Debby Carreau breaks down time management with concrete tactics: treat all 168 weekly hours as schedulable, bundle activities like watching shows while exercising, and turn one-on-ones into walking meetings to combine exercise with work.
Over the years, one of the things.
That I've learned working with many, many business leaders, some of the busiest people arguably in the world, is one of.
The keys to effective time management is.
To put everything on the clock. Every single one of us has 168 hours a day. Sorry, 168 hours a week, whether we're a frontline worker or whether you're CEO of a large corporation.
So the key is to use those.
Hours strategically and, and to not waste them unintentionally. The average person today spends between four and five hours watching TV or mindlessly surfing the Internet. That's a lot of hours that you can put back into your week.
So there are a couple things that.
I encourage you to do. Number one, obviously, is putting everything on the clock. So that means planning your week.
So once you pull asleep out of.
Your week, your 64 hours, you've got.
Just over 100 hours a week. So how are you going to spend that?
If you've got half of them working at 50 hours, you've got 50 hours a week left for family time, recreation, fitness activity and commuting, as well as basic hygiene and meals and that kind of thing. So if you can put those things.
Together 168 hours, you can actually find.
More hours in a day. The second one is the power of multipliers.
I really encourage you to think about.
How you can bundle activities so you can do two things at the same time. And this doesn't mean multitasking, where you're going to lose your effectiveness. Because as much as we all like to think we can multitask, the truth is we can't. It's been proven time and time again. Some effective ways you can use multipliers are things like instead of mindlessly zoning out watching tv, pick a couple of your favorite shows, PVR them and watch them at the gym. That way you can get your workouts in and you can still watch your favorite shows. Number two is bundling family time with special activities. So if you like to watch football.
On a Sunday afternoon, I encourage you to make it a family activity so.
It becomes quality family time. So whether it's about making popcorn and putting on the jerseys together and rallying around a team as a family, it's.
A great way to have a family.
Activity that's not going to take four hours away from your family on a precious weekend.
And the third one I encourage people.
To think about is during your one on one meetings.
Try to see if you can make.
Them walking meetings or even jogging meetings.
Because getting out, getting the fresh air, not only helps your cognitive function, but.
It also gets your workout in at the same time.
Leading with Heart: A Conversation with Debby Carreau, 2025-2026 YPO Global Chairman
