 Okay, okay, there we go. Okay, let's just pray and commit this time to the Lord and then we get started. Okay, let's pray. Father, we thank you for this time Lord, that we can consider all the things that you have created and consider Lord, the way in which you have placed us, the principles that are there, Lord, in your word and Lord, the laws that you have put in nature itself, God, we just amazed your wisdom and yes Lord, we thank you that you are with us and we continue to declare that greater is He that is in us and He that is in the world and Father, we thank you that you continue to sharpen us, continue to equip us, continue to build us up in the inner man so that we can be constantly Lord going from glory to glory and moving our God to be like you Father God. We thank you. Thank you for this time. We commit this time into your mighty hands. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Okay, so anyone remembers what we did last session? Anyone? You can put it in the chat. What did we look at? What did you learn? Any takeaway from what we did in the last session? Listening principles and listening skills. Yeah, so listening skills, listening and the principles involved that how to be effective in listening and it was all linked to communication, how to be effective in communication and we looked at listening and the importance of communication and also particularly listening is that it has a direct impact on our relationships, right? Whatever relationships it could be, it could be family, it could be friends, it could be work, ministry, so it has impact, it influences and it impacts, so therefore we took time to look at it and how we can be effective in our communication, how we can improve ourselves and we looked at listening and how we can be better at listening and what we should avoid like interrupting, drifting off and being distracted, like looking at other things, trying to solve the problem, thinking of answers and all those things. We said that we can, if we make that adjustment then we will be effective listeners, we'll be better at listening. So these are things that we could do in order to improve our listening skills and particularly because most of us are in some form of aspiring to be in ministry or ministry support related function, it will help. We'll be dealing with people and when we deal with people, all this is so very, very important, it comes into play. So today we look at the next chapter and even before that, I just want to talk about the resources that we've been given. When you look at the word resource, what comes to your mind? What is your understanding of the word resource? What comes to your mind? What is the resource? Anyone? What is a resource? We say it's a good resource and things like that. What is a resource? Anyone? Something which can be used. Is it anything that can be used? That's part of it, Dave. So definitely it is something that can be used but it is for a purpose, obviously, something that can be used. It is actually a stock of something. When you say a resource, something that is in the supply or stock of, it could be money, like Erin said money, it could be money, it could be material, it could be material, it could be money, it could be, I don't know, for somebody in the hotel industry, the sources would be, of course, money and all the ingredients, the gas supply, that's all these things. Anything that helps, okay, yeah, that's very, yeah, I think that kind of covers, it just brings everything under one category, anything that helps carry out something. When we say somebody is resourceful, that means that that person is able to, because of what experience they bring or what they're able to give, they're able to help that situation, make something effective. So resource, okay, so we look at, okay, money, we look at wisdom, knowledge, experience, right, material things, non-material things, all these things, these are resources, learning is a resource, special ability or talent, you know, that's a resource. And while all this, all these are resources, human beings, they say HR, like human resource, right, the thing that people bring to an organization or a ministry, the abilities they, or the tasks that they can perform, right, in order to help achieve the goal, okay, so human resource, HRM is human resource management, right, how do we manage this resource? And similarly, you know, like we look at money and humans and so on, you know, we need to understand that time is also a resource. Okay, so so often neglected or we think we have lots of it, right, that's not true. We, it is, you know, it is limited. And it is, it is a resource. Time is a resource, because we, you know, we can have everything, but if you don't have time, then we cannot obviously carry out certain tasks, like we can't carry out a project if you say, okay, I don't have any time. Okay, then you cannot. So time also is a very, very valuable resource. And, and the fact is that it's a gift from God, like, like Karan was saying, you know, wisdom and knowledge from