Time

All resources have limits. Most of us are most constrained by time. My wife has a solution that a former colleague also used in the past: they do not use watches! This cannot work in an office situation, especially if you are not the owner or head.

Here are a few ideas from my memory of busy days; please add your own:

1. Separate the urgent from the important
2. Delegate
3. Put a time limit for a meeting; do not attend unless all participants agree to read detailed agenda notes in advance; insist on minutes.
4. Sleep in Shava-asana, at least 4 hours after a light meal; you can gain 2 hours over other people every day!
5. Create and update a manual of procedures. ISO certification is the best way I know.

I would love to expand on these points, and to discuss your ideas at length as well.

Now for a case study:

This picture is from Malihabad near Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. The people on the tractor spray mango trees for a living for orchard owners like the gentleman on the right in a jacket. The spraying season lasts for about 100 days a year. These people have to get diesel and water, maintain the tractor and their equipment, get contracts, sleep, eat, rest, and also spray mango trees. This excludes their family and social responsibilities, to say nothing of ill-health and the uncertainties of life in Uttar Pradesh!

How can these poor youths make better use of their peak season and off-season times?

Your solutions can help all stakeholders in the world of farming.