelming tasks into smaller, manageable steps. Reward yourself for completing each step to maintain motivation.
2. What if my job inherently involves many urgent requests? Communicate with your manager about workload and explore strategies for prioritization, delegation, or setting clearer boundaries.
3. How can I deal with unexpected urgent situations? Develop a flexible plan that allows for adjustments based on unforeseen circumstances. Practice mindfulness to maintain calm and focus when unexpected situations arise.
4. Is it okay to say "no" to requests from friends and family? Absolutely. Setting healthy boundaries is essential for your well-being. Communicate your limitations clearly and kindly.
5. How long does it take to break free from the tyranny of the urgent? It's a journey, not a destination. Consistent effort and mindful practice will gradually shift your habits and help you regain control over your time. Be patient with yourself and celebrate your progress.
| tyranny of the urgent: Tyranny of the Urgent Charles E. Hummel, 2013-08-15 Now thoroughly revised and expanded, this classic booklet by Charles E. Hummel offers ideas and illustrations for effective time management. With over one million copies in print, this classic booklet from Charles E. Hummel has transformed the minds and hearts of generations of Christians. Its simplicity and depth is a foundational resource for all who have felt overwhelmed by the responsibilities of each day, week, month and year. Now thoroughly revised and expanded, Hummel's booklet offers ideas and illustrations for effective time management that will help even the busiest people find time for what's important. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Tyranny of the Urgent Charles E. Hummel, 1994-04-19 Now thoroughly revised and expanded, this classic booklet by Charles E. Hummel offers ideas and illustrations for effective time management. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Tyranny of the Urgent Charles E. Hummel, Anne Hummel, 2005-01-01 Now thoroughly revised and expanded, this classic booklet by Charles E. Hummel offers ideas and illustrations for effective time management. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Freedom from Tyranny of the Urgent Charles E. Hummel, 2009-09-20 Winner of the 2004 ECPA Platinum Book Award! Is the clock a slavemaster or a tool that serves you? Does the quantity of your responsibilities squeeze out the quality of your life? Are urgent things so pressing that you don't have inner time to sort out what's really important? How can you discern what God wants you to do? Charles Hummel's classic booklet Tyranny of the Urgent has sold over one million copies. Now for the first time he expands on the life-changing perspective that has transformed the lives of thousands struggling to keep from being swept away by the rush of life. Gathered in this book are proven principles taken straight from biblical teaching, from today's time-management experts and from Hummel's own life experience. You'll discover how to make the calendar your friend manage your life instead of your time get motivated stay open to God's guidance in small choices avoid being dragged down by past choices develop inner time for reflection and planning and much more! If you have too much to do and not enough time to do it, this book is for you. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Priorities Charles Hummel, 1994-05-31 Six studies drawn from Charles Hummel's Tyranny of the Urgent will help you put your life back in order by focusing on God's to do list instead of your own. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Tyranny of the Weak Charles K. Armstrong, 2013-06-18 To much of the world, North Korea is an impenetrable mystery, its inner workings unknown and its actions toward the outside unpredictable and frequently provocative. Tyranny of the Weak reveals for the first time the motivations, processes, and effects of North Korea’s foreign relations during the Cold War era. Drawing on extensive research in the archives of North Korea’s present and former communist allies, including the Soviet Union, China, and East Germany, Charles K. Armstrong tells in vivid detail how North Korea managed its alliances with fellow communist states, maintained a precarious independence in the Sino-Soviet split, attempted to reach out to the capitalist West and present itself as a model for Third World development, and confronted and engaged with its archenemies, the United States and South Korea. From the invasion that set off the Korean War in June 1950 to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Tyranny of the Weak shows how—despite its objective weakness—North Korea has managed for much of its history to deal with the outside world to its maximum advantage. Insisting on a path of self-reliance since the 1950s, North Korea has continually resisted pressure to change from enemies and allies alike. A worldview formed in the crucible of the Korean War and Cold War still maintains a powerful hold on North Korea in the twenty-first century, and understanding those historical forces is as urgent today as it was sixty years ago. |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Galileo Connection Charles E. Hummel, 1986-02-17 Telling the fascinating stories of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton and Pascal, Charles E. Hummel provides a historical perspective on the relationship between science and Christianity. |