God, time is also, you know, something that God has given us. And he has given to us. So the sooner we understand and realize that, hey, it's this is a resource that I need to, that I need to use well, right? This is a resource that I need to use well, I need to utilize it, then, then we will be mindful of it, then we'll be, you know, mindful aware of it, and we will use it well. Okay. I just want to refer to one, you know, scripture, which is Ephesians five, you know, if we can go there. Ephesians five, let me just try and project this. I'll see if I can. Okay. Okay, let's see. Can you see this? Yes. Just put on a chat if you can see it, or can you see this scripture that I put? Okay. Yeah. So, so we see Ephesians five versus 1718. The instruction is that Paul is writing to the, I think see that you walk circumspectly. Okay. Not as fools. Oops. You'll see it now. Okay. Not as fools. But as wise, redeeming the time because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. Okay. See that you walk circumspectly. So circumspectly means you understand, you, you think about what you're, how you're going to live. Okay, walk circumspect, you know, the Bible uses the term walk, run, to talk about our life, right? How, how we need to live our life. This is run with endurance, you know, meaning that okay, so we're all in this, you know, life, and it's, it's like a race that we run. So run with endurance, throw away those, you know, Hebrews 12 talks about that, right? Throw away those unnecessary things that are pulling you down and run with endurance, looking to Jesus, the author and perfect for our faith. So, so it talks about our life. So here, we see this advice, walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, you know, be mindful of the choices you make, might be mindful of, you know, what, how you're going to live redeeming the time. Okay, meaning that you live, see, time cannot be redeemed. Right? Actually, if you look at it, once you've, you know, these, this 15 minutes, once it's gone, it's gone. Right? You cannot get back this 15 minutes off this Thursday, right? On this Thursday, which is second September, you can't get back. It can be some other Thursday. And it can be some other 15 minutes. But it's, it's, you cannot get these 15 minutes, 15 minutes back, right? It's, it's gone. But what Paul is saying is, you know, you walk carefully, walk, be mindful of, walk intentionally, carefully. In other words, he's saying circumspectly. Think about what you're doing, think about how you're living. And it will be as if you're redeeming, you know, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Okay. So, yeah, let me stop sharing this. So, so Paul gives us that instruction. And so we know that, okay, time is a resource. And here's something that, here's something that we see scripture see, we see the wisdom in scripture and how we used to, how we need to use our resource or how we need to live our life with this resource called time. Okay. Okay, let's look at, if you have your notes, you can follow. We're looking at chapter six, which is management of time. So we can manage it in order to make sure that we spend it well. Okay. Make sure that the time that we have, everybody has, you know, 24 hours in a day, and every hour has 60 minutes, every minute has 60 seconds. And so there's no change in that. It's the constant for everyone. But it's, now we see that, you know, some people are able to use their time very well. Right. So, within that 24 hours, they're able to achieve a lot more or do a lot more, finish a lot more tasks than the others. Okay. So, so what is what is the difference? It is just that they are able to manage their time well. Okay. So the time as a resource, and it's the it's in, it's the same, it's a constant for everyone. But people are able to, those who manage their time, those who utilize plan and utilize their time well, are able to get a lot of things done, and get in use their time well. So, so here we are going to look at how do we manage, manage time, you know, some people are, by nature, they have the ability to manage their time well, in the sense they do not waste time, they are mindful of how they spend their time. And but even if by nature, we don't have it, you know, we're not born with that kind of capacity or ability, we can learn these skills like all the other skills that we've been talking about interpersonal communication, and so on. So we can develop this skill of time management. Okay. So one of the basic things that we need to understand is that, you know, we need to have an understanding of, okay, how of the tasks that we need to do each day, have an understanding of it. Okay, rather than, you know, just rush into it, if we can sit and understand what are the tasks that I need to do, right? What is, you know, if we are in ministry, what are the tasks that I need to do, as a pastor, as a leader, what are the tasks? And, you know, it could be, it could be different things, you know, maybe some of them are not not yet working, you know, we are still