Season 8 Episode 24: Leadership: Why Investing Time Beats Managing Time

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Season 8 Episode 24: Why Investing Time Beats Managing Time

Managing your time is purely reactionary. Investing time is about proactively focusing your energy and efforts toward your highest priorities. What gets in your way?

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Jason introduces Season 8 episode 24 of the podcast, Leadership:  Why Investing Time Beats Managing Time. Welcome back to the podcast on corporate culture and leadership and thank you for listening. We engage thought leaders like CEOs, CFOs, managers, VPs, directors, and more for this podcast. We wish to create content that engages your mind and heart and allows you to step back and think and add some positivity to your life. We deep dive into today’s topic.

We can’t control everything but what we can control is our response. Still a lot of work to do but wanted to remind the audience what is within our control is the temperature we create in the organizations and teams we work with.

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Leadership: Why Investing Time Beats Managing Time

Investing Time vs. Managing Time: A Leader’s Guide to Prioritization

In Season 8 Episode 24 of The Thermostat, leadership expert Jason V. Barger explores the critical difference between managing time and investing time, and how this distinction impacts our effectiveness as leaders and the cultures we create.

Key Takeaways:

  • Busy Doesn’t Equal Effective (03:53): Barger observes that we often use “busy” as a default response, conflating it with effectiveness. He challenges us to assess whether our busyness truly translates into meaningful results.
  • The Eisenhower Matrix (10:32): Barger introduces the