| tyranny of the urgent: On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, 2017-03-02 **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** ‘A sort of survival book, a sort of symptom-diagnosis manual in terms of losing your democracy and what tyranny and authoritarianism look like up close’ Rachel Maddow 'These 128 pages are a brief primer in every important thing we might have learned from the history of the last century, and all that we appear to have forgotten' Observer History does not repeat, but it does instruct. In the twentieth century, European democracies collapsed into fascism, Nazism and communism. These were movements in which a leader or a party claimed to give voice to the people, promised to protect them from global existential threats, and rejected reason in favour of myth. European history shows us that societies can break, democracies can fall, ethics can collapse, and ordinary people can find themselves in unimaginable circumstances. History can familiarise, and it can warn. Today, we are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to totalitarianism in the twentieth century. But when the political order seems imperilled, our advantage is that we can learn from their experience to resist the advance of tyranny. Now is a good time to do so. |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Tyranny of Big Tech Josh Hawley, 2021-05-04 The reign of Big Tech is here, and Americans’ First Amendment rights hang by a keystroke. Amassing unimaginable amounts of personal data, giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple—once symbols of American ingenuity and freedom—have become a techno-oligarchy with overwhelming economic and political power. Decades of unchecked data collection have given Big Tech more targeted control over Americans’ daily lives than any company or government in the world. In The Tyranny of Big Tech, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri argues that these mega-corporations—controlled by the robber barons of the modern era—are the gravest threat to American liberty in decades. To reverse course, Hawley argues, we must correct progressives’ mistakes of the past. That means recovering the link between liberty and democratic participation, building an economy that makes the working class strong, independent, and beholden to no one, and curbing the influence of corporate and political elites. Big Tech and its allies do not deal gently with those who cross them, and Senator Hawley proudly bears his own battle scars. But hubris is dangerous. The time is ripe to overcome the tyranny of Big Tech by reshaping the business and legal landscape of the digital world. |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Tyranny of God Joseph Lewis, 2021-04-25 This work is an interesting take on atheism by Joseph Lewis, where he makes some thought-provoking points about the existence of God. Throughout the book, Lewis talks about the relationship between man and God and asks the people to make life easier for each other. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Firing Back Pierre Bourdieu, 2020-05-05 In this series of trenchant essays, Pierre Bourdieu continues the urgent project begun in Acts of Resistance. Dissecting the claims of neoliberalism, Bordieu calls for an international social movement capable of forming a counterforce to the project of capitalist globalisation. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Praying with Paul D. A. Carson, 2015-01-13 God doesn't demand hectic church programs and frenetic schedules; he only wants his people to know him more intimately, says top-selling author D. A. Carson. The apostle Paul found that spiritual closeness in his own fellowship with the Father. By following Paul's example, we can do the same. This book calls believers to reject superficiality and revolutionize their lives by embracing a God-guided approach to prayer. Previously published as A Call to Spiritual Reformation, this book has now been updated to connect more effectively with contemporary readers. A study guide, DVD, and leader's kit for the book are available through Lifeway and The Gospel Coalition. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Our Malady Timothy Snyder, 2020-09-10 A virus is not human, but the reaction to it is a measure of humanity. America has not measured up well. Tens of thousands are dead for no reason. America is supposed to be about freedom, yet illness and fear make its citizens less free. After all, freedom is meaningless if we are too ill to think about our right to happiness or too weak to pursue it. So, if a government is making its people unhealthy it is also making them unfree. On December 29, 2019, Timothy Snyder fell gravely ill. As he clung to life he found himself reflecting on the fragility of health, not recognized in America as a human right, but without which all rights and freedoms have no meaning. And that was before the pandemic. We have since watched understaffed and undersupplied hospitals buckling under waves of coronavirus patients. The federal government made matters worse through wilful ignorance, misinformation, and profiteering. This passionate intervention outlines the lessons we must all learn, wherever we are, and finds glimmers of hope in dark times. Only by enshrining healthcare as a human right, elevating the authority of doctors and truth, and planning for our children's future, can everyone be properly free. Freedom belongs to individuals. But to be free we need our health, and for our health we need one another. |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Tyranny of Good Intentions Paul Craig Roberts, Lawrence M. Stratton, 2008-03-25 A thousand years of legal protections against tyranny are being stolen right before our eyes. Under the guise of good intentions, personal liberties as old as the Magna Carta have become casualties in the wars being waged on pollution, drugs, white-collar crime, and all of the other real and imagined social ills. The result: innocent people caught up in a bureaucratic web that destroys lives and livelihoods; businesses shuttered because of victimless infractions; a justice system that values coerced pleas over the search for truth; bullying police agencies empowered to confiscate property without due process. A devastating indictment of our current system of justice. — Milton Friedman In this provocative book, Paul Craig Roberts and Lawrence M. Stratton show how the law, which once shielded us from the government, has now become a powerful weapon in the hands of overzealous prosecutors and bureaucrats. Lost is the foundation upon which our freedom rest—the intricate framework of Constitutional limits that protect our property, our liberty, and our lives. Roberts and Stratton convincingly argue that this abuse of government power doesn't have ideological boundaries. Indeed, conservatives and liberals alike use prosecutors, regulators, and courts to chase after their own favorite devils, to seek punishment over justice and expediency over freedom. The authors present harrowing accounts of people both rich and poor, of CEOs and blue-collar workers who have fallen victim to the tyranny of good intentions, who have lost possessions, careers, loved ones, and sometimes even their lives. This book is a sobering wake-up call to reclaim that which is rightly ours—liberty protected by the rule of law. |
