As I was scouring book stores and the Internet, I found that time management resources for coaches clearly did not exist. Furthermore, there wasn’t even any time management programs written from the perspective of a veteran coach, specifically about college coaching for college coaches. If there had been any, I would have scooped them up in a heartbeat.
I took the basic tools that I had and began skewing them toward coaches and coaching. How could I apply this or that to what I did? After working as a consultant for so many coaches through Dan, I knew there was a need. Yet, it was my own need that really drew the wisdom from within.
The biggest lesson I learned was that I would not have survived as a College coach for over 18 years now if I had not learned to put more structure into my day and to measure and monitor my efforts. As coaches, we have a lot of plates spinning and it is impossible to manage them all at one time. Fitting it all in is a function of priority management. If you think about it, priority management is less about managing your calendar than it is about managing your decisions. By learning to prioritize and manage your decisions based on your team, recruiting, and personal vision and goals, you will have a leg up on most of your competitors because the only things making onto your calendar and your schedule will be the things that actually matter.