preparing, or maybe you might be doing other things, right? You're definitely during the day, there are certain things that you do. Okay, in the morning you do this, in the afternoon you do this. You know, first half is for Bible college, and maybe second half, you know, you have your other tasks to do. So sit and think about it, and see what are those tasks that I need to do, make a list of those tasks. It's very important. Okay, and that is why we have what we call as a to-do list, you know, we looked at it in Christian leadership class, a to-do list or a plan. Okay, and the plan can be for a day, it can be for the week, it can be for the month, or it can be for the year. And it's good to have those chunks of time, you know, so for a year, it'll be a very, you know, it'll be a very high level view. Okay, this year, these are the things that are going, that we're going to do. You know, these are things that I'm going to do as an individual. Okay, in January, this is what I want to do. February, this is what I want to do. So month-wise, you know, we kind of split it and say, okay, this is what we're going to see, this is what we want to finish or accomplish. And these months, right, and then you can go into the week, go into the days and say, okay, this day, this is what I want to do. So it's good to have, it's important to have a to-do list. What is it that I want to do in a day and to pick that off? And in a to-do list, the tasks, various tasks that I need to do, there will be some tasks that are urgent. Okay, what does it mean that it needs to be done immediately? Okay, these are urgent, time bound. And the thing is that it could be urgent, but it need not be important. Okay, so we need to know the difference because the important tasks will have serious consequences. Okay, if it is not done, if it is important, if it is not done, then the effect of it, having not done those tasks will be quite serious, very critical. But not necessarily when it comes to urgent things, it could be something to be urgent. But if it is not urgent and important, it can be done. It can be avoided also, it need not be, for example, you know, urgent thing, like, for example, it could be a call, it could be a call, you know, you know that when you don't pick up a call, you will, you know, that's it, you will not be able to contact the person, you know, of course, you can call them later. But it's an urgent thing, you know, it's like the call is coming through, the phone is ringing, and you need to take it, then right then and there, it kind of demands urgent action, right, before the phone stops ringing. But is it important? Well, you can decide that, right, maybe it's a telecaller, maybe it's a friend calling, you can decide, okay, I don't have to pick it up now. I can call this person later. Okay, so it means that it seems urgent, but then it's, it's not important. So I can keep it for later. Okay, so, you know, if you look at page page 29, there is that matrix. Okay, let me probably try and project that. Let me see. Okay. Okay. So we have that. Okay, we have that matrix. It's a priority matrix. Okay, what does it show? It shows on the left, okay, or the y axis, it has, you know, two, two categories, low importance, high importance on the x axis on the horizontal line, the vertical line has low importance and high importance at the margin. The horizontal line, and right below you see high urgency and low urgency. It's at different levels of urgency, different levels of importance. Okay, so if something is high in importance and high in urgency, okay, like this one, this would be the first, first block, which is in red, right. So that's the thing that I need to attack first, I need to do it first, I need to act on it first, because it's first, it's first in, sorry, it's, oops, yeah, so it's first in, it's high, it's ranking very high in importance, and it's also urgent. So I do it first. Well, if it's important, and if it is low, when it comes to urgency, then I do it next. It is important, I should not miss doing it. But it's not as important as this task, right? It is high in importance. So if it is high in importance, but low when it comes to urgency, then I can do it next, and so on. If it is low in importance and very high in urgency, I can do it later. It is still doable, I need to do it. But if it is low importance and low in urgency, I can choose not to do it. It's something maybe like, you know, reading something, maybe going through some social, you know, social media stuff, right? It's low urgency, low importance, I don't miss anything. So I can do it when I have the time, or I can choose not to do it also. So this kind of a priority matrix, if we kind of internalize that by that, I mean, you have an understanding, you look at the task and you say, okay, is it high in importance? Is it high in urgency? Those are some things that I need to do immediately. Okay, let's say, for example, you know, these classes, okay, for me, it's high in importance and high in urgency also, right? So I need to be there