| tyranny of the urgent: On Tyranny Graphic Edition Timothy Snyder, 2021-10-05 Note: The ebook of this graphic edition combines a hand-lettered font with richly detailed images. Due to the nature of the design, readers will be required to zoom in on each page. For the best experience, please use a larger, full-color screen. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder’s bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting America’s arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the visual storytelling talents of renowned illustrator Nora Krug “Nora Krug has visualized and rendered some of the most valuable lessons of the twentieth century, which will serve all citizens as we shape the future.”—Shepard Fairey, artist and activist Timothy Snyder’s New York Times bestseller On Tyranny uses the darkest moments in twentieth-century history, from Nazism to Communism, to teach twenty lessons on resisting modern-day authoritarianism. Among the twenty include a warning to be aware of how symbols used today could affect tomorrow (“4: Take responsibility for the face of the world”), an urgent reminder to research everything for yourself and to the fullest extent (“11: Investigate”), a point to use personalized and individualized speech rather than clichéd phrases for the sake of mass appeal (“9: Be kind to our language”), and more. In this graphic edition, Nora Krug draws from her highly inventive art style in Belonging—at once a graphic memoir, collage-style scrapbook, historical narrative, and trove of memories—to breathe new life, color, and power into Snyder’s riveting historical references, turning a quick-read pocket guide of lessons into a visually striking rumination. In a time of great uncertainty and instability, this edition of On Tyranny emphasizes the importance of being active, conscious, and deliberate participants in resistance. |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Tyranny of Socialism ... Yves Guyot, 1894 |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Tyranny of Dead Ideas Matt Miller, 2010-01-19 Offers the most plausible way to renovate our political and policy thinking to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century.—Joe Klein, Time A leading political and business thinker identifies the greatest threat to our economic future: the things we think we know-but don't. America is at a crossroads. In the face of global competition and rapid technological change, our economy is about to face its most severe test in nearly a century-one that will make the recent turmoil in the financial system look like a modest setback by comparison. Yet our leaders have failed to prepare us for what lies ahead because they are in the grip of a set of dead ideas about how a modern economy should work. They wrongly believe that - Our kids will earn more than we do - Free trade is always good, no matter who gets hurt - Employers should be responsible for health coverage - Taxes hurt the economy - Schools are a local matter - Money follows merit These ways of thinking-dubious at best and often dead wrong-are on a collision course with economic developments that are irre-versible. In The Tyranny of Dead Ideas, Matt Miller offers a unique blend of insights from history, psychology, and economics to illuminate where today's destructive conventional wisdom came from and how it holds our country back. He also introduces us to a new way of thinking-what he calls tomorrow's destined ideas-that can reinvigorate our economy, our politics, and our day-to-day lives. These destined ideas may seem counterintuitive now, but they will coalesce in the coming years in ways that will transform America. A strikingly original assessment of our current dilemma and an indispensable guide to our future, Miller's provocative and path-breaking book reveals why it is urgent that we break the tyranny of dead ideas, for it is only by doing so that we can move beyond the limits of today's obsolete debates and reinvent American capitalism and democracy for the twenty-first century. |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Tyranny of Common Sense Irmgard Emmelhainz, 2021-11-01 As one of the first countries to implement a neoliberal state apparatus, Mexico serves as a prime example of the effects of neoliberal structural economic reform on our sensibility. Irgmard Emmelhainz argues that, in addition to functioning as a form of politico-economic organization, neoliberalism creates particular ways of seeing and inhabiting the world. It reconfigures common sense, justifying destruction and dispossession in the name of development and promising to solve economic precarity with self-help and permanent education. Pragmatism reigns, yet in always aiming to maximize individual benefit and profit, such common sense fuels a culture of violence and erodes the distinction between life and death. Moreover, since 2018, with the election of a new Mexican president, neoliberalism has undergone what Emmelhainz calls post-neoliberal conversion, intensifying extractavism and ushering in a novel form of moral, political, and intellectual hegemony rooted in class tensions and populism. Integrating theory with history and lived reality with art, film, and literary criticism, The Tyranny of Common Sense will appeal to academics and readers interested in the effects of neoliberalism and, now, post-neoliberalism in Mexico from a broader, global perspective. Originally published in Spanish in 2016 as La tiranía del sentido común: La reconversión neoliberal de México, the English edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded to encompass a critical vision of the current regime. