Taking Time

Morning all, as we enter the half way point for this week, I hope everyone is over the wind and storms.

Yesterday I discovered a new meeting place - Arthurs On The Green in Twickenham, a relaxed and laid back place for coffee, it was an excellent meeting and great coffee by the way!

I left the meeting and had a moment to stand and stare, and I suddenly realised that recruitment, like no other business I have seen, has people rushing.  Clients rushing to hire, candidates being rushed to attend meetings or make decisions, recruiters rushing to meet both, and put short lists together.

I closed the meeting by explaining how much time I have spent in coffee houses since starting up Nicholas Howard, and it was then I realised how different spending time, and taking time is.  We 'spend' lots of time doing lots of things, career searching, recruiting, family time, but do we 'take' enough time in these things.

It got me thinking, perhaps every now and then we all need to assess this difference, and make sure we are 'taking' enough time for the important things, not just spending time on them.

"A poor life this, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare" Leisure, by William Henry Davies  -   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisure_(poem)