to teach. So preparation and everything has to be, you know, prioritized. So I, so everything else comes after the classes for me, right? For me as a teacher. So by the college classes, though, they are of high urgency and high importance. So which means that at this time, I need to send the link and I need to log into the class in order to teach, right? And those 50 minutes are crucial. I need to be able to do it. So these are, that'll be the first block, the first thing. The other things, which are again, which are important, you know, that could be, let's say, something to do with some recording, some voiceovers, you know, that I might have to do today, or some emails to be sent, some, you know, I might have to get in touch with some, some worship leaders. And so I will do it later. These are important, but are not urgent, right? I can do it after this. I need I might have to, you know, get in touch with some of my colleagues to, you know, talk about some things, or return some phone calls, because they would have called now, my phone is on silent. So all that will be the next thing. Okay, so, so like that, I prioritize, we need to prioritize. Okay, so, so same like, you know, like, you might be saying, Okay, I don't have so many things to do. Right? You might be saying, Okay, my my calendar is not packed. I'm actually, you know, in a season where it's all relaxed now. I'm just preparing. So, you know, no problem. But you get into the habit of making these lists, making these plans, and, and then we will develop a skill, you know, develop this skill of managing time better, rather than coming to the place where you have to do it, you know, develop it now, upgrade your skill now. And I'm sure that you will have many tasks, you know, whether you're at home, and you know, there are things to be done. There's work to be done. So it's good that we apply this skill and apply these things to develop this skill. Okay. Okay. So let's look at some of these principles of good time management, some of these principles. And it's good for us to, you know, again, internalize these things, right? Learn these things, internalize these things. One of the things is to be organized. Okay, keep things tidy, or be organized. What does that mean? Anyone? Be organized to keep things tidy. What is, what picture do you get when you hear the word organize? Anyone? And then I'll ask the other question, next question, what picture do you get? When you, can you hear the word organize, organized? Church? Okay. Kiran, why? Why do you get the picture church? Where do you think of church when you say organized? Everything should orderly. And, yeah, Thomas, yeah, I can hear you. Go ahead. Tell me everything should be and frames orderly, orderly, orderly, and something else you said correctly, do the things things close to do, write things in the right place like that. Okay, that's a great way of writing things in the right place. I think that's a very simple way of saying, okay, things are organized, you know, like, whatever you put orderly, Kiran, clean. Okay, all these things come to your mind. Okay, good order arranged. Yes. So, you know, everything in its place. Okay, so that's to be organized, everything in its place, and to be tidy. So this will greatly help us. Right. So what are some things that can be organized, you know, it can be simple things like personally, you know, it can be simple things like, you know, our clothes, right, to be organized to put them in. Yeah, the bed, you know, if your clothes are on the bed, every time you move the clouds down, and then you put back the clothes there, you know, that's not organized. Hey, that's, that's a real pain. That's a real challenge. Right. So, you know, one of the things I do, the first thing I do, and I get is keeping a room clean, Aaron, very good. So one of the things I do is make, you know, make the bed, right, I cannot function without making the very enough pillows, just put a blanket if I've used, you know, just wrap it up, arrange it, fold it and keep it neatly. So whether I live in my house or someone else's house, or if I'm staying in a hotel, like I know hotel, you know, some others will come and clean it. But still, I have to make that, you know, so in my mind, I don't want any clutter. I don't want anything sloppy. I don't want, you know, so clutter actually interferes with our ability to think, right? Clutter actually, it's, it distracts us. You know, maybe if it's, you know, every time, if your table where you're working is full, you know, it's like papers everywhere, pen, paper, you know, books, everything, then your, your mind is focused on that your mind is distracted. Okay. So if you can keep things organized, if you can put things like what Thomas shared, you know, write things in the right place, if it is out of place, put things in the place, then it is, it is, it'll greatly help us, you know, how, you know, first of all, it'll just help us personally, you know, it just keeps our mind very clear and sharp and focused because it's, it's not like