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Fire in the Fireplace Charles E. Hummel, 1993 Charles E. Hummel examines the charismatic renewal--its biblical roots, influence on many Christian traditions and new expressions. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Nein. Eric Jarosinski, 2015-09-08 This “witty and droll” collection of philosophical tweets from the popular @NeinQuarterly offers a “perfect antidote to relentless positivity” (Publishers Weekly). “Rome didn’t burn in a day.” —Nein. A Manifesto Eric Jarosinski is the self-described “failed intellectual” behind @NeinQuarterly, a “Compendium of Utopian Negation” that uses the aphoristic potential of Twitter to plumb the existential abyss of modern life. In Nein. A Manifesto, Jarosinski collects his finest meditations on modern misery. Stridently hopeless and charmingly dour, Nein. A Manifesto is an irreverent philosophical investigation into our most—and least—urgent questions. Inspired by the aphorisms of Nietzsche, Karl Kraus, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno, Jarosinski’s short-form style reinvents philosophy for a world doomed to distraction. Critical thinkers, lovers of language, bibliophiles, manics, and depressives alike will be drawn to this compelling, witty, and often hilarious translation of digital into print, theory into praxis, and tragedy into farce. [REVIEWS] “I hate Twitter, I think it should be prohibited—but Jarosinski’s Nein. is the only exception, the only reason that justifies it! He is like a radical Norman Bates from Psycho intervening with his tweets which are like fast cuts with a knife!” —Slavoj Žižek “Witty and droll . . . There are gems on nearly every page. The book might seem tongue-in-cheek, but Jarosinski’s cynical aphorisms about philosophy, art, language, and literature hold plenty of truth. It is the perfect antidote to the relentless positivity of the stereotypical self-help manual.” —Publishers Weekly “A hilarious manifesto of dystopian epigrams. Nein. is the devil on your shoulder, now on your shelf.” —Ben Schott, author of Schott’s Miscellany and Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition “Nein. celebrates everything that it negates. It is quietly, joyously bleak. Will you enjoy it? Perhaps better to ask: can you be certain that you’ve ever enjoyed anything?” —MC Frontalot |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Tyranny of E-mail John Freeman, 2009-10-20 The award-winning president of the National Book Critics Circle examines the astonishing growth of email—and how it is changing our lives, not always for the better. John Freeman is one of America’s pre-eminent literary critics; now in this, his first book, he presents an elegant and erudite investigation into a technology that has revolutionized the way we work, communicate, and even think. There’s no question that email is an explosive phenomenon. The first email, developed for military use, was sent less than forty years ago; by 2011, there will be 3.2 billion users. The average corporate employee now receives upwards of 130 emails per day; by 2009 that number is expected to reach nearly 200. And the flood of messages is ceaseless: for increasing numbers of people, email means work now occupies home time as well as office hours. Drawing extensively on the research of linguists, behavioral scientists, cultural critics, and philosophers, Freeman examines the way email is taking a mounting toll on a variety of behavior, reducing time for leisure and contemplation, despoiling subtlety and expression in language, and separating us from each other in the unending and lonely battle with the overfull inbox. He enters a plea for communication which is slower, more nuanced, and, above all, more sociable. |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Tyranny of Science Paul K. Feyerabend, 2011-05-06 Paul Feyerabend is one of the greatest philosophers of science of the 20th century and his book Against Method is an international bestseller. In this new book he masterfully weaves together the main elements of his mature philosophy into a gripping tale: the story of the rise of rationalism in Ancient Greece that eventually led to the entrenchment of a mythical ‘scientific worldview’. In this wide-ranging and accessible book Feyerabend challenges some modern myths about science, including the myth that ‘science is successful’. He argues that some very basic assumptions about science are simply false and that substantial parts of scientific ideology were created on the basis of superficial generalizations that led to absurd misconceptions about the nature of human life. Far from solving the pressing problems of our age, such as war and poverty, scientific theorizing glorifies ephemeral generalities, at the cost of confronting the real particulars that make life meaningful. Objectivity and generality are based on abstraction, and as such, they come at a high price. For abstraction drives a wedge between our thoughts and our experience, resulting in the degeneration of both. Theoreticians, as opposed to practitioners, tend to impose a tyranny on the concepts they use, abstracting away from the subjective experience that makes life meaningful. Feyerabend concludes by arguing that practical experience is a better guide to reality than any theory, by itself, ever could be, and he stresses that there is no tyranny that cannot be resisted, even if it is exerted with the best possible intentions. Provocative and iconoclastic, The Tyranny of Science is one of Feyerabend’s last books and one of his best. It will be widely read by everyone interested in the role that science has played, and continues to play, in the shaping of the modern world. |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Tyranny of Algorithms Miguel Benasayag, 2021-05-13 The impact of the digital world and its algorithms on human beings and society We read all sorts of things about AI, as the