Perfectionist

Exodus 18:18 - "Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee; for this thing is too heavy for you, you will not be able to do it alone. "

Being a perfectionist is not easy. The best result is to be expected, the seriousness of the matter should not be asked again. But the bad side, the time management of a perfectionist people really should get special attention if you do not want everything to be falling apart, or can even make a person at risk of experiencing health problems due to too memforsir power. People who are perfectionists tend to want to do it all alone because it is difficult to entrust the task to others. If it had subordinates, all must be examined carefully one by one so perfect.

Many employees who complain that happen to have the leadership of a perfectionist because it means they have to work extra, extra good seriously, aka extra hours of overtime, often need to be contacted at any time and be ready to revise, correct or change it as desired and perfectionist boss. If you include people who have such properties, then you would know how difficult it is to set the time that all goes according to expectations. 24 hours will be very less because all seems to be done alone.

If left to others it was difficult, because they are not necessarily as good as we can do. Desperate, had to sacrifice a lot of time as a time of rest, a time for family or if necessary, a time to pray, quiet time and worship time. I used to include one of them and to this day still sometimes struggle with the condition. I am often asked, how can some people who are capable of working on number of activities that are so much more than me but still have time for other things that are not important in life?

What is their secret so they can work in several areas at once, split time for family, exercise or even still have time to serve?

Of the many people like it that I asked, the average gives the same answer, namely our ability to divide time aka time management, prioritization and delegation are good. Three difficult it is owned by a perfectionist, but the condition is very important before consuming our health and ruin our lives. Destructive? Yes, destructive.

Good job, maximum results, but broken homes, the time to maintain the condition of the body to stay fit sacrificed, time to socialize trimmed so difficult to have friends, especially the relationship with the Creator would be tenuous or even cut off entirely. That happens because everything is lost priority, not ter-manage and habits to choose to do it all alone rather than share it with others.

This is the advice I have ever received. "You have to learn to believe in the work of others. Maybe not exactly as you'd expect, but not necessarily a worse outcome." Like that roughly said that I still remember to this day. Delegate. See which can be represented and what really should be done alone. Where are the priorities and what is the best management. It is the things that are important to be observed especially for us who are very busy.

Interestingly, we can learn about it from Moses and the law, Jethro. We know that Moses was chosen GOD directly to a large very heavy task, namely freeing the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and was appointed to lead them reach the promised land which the Lord had promised to Abraham. Not one or two people who should he guided but the amount is very large, and it's not a bunch of people who submit and obey, but dissidents, impatient and stubborn.

It was not at all easy. In practice it is often the mouthpiece of Moses the Lord to convey instructions to the Israelites LORD which he commanded in the course of which take a very long time span. Given the heavy desk jobs, Moses seems too focused animates his job so he takes care of everything alone jump. Anything that he had to intervene directly, handle disputes, disputes, quarrels and so forth.

The number of people with a lot of common properties stubborn, we are able to ensure that the problem will very often show up there and so much variety and amount anyway. Moses intervened directly resolve themselves one by one, all by himself. It was clearly mentioned in the following verse: "The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening." Exodus 18:13

Moses acted alone become judges resolve disputes among the people of Israel who are hostile and noisy hobbies endlessly. When is the completion of that as it continues? If we were living, we can stress, high blood pressure and died young.

Moses-in-law, Jethro notice it and concerned to see the law. Although he knew that what Moses was a good thing, but it is not effective. He was asked "Is this what you do to the people? Why do you sit alone who, being all the people standing in front of you from morning till evening?" Exodus 18:14

Moses explained that as the Lord appointed, he must notify the statutes and decisions GOD to each person. True, but not as well as how. That's roughly the submitted Jethro. He said: "You will be very tired, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for you, you will not be able to do it alone." Exodus 18:18

Jethro said that working with such a problem in managing the nation of Israel that so much is not good. Exodus 18:17. Then Jethro also gave advice to Moses, Moses gave a suggestion that could use a better strategy, structuring leadership will help Moses in resolving any problems more quickly, effectively and efficiently. "In addition, you look for all the people of the people who would fear GOD, people who can be trusted, and who hates bribes pursuit; their place the nation among the rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers fifties, and rulers of tens. and at times they have to judge the people: and all these great things must be confronted them to you, but every small matter they judged themselves, thereby easing their job, and they together with you also bear it. "Exodus 18:21-22

Jethro gave very good suggestion that Moses forming groups stratified by their respective leaders. It would be much easier for Moses to execute the command of the Lord. This is the earliest picture of the leadership structure recorded in the Bible. Fortunately, Moses is a humble person and willing to accept input. He did not refuse to listen to the advice and in-laws. "Moses obeyed the law and did everything he said." Exodus 18:24

Jethro was able to see first hand how the law system repair services involving competent people as co-workers before he went back to his country. Exodus 18:27 - "Then Moses-in-law let it go and he returned to his country."

What is also interesting, in one of the prayer of Moses later he asked the Lord to give him wisdom to be able to count the days. "Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom." Psalm 90:12

Moses realized the importance of asking for wisdom so that he could divide and use the time as possible. Moses learned of law and for the better with the delegation, time management (counting today) and priority-setting with good structure. And we can certainly learn from there. What is important is to realize in advance that we will not be able to do it all alone.

We need to deal with many things in order to optimally utilize time. It may not be easy, but it must do to the results obtained could be better in many ways and we do not have to sacrifice a lot of things that would harm ourselves and our future. Paul also reminds us to use the time available as well as possible, because the real day-to-day that we've been through this is evil. Ephesians 5:16 - "And redeeming the time, because the days are evil."

Ability to manage time will be very closely related to our ability to delegate tasks. We will not be able to finish it all alone, and at the same time spend enough time for the family and for the Lord. If so how, going 100 hours a day is never enough. Calculate your skills, which you can do, which can be represented. Set priorities right and make sure not to overlap or disheveled.

Without it we would not be able to increase. Time is limited, but that does not mean not enough. We are limited, but that does not mean we should not go anywhere. Together with the Lord, have the wisdom to be able to formulate a good plan schedule and learn to entrust some of your burdens to others.

In many ways, that it will bring benefits to everyone else because they can learn and grow for the better anyway. It is not wrong to give the best results, it is actually a necessity. But that does not mean that we have to be a perfectionist 'stuck' without compromise. It was actually detrimental in the end.

Are you among those who today are being overwhelmed by the tasks because they feel must do everything alone and see that there are many other things outside of work that is dormant or crack here and there?
Fix it immediately before it's too late. Including the ability to delegate the best strategy in time management, AMEN.

Bless the LORD JESUS​​.