things everywhere, you know, they are to distract us, take our focus off. But also it helps us in retrieving it. Okay. Now, the time that you spend searching for something, you want to go to church, you know, that morning you get up and you're searching for what to wear, you know, and especially if you're serving in church, you know, if you're on some team, like, you know, setting up the audio or your, you know, in a worship team or that time is crucial, right? You need to go early. And here you are searching for the, you know, and then you realize that, oh, this button does not have the button, or, you know, this sleeve is the same thing. So then you realize, oh, this is not ironed. And then, you know, all these things, we can avoid all these things, if we can keep things in and be organized. And maybe, you know, I am these things a day early or two days early and put them in a hanger and keep it so that you just need to pick it up and wear it. So clothes, our clothes. And when you, especially when it comes to work professionally, you know, our work things, like when it comes to books, papers that are filed, or several other files, you know, if you're working in accounts, especially, you know, you can't be searching every time, okay, what about, you know, 2015 bills? You know, it has to be in a file labeled and kept away so that you can retrieve it immediately and you don't have to waste time. Right? So this is, this helps us in minimizing the time to and helps us in using that time to do important tasks, tasks that require our time and effort. And it should not be spent, you know, searching for things. And, you know, especially when it comes to, you know, your computers and all of us use computers, all of us, maybe, you know, at work, you will use your laptops and, you know, so where are those things filed? You know, sometimes you look at some people's desktop, you know, the desktop, the opening screen, and you're like wondering, you know, how are they going to find these things? Because it's all there. All the files are there, like what big puzzle, right? Every time they open it, it's like everything is there. So, you know, can we arrange it in folders? Can we give the folders a meaningful name, right? A name that is not a folder like, you know, ABC, name like ABC or 123, right? Because then again, it doesn't make sense, you know, what you forget today, you remember, what is ABC, the file name, but then tomorrow you'll, you'll forget what, what is that contain? So giving it a meaningful name, a name, a name that conveys what is actually in it, like a name like the resume or, you know, the date. And then you know that, okay, this is what it is. Okay, so something like that would really help us retrieve things. Okay. Okay, so let me just share this picture here. Okay, so, okay, so, you know, this is, so you see that, okay, this is somebody's folder, somebody's I have a feeling this is past ashes. Okay, so this is there in one of our resources. So you see, you know, year wise, and there's a folders, and each folder has a lot of sub folders, and each of those folders are some tasks, or it is referring to, you know, some area of work, or some area of ministry, and so on, right? So several things. And each of these folders again, have files. Okay, like, for example, this particular folder, obviously has the, you know, files, and of all the messages, it has the WordDoc, it has the, you know, it has the sermon outline, it has the PDF is the sermon outline, and it has the doc also, WordDoc also, then it has a PowerPoint and so on. So you see, you know, one title has, you know, these, let's say, if you look at, if you can see my cursor, 2010 to 2014, so it's, it's, it's named this way, the year, the month and the day, and the day in which it was actually reached, okay, and the title of the sermon, and then, you know, the WordDoc, which is outline, and the PDF, which goes on the website, and the PowerPoint file, which is used for projection. So you see that. So it's very clear. So all you need to know is, you know, if you know the Sunday, you can go there, date, or you know the name of the sermon, you know, you can access it. And it's all done, it just takes a few seconds to, you know, do that. So, you know, when we keep our files, when we keep our material, our work material filed away in this manner, it helps us, you know, it helps us immensely, especially when work grows. Okay. And, and also, one of the things that that we need to really, apart from our work files and so on is our inbox, meaning our emails. Okay. Now, in a, in a work scenario, you send official emails, you receive official emails. And so we need to arrange it and keep it in a, in a proper way. Right. So I learned this early on. So my inbox is, okay, let me just try and see what is there. So my inbox would have about maybe 10 mails. Or, okay, let me just see how many are there. Okay, my inbox has about, okay, do I get a count of it somewhere? It's actually sending and receiving something. Okay. So at the most, I think it would have