promise of a future happiness or as a threat capable of putting an end to humanity. While we cannot be for or against AI – it's already here, and not likely to disappear any time soon - the question we face is how to exist as human beings - individually, socially, collectively - in a world governed by algorithms. Since the dawn of humanity, technological objects have intersected with the human mind: it is we who have shaped them; but as we use them, they in turn shape our brain. With the development of new technologies, this hybridization is becoming more and more apparent, and machines now threaten to colonize us, if we use them badly. AI allows us to make many kinds of work easier, but these benefits often come at the cost of reducing a person to a set of micro-data, far removed from the human characteristics that define him. Worse yet: the whole economy is now subject to the decisions suggested by machines. We have entered an era of algorithmic governmentality, in which leaders have deliberately delegated their decision-making to AI. How, then, can we still talk about democracy? And consequently, how can we organize collective action, confronted by a power that is based on the supposed infallibility of machines? Benasayag gives his considered answers in this short but illuminating book, a hybrid of essay and interview. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Born Into This Adam Thompson, 2021-07-13 * The Story Prize Spotlight Award, Winner * Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, Shortlist * Queensland Literary Awards – University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection, Shortlist * Age Book of the Year award, Finalist * An ABA Indie Next pick for “Great New Reads” for August. * A Best Native Book of 2021 —The Tribal College Journal * A Best Book of the Year —Independent Book Review The remarkable stories in Born Into This are eye-opening, razor-sharp, and entertaining, often all at once. From an Aboriginal ranger trying to instill some pride in wayward urban teens on the harsh islands off the coast of Tasmania, to those scraping by on the margins of white society railroaded into complex and compromised decisions, Adam Thompson presents a powerful indictment of colonialism and racism. With humor, pathos, and the occasional sly twist, Thompson’s characters confront discrimination, untimely funerals, classroom politics, the ongoing legacy of cultural destruction, and — overhanging all like a discomforting, burgeoning awareness for both black and white Australia — the inexorable disappearance of the remnant natural world. A legacy of cultural destruction in Australia and the disappearance of the natural world loom over stories of Aboriginal rangers, untimely funerals and angry bees in this sharp fiction debut. —New York Times Book Review With its wit, intelligence and restless exploration of the parameters of race and place, Thompson’s debut collection is a welcome addition to the canon of Indigenous Australian writers. —Thuy On, The Guardian |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Good Dad Jim Daly, 2014-04-22 It’s never too late to be a better father Jim Daly, president and CEO of Focus on the Family, is an expert in fatherhood—in part because his own fathers failed him so badly. His biological dad was an alcoholic. His stepfather deserted him. His foster father accused Jim of trying to kill him. All were out of Jim's life by the time he turned 13. Isn’t it odd—and reminiscent of the hand of God—that the director of the leading organization on family turned out to be a guy whose own background as a kid and son were pretty messed up? Or could it be that successful parenting is discovered not in the perfect, peaceful household but in the midst of battles and messy situations, where God must constantly be called to the scene? That is the mystery unraveled in this book. Using his own expertise, humor, and inexhaustible wealth of stories, Jim will show you that God can make you a good dad, a great dad, in spite of the way you’ve grown up and in spite of the mistakes you’ve made. Maybe even because of them. It’s not about becoming a perfect father. It’s about trying to become a better father, each and every day. It's about building relationships with your children through love, grace, patience, and fun—and helping them grow into the men and women they’re meant to be. |
| tyranny of the urgent: My Heart--Christ's Home Robert Boyd Munger, 2010-07-26 More than ten million readers have enjoyed Robert Boyd Munger's spiritually challenging meditation on Christian discipleship. Now revised and expanded, My Heart--Christ's Home leads you to examine for yourself all the aspects of your life--considering what Christ most desires for you. |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Invisible Handcuffs of Capitalism Michael Perelman, 2011 Mainstream economics ignores or distorts the most fundamental aspect of this reality: that the vast majority of people must, out of necessity, labor on behalf of others, transformed into nothing but a means to the end of maximum profits for their employers. The nature of the work we do and the conditions under which we do it profoundly shape our lives. And yet, both of these factors are peripheral to mainstream economics. By sweeping labor under the rug, mainstream economists hide the nature of capitalism, making it appear to be a system based upon equal exchange rather than exploitation inside every workplace. |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Tyranny of the Ideal Gerald Gaus, 2019-01-08 In his provocative new book, The Tyranny of the Ideal, Gerald Gaus lays out a vision for how we should theorize about justice in a diverse society. Gaus shows how free and equal people, faced with intractable struggles and irreconcilable conflicts, might share a common moral life shaped by a just framework. He argues that if we are to take diversity seriously and if moral inquiry is sincere about shaping the world, then the pursuit of idealized and perfect theories of justice—essentially, the entire production of theories of justice that has dominated political philosophy for the past forty years—needs to change. Drawing on recent work in social science and philosophy, Gaus points to an important paradox: only those in a heterogeneous society—with its various religious, moral, and political perspectives—have a reasonable hope of understanding what an ideally just society would be like. However, due to its very nature, this world could never be collectively devoted to any single ideal. Gaus defends the moral constitution of this pluralistic, open society, where the very clash and disagreement of ideals spurs all to better understand what their personal ideals of justice happen to be. Presenting an original framework for how we should think about morality, The Tyranny of the Ideal rigorously analyzes a theory of ideal justice more suitable for contemporary times. |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Tyranny of Rights Brewster Kneen, 2009-01-01 |
| tyranny of the urgent: On Liberty Shami Chakrabarti, 2014-10-02 On Liberty is the story of today's threats to our freedoms and a highly personal, impassioned plea in defence of fundamental rights, from Shami Chakrabarti, Britain's leading human rights campaigner On 11 September 2001, our world changed. The West's response to 9/11 has morphed into a period of exception. Governments have decided that the rule of law and human rights are often too costly. In On Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti explores why our fundamental rights and freedoms are indispensable. She shows, too, the unprecedented pressures those rights are under today. Drawing on her own work in high-profile campaigns, from privacy laws to anti-terror legislation, Chakrabarti shows the threats to our democratic institutions and why our rights are paramount in upholding democracy. 'Probably the most effective public affairs lobbyist of the past 20 years' - David Aaronovitch, The Times 'The undaunted freedom fighter' - Observer 'The most dangerous woman in Britain' - Sun |
| tyranny of the urgent: Sensemaking Christian Madsbjerg, 2017-03-21 Based on his work at some of the world's largest companies, including Ford, Adidas, and Chanel, Christian Madsbjerg's Sensemaking is a provocative stand against the tyranny of big data and scientism, and an urgent, overdue defense of human intelligence. Humans have become subservient to algorithms. Every day brings a new Moneyball fix--a math whiz who will crack open an industry with clean fact-based analysis rather than human intuition and experience. As a result, we have stopped thinking. Machines do it for us. Christian Madsbjerg argues that our fixation with data often masks stunning deficiencies, and the risks for humankind are enormous. Blind devotion to number crunching imperils our businesses, our educations, our governments, and our life savings. Too many companies have lost touch with the humanity of their customers, while marginalizing workers with liberal arts-based skills. Contrary to popular thinking, Madsbjerg shows how many of today's biggest success stories stem not from quant thinking but from deep, nuanced engagement with culture, language, and history. He calls his method sensemaking. In this landmark book, Madsbjerg lays out five principles for how business leaders, entrepreneurs, and individuals can use it to solve their thorniest problems. He profiles companies using sensemaking to connect with new customers, and takes readers inside the work process of sensemaking connoisseurs like investor George Soros, architect Bjarke Ingels, and others. Both practical and philosophical, Sensemaking is a powerful rejoinder to corporate groupthink and an indispensable resource for leaders and innovators who want to stand out from the pack. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Commitment Robert Boyd Munger, 1994-05-31 Six studies, based on Robert Boyd Munger's classic of Christian commitment, My Heart--Christ's Home, offer an imaginative approach to help you see your life as Jesus might. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Tax Tyranny Pascal Salin, 2020-03-28 Tax Tyranny does not aim to give a description of existing tax systems, rather it provides readers with the intellectual instruments which enable them to understand the role of taxation in the workings of economic systems and to evaluate the fairness of taxes. |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Emergence of Sin Matthew Croasmun, 2017 Commentators have long argued about whether to read Paul's personification of Sin in Romans literally or figuratively. Matthew Croasmun suggests both that the cosmic power Sin is nothing more than an emergent feature of a vast network of human transgression and that this power is nevertheless a real person. |
| tyranny of the urgent: A Company of Heroes Tim Keesee, 2019-04-17 “All Christians should read this book.” —Rosaria Butterfield Across the globe, the gospel is advancing through the work of Christians willing to risk everything in the hardest places. This book, written by a missions journalist as he traveled throughout twenty different countries, is filled with stories of Christians past and present whose examples of endurance, courage, sacrifice, and humility connect readers with God’s unstoppable work across the world. These heroes are simply ordinary people who have experienced the transformative power of a Savior who is alive and moving—and their stories will inspire readers to take faithfilled risks for the gospel. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Disobey Frederic Gros, 2020-05-19 Exploring the philosophy of disobedience The world is out of joint, so much so that disobeying should be an urgent question for everyone. In this provocative essay, Frédéric Gros explores the roots of political obedience. Social conformity, economic subjection, respect for authorities, constitutional consensus? Examining the various styles of obedience provides tools to study, invent and induce new forms of civic disobedience and lyrical protest. Nothing can be taken for granted: neither supposed certainties nor social conventions, economic injustice or moral conviction. Thinking philosophically requires us never to accept truths and generalities that seem obvious. It restores a sense of political responsibility. At a time when the decisions of experts are presented as the result of icy statistics and anonymous calculations, disobeying becomes an assertion of humanity. To philosophize is to disobey. This book is a call for critical democracy and ethical resistance. |
| tyranny of the urgent: The Trial of Julian Assange Nils Melzer, 2022-02-08 The shocking story of the legal persecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and the dangerous implications for the whistleblowers of the future. In July 2010, Wikileaks published Cablegate, one of the biggest leaks in the history of the US military, including evidence for war crimes and torture. In the aftermath Julian Assange, the founder and spokesman of Wikileaks, found himself at the center of a media storm, accused of hacking and later sexual assault. He spent the next seven years in asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, fearful that he would be extradited to Sweden to face the accusations of assault and then sent to US. In 2019, Assange was handed over to the British police and, on the same day, the U.S. demanded his extradition. They threatened him with up to 175 years in prison for alleged espionage and computer fraud. At this point, Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, started his investigation into how the US and UK governments were working together to ensure a conviction. His findings are explosive, revealing that Assange has faced grave and systematic due process violations, judicial bias, collusion and manipulated evidence. He has been the victim of constant surveillance, defamation and threats. Melzer also gathered together consolidated medical evidence that proves that Assange has suffered prolonged psychological torture. Melzer’s compelling investigation puts the UK and US state into the dock, showing how, through secrecy, impunity and, crucially, public indifference, unchecked power reveals a deeply undemocratic system. Furthermore, the Assange case sets a dangerous precedent: once telling the truth becomes a crime, censorship and tyranny will inevitably follow. The Trial of Julian Assange is told in three parts: the first explores Nils Melzer’s own story about how he became involved in the case and why Assange’s case falls under his mandate as the Special Rapporteur on Torture. The second section returns to 2010 when Wikileaks released the largest leak in the history of the U.S. military, exposing war crimes and corruption, and Nils makes the case that Swedish authorities manipulated charges against Assange to force his extradition to the US and publicly discredit him. In the third section, the author returns to 2019 and picks up the case as Ecuador kicks Assange out of the embassy and lays out the case as it currently stands, as well as the stakes involved for other potential whistleblowers trying to serve the public interest. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Blood Oil Leif Wenar, 2016 In this sweeping book, one of today's leading political philosophers, Leif Wenar, goes behind the headlines in search of the hidden global rule that thwarts democracy and development-and that puts shoppers into business with some of today's most dangerous men. |
| tyranny of the urgent: Ripple Effects Pam Tebow, 2022-07 Discover the God-inspired difference only you can make in the world . . . using the key you never knew you had. Tim Tebow credits his mom with being the key to his success--but Pam never expected that she would be known on a national stage. For most of her life, she was serving quietly and faithfully as a wife and a mom--choosing life for her child in the face of medical risks, answering the Lord's call to mission work in the Philippines, and homeschooling before anyone knew what the word meant. But all along the way, her experiences--and her consistent, everyday choices to follow the Lord and to serve wherever He placed her--were creating unexpected ripples of influence throughout her family, her community, and her world. And they would end up extending far beyond anything she ever imagined. Pam believes that every one of us can be influential--and that deep within a woman's heart is the desire to use her influence for good. In Ripple Effects, Pam uncovers and explores the miraculous motivating power of influence we can have on this generation and the next, no matter where we are planted in life. Whether we are in the midst of endless diaper changes, climbing up the corporate ladder, or simply doing our best to live, love, and serve well each day, Pam will encourage us to maximize our God-given opportunities for influence--and watch how far the ripples will spread. |
| tyranny of the urgent: A Mind for God James Emery White, 2009-08-20 Grow your brain! James Emery White presents a well-written, accessible approach to the importance of the mind in a Christian framework and the use of the Christian mind in the world. This accessible approach will help you put your mind to use in the world as it was intended by our Creator and includes reading lists and resources for learning. |
TYRANNY OF THE URGENT By Charles E. Hummel
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Freedom from the tyranny of the urgent is found in the example and promise of our Lord. At the end of a vigorous debate with the Pharisees in Jerusalem, Jesus said to those who believed in
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The Tyranny of the Urgent. By Charles E. Hummel, 1967. Don’t let the urgent take the place of the important in your life. Oh, the urgent will really fight, claw, and scream for attention. It will plead …
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tyranny of the urgent. CAN YOU ESCAPE? Is there any escape from this pattern of living? The answer lies in the life of our Lord. On the night before He died, Jesus made an astonishing claim. In the great prayer of John 17 He said, "I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do (verse 4, KJV). How could Jesus use the word finished?