about 10 emails, because I've been put into several folders. Okay, I just keep, once I finish reading, once I finish, you know, acting on that, or I need, I might have to respond to it, I might have to do something based on that email, maybe somebody sends an inquiry, inquiry about, you know, about Sunday service, inquiry about maybe they're getting married and they want to know what is the procedure. So once I finish that, I put that in, you know, related folders. Okay, so folders are, again, divided according to ministries. And so I have one for events where, you know, Stephen takes care of events. So I have a folder called events. So whatever event related emails, or emails from, from Stephen, they go into that. So I can easily access that. So this really helps us, you know, it's just common sense. But, you know, when we do this, it really saves us a lot of trouble, because you could have hundreds and hundreds of emails over a period of years, right? And then it keeps piling on. And for someone who's been working for maybe, you know, if you've been working in an organization for a long time, even, you know, even for a year, there's so much of correspondence, emails coming in, and you need to, you know, file it away. Okay, so let's move on to another thing. So, so you keep things tidy, you keep things organized. Okay. The second thing is, you know, doing things at the right time in the sense the second one would be, you know, picking the right time or moment picking the right moment, it's there in the notes. I'm just putting it here, picking the moment to do the task. Okay, so you understand, each one of us have, you know, the best time when we when we are sharp, most productive time. For some, it could be late night. For some, it could be, you know, early morning. For some, it could be afternoon, you know, whatever, you know, they function better that way. And there's no right or wrong. Okay. So the most difficult task, task that really require us to think and analyze and require a lot out of us, we can actually schedule for those moments. But we need to also consider, you know, the other factors like maybe the team that is involved, you know, like, for example, if that task would mean that I have to interact with certain people, you have to interact with the maybe the media team, for example, now, I cannot keep it till the end of the day, or maybe I can't keep it till midnight, because then nobody's working, right? Suppose I need some information to finish that task, or I finish the task and I need to send it and then I need to need them to respond. I can't keep it till midnight. I must do it during the work time. So you understand, okay, between between nine and between whatever seven, you know, what is, what is the best time to do these kind of tasks? What is the best time to call people and talk to them? What is the best time to have these meetings? What is the best time to sit quietly and analyze and not plan ahead? You choose, you know, you're the best judge for that. But you realize that and then you do it. Okay. The other thing, the third one is, okay, don't procrastinate. Don't procrastinate. What does procrastinate mean? It procrastinate means to, to put away, right, to postpone, to delay in doing certain things, you know, like, certain things, there is a wisdom in delaying and not really jumping in and doing it immediately. Maybe you want to wait and see. There's wisdom in that. Maybe you want to, you know, you want to get some information, additional information. So you want to wait, that's fine. But if for all tasks, you know, if we end up procrastinating, that is postponing, then there's a problem, right? So we need to ask ourselves, why am I delaying this and be truthful about it? Right? Why am I delaying making this phone call? Maybe, you know, it's an unpleasant thing to do. Right. In the sense, maybe I, that person room I'm supposed to call, you know, not a very nice person, or it's a difficult conversation that I need to have. So maybe that's why I've been, you know, delaying. And I don't know how that person will respond, you know, things like that. Okay, so ask yourself, you know, why am I delaying this? Is it because it's very difficult task? Then I need to start somewhere, right? Or I don't know how to do it. Maybe that's why I keep delaying it could be very many reasons, right? Or I don't know if I don't know where to start. Okay, so which means that we actually need to take help. We need to consult, ask people, ask the experts, get help in order to start doing the task, right? So there could be many reasons why people postpone or put away certain things. It could be some important decision. It could be some decision about money, it could be some decision about marriage, it could be some decision about, you know, many other things, right? Why are you putting it off? You know, ask that question. And, and, you know, and be honest about that answer, and deal with it. Okay, we need to deal with it. Okay, maybe you're saying that I'm putting it off because I don't like