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In the middle of a fruitful ministry across the Jordan where John the Baptist had preached, Jesus received an urgent message from his close friends Mary and Martha concerning their brother Lazarus: "Lord, the one you love is sick" (Jn 11:3).
Illustration by Earl Keleny - C.S. Lewis Institute
Freedom from the tyranny of the urgent is found in the example and promise of our Lord. At the end of a vigorous debate with the Pharisees in Jerusalem, Jesus said to those who believed in
Tyranny of the Urgent - Discipleship Library
If an executive is too busy to stop and plan, he may find himself replaced by another man who takes time to plan. If the Christian is too busy to stop, take spiritual inventory, and receive his assignments from God, he becomes a slave to the tyranny of the urgent.
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the urgent tasks call for instant action—endless demands pressure every hour and day. A man's home is no longer his castle; it is no longer a place away from urgent tasks because the telephone breaches the walls with imperious demands. The momentary appeal of these tasks seems irresistible and important, and they devour our energy.
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1. What things are important in your life? What things are urgent? Take time to write down a goal for each important activity and estimate the time it will take. 2. What things tend to excite you and bring satisfaction? How can you make room in your schedule for those? 3. What areas are you needing to rest in but aren’t?
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Charles Hummel's classic booklet Tyranny of the Urgent has sold over one million copies. Now for the first time he expands on the life-changing perspective that has transformed the lives of thousands struggling to keep from
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Tyranny of the Urgent Charles E. Hummel,2013-08-15 Now thoroughly revised and expanded this classic booklet by Charles E Hummel offers ideas and illustrations for effective time management With over one million copies in print this
The Tyranny of the Urgent - Dr. James G. Johnson
The Tyranny of the Urgent. By Charles E. Hummel, 1967. Don’t let the urgent take the place of the important in your life. Oh, the urgent will really fight, claw, and scream for attention. It will plead for our time and even make us think we’ve done the right thing by calming our nerves.
Charles Hummel Tyranny Of The Urgent [PDF]
Charles Hummel's "Tyranny of the Urgent" describes the pervasive problem of prioritizing immediate, often less important tasks over those with long-term strategic value.
The Tyranny Of The Urgent (outline)
The Tyranny Of The Urgent (outline) I Am Jesus: The Tyranny Of The Urgent John 6:22-40. “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him” – John 6:44. V.37: I’m saved because God ____________________ me. Calvinism = Predestination. V.26: The crowd was focusing on the __________________ instead of the ____________________.
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Tyranny: Oppressive Power. The myriad of seemingly endless urgent things we have to do are like a tyrannical power keeping us from any significant goal we want to accomplish with our life. Many are still in the habit of reacting to the urgent rather than responding to the important.
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THE TYRANNY OF THE URGENT. You may have seen the old cartoon that shows a king standing on the battlefield in front of his knights and swordsmen. An opposing force is arrayed against them across the valley. The king is shown dismissing a squire who …
Discussion Questions for Freedom from Tyranny of the Urgent
Discussion Questions for Freedom from Tyranny of the Urgent 1. List the two or three most important goals in your life for the next six months to a year. 2. When did you last take at least a full hour to check your direction and take your bearings? 3. What aspect of the kingdom of God is most meaningful to you at present? 4.
The Tyranny Of The Urgent (Download Only)
Tyranny of the Urgent Charles E. Hummel,2013-08-15 Now thoroughly revised and expanded this classic booklet by Charles E Hummel offers ideas and illustrations for effective time management With over one million copies in print this
Effective Time Management: Avoiding the Tyranny of the …
Effective Time Management: Avoiding the Tyranny of the Urgent. For better time management, we suggest using a tool from Stephen Covey. His Time Management Matrix focuses on two key dimensions: 1) urgency and (2) importance of the activities we handle.
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HOT TOPICS IN PRIMARY CARE. Laurel Halloran, PhD, APRN. 3. Care management. The aim is to defragment the system. Teams of professionals (MD, RN, PA, PharmD, LPN) managing a chronic disease fundamentally change how patients participate in their care.
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Tyranny of the Urgent. Charles E. Hummel. Have you ever wished for a thirty-hour day? Surely this extra time would relieve the tremendous pressure under which we live. Our lives leave a trail of unfinished tasks. Unanswered letters, unvisited friends, unwritten articles, and unread books haunt quiet moments when we stop to evaluate.
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