that job. You know, I don't like the task. Okay, then the question is, why is it that you don't like the task? Oh, because I feel I'm not better. I'm not I'm not good at it. I'm not good at that task. So I don't like the task. So I keep putting it off. Okay, then the answer is, of course, we need to get better at it. How can I get better at that task? Find out. And, you know, maybe we need to do a course, maybe we need to ask someone to help us and do that. Right? So, so don't procrastinate. If you're procrastinating, find out. If you're postponing something, delaying something, find out why. Okay, the other thing when it comes to, you know, principles of time management is don't try to multitask. Okay, what is multitasking? You want to do three goals together? Okay, yeah, so you're trying to do two, three things at the same time, or multiple tasks at the same time, you know, you're like listening to a song, trying to read a book and trying to answer someone on the phone, right? How many things can you do at a time? Right? Even though, you know, some of our, you know, maybe we are very capable able, a mind can actually only do one thing at a time. You know, it can only do one thing at a time. So it kind of divides our attention. We think we are doing it. Okay, we think we are able to do it. But then actually, you know, it actually our mind focuses on this for some time, and on that for some time, and on the other thing, at some other time, where so that's how we do. So multitasking really doesn't help us because it we end up doing a very mediocre job. Okay, it doesn't help us to excel in anything. We might, you know, just pass, we might just get by in in those tasks, right? So when we try to multitask, we might just get by okay, or, you know, just that minimum thing that is required, we might be able to do. Okay, because we're not able to give that focus and attention, which is required to excel at the task. Right? So, so what is the answer? And what is the solution? You know, you say, but you might say, you know, I have so many things to do. I have so many things to do, I can't help but multitask. So the thing is, like what we said earlier, you know, prioritize, urgent, important, what is high in urgency, what is high in importance, prioritize it, break down and categorize it so that we can have a list and, you know, we can do that. Okay, yes, we understand that, you know, sometimes when we miss doing these tasks, that's when it happens, right? When we miss doing certain things, and then we have only one hour and so many things need to be finished within that one hour. Then we are kind of panicking, you know, we, we kind of, you know, we're getting so overwhelmed. Okay, so, so we try to do these things and try to do all these things at the same time, and end up doing something which is average or below average. Okay, so don't multitask. And the fifth one is, you know, when we are in a position of multitasking, which means that things are really going haywire, things are, you know, reached a stage where it's just beyond our control, seems to go beyond our control and it's then that we need to stay calm. Okay, not lose control, not lose control of ourselves, stay calm. And maybe, you know, sometimes we just need to rest. We just need to rest. I remember having conversation, you know, sometimes saying, you know, just rest here, just sleep, rest, get some, and then our mind will be fresh to focus and think, think through and solve that problem. Okay, so we need to stay calm. Okay. Okay, so these are some, some things that would really help us. These are some basic principles, right, that would really help us to manage our times. I just also want to, you know, share a couple of other things. Let me just present it here. Okay, so the other thing is, when we have to manage time, we have to, yeah, Kanan is saying half my screen is Google Meet, half will be Bible class videos. Okay. Yeah, I hope you're not doing that right now. I mean, yeah, you can, of course, split the screen to, you know, look at your notes and all that. But then if you're trying to do too many on watching one video and watching, you know, also attending class, then that won't help, right? Okay. So at least it's 1010. Okay, if the axe is dull, and one does not sharpen the edge, that he must use more strength, but wisdom brings access. What does it mean that it means that, you know, if the tools that we're using are not effective, then we need to improve the tools that we're using. Okay, so if it's a knife, it needs to be sharp. The same way, if, you know, if I'm going to take a lot of time to put together a PowerPoint presentation, that could be a very, you know, to, to write one letter, to send one email, you know, I'm just struggling at it. Now I need to get better at doing it in half the time, or maybe one third of the time. So, so these are tasks, routine tasks, you know it. And we cannot, you know, it means my grammar has to improve, my language has to improve, my communication has written communication has to improve. So, if I, you know, do something to improve that, then my work time will be very productive. I won't spend, I remember earlier on, you know, I was just, I used to spend a lot of time in the, you know, just to put together, you know, a PowerPoint presentation or, or an email or, you know, Excel, I'm just trying to figure out. And, and I realized that I was wasting a lot of time to send one email out. I'm thinking with, is it correct? Is it wrong? You know, I'm spending too much time on it. So, I need to get better at it. Right. So, and then, and then it really helped work being productive. Okay, so improve the skills, then it will help. Okay, what's the other thing? Use tools, use, you know, use certain shortcuts. Okay, not shortcuts in the sense of, you know, shortcuts that will help us, you know, that will not help us when it comes to, you know, shortcuts to success, you know, but really, these are things that we can do. For example, you know, if you have a template, you can reuse it. When I say template, it means, okay, let's say you're sending a welcome letter, or a thank you letter for someone who sends a contribution. Okay, that happens, right, in ministry. Now, all you need to do is the content, you know, if you've thought through and written, and you've expressed, you know, gratitude and for the, you know, whatever the help they have sent, then all you need to do is change the name, right, especially if you have to be sending them five or 10 thank you letters, then it helps if you just have a standard letter, and you change the name, right, or maybe it's a welcome letter, or maybe it's a letter to the vendor, you know, saying that I need this services, I need the product code and all that you have a, you know, a template that will help. So reuse something. Okay, we looked at that for organizing filing things, okay, using our time for the most important things and breaking the task so you finish the longest part. Okay, staying mentally and physically fit is very important, because it will help us to, because when we are, you know, you've seen it, right, when we are sick, it takes us longer to do certain things. When there's aches and pains, right, your, your body's not cooperating, you take longer. I remember when I was having joint pain and because of a gout, it'll take me a long time just to go and have my bath and, you know, get dressed because it would be so painful just to put on a shirt, you know, I just need to make sure that I do it slowly. Right, but the thing is to, if we are keeping ourselves fit, physically, mentally, emotionally, right, then we are able to do these tasks. Well, you know, starting the day with prayer, spending time at prayer, and, you know, getting it all sorted, like emotionally, you know, maybe there are some challenges, things that have been worrying you, and you spend time in prayer and God, you know, gives that solution, God gives the answer, then we are in a better frame of mind to start the day and start the tasks for the day, right. The other thing is to, we just done here, I'm sure, I'm going a little extra, just one minute to leverage teamwork and delegation, okay, there are some things that we need to delegate to others. Okay, now these are the things that are maybe low in importance, low in urgency, but still you feel that it needs to be done, or maybe it's urgent, but not very important, and you feel that others can do it. Okay, and where you can focus on something else, which only you need to do, only you can do, then you can delegate it to others. Okay, and let the team do it. Right. Okay, this is about prayer and wisdom, and, you know, tapping into the wisdom of God, tapping into the revelation that God has, and, and which is revealed by the Holy Spirit, so it doesn't have to be our natural skill and talent and ability, but it can be, you know, the gifts in operation, the word of wisdom, word of knowledge, and tapping into the supernatural wisdom that's available for us, and God gives it to us, right. And James chapter one talks about that says that if you lack wisdom, you ask him, and he gives to all without the approach. Okay. Okay, so invite God into, you know, all the tasks and all the things that we are doing, right, and, and we'll see the success in it. Right. Now, we lean not on our own understanding, but we commit these to God who will establish our thoughts, you know, problem 16 talks about that. Okay, so we looked at some principles, let's apply it, let's, you know, some of the basic things, let's do it and, and see, you know, our management of time, being effective. But we need to first start considering time as a resource, you know, considering time as a gift, time considering time as a resource, something that's valuable, important, so that we don't squander it, waste it, but we are wasted, but we spend it well. Okay. Okay, so all the best. I hope you have an exciting time putting these principles, applying these in the coming days. Okay. Thank you. We'll meet again next week. God bless. Thank you, sir. See you. Bye. Bye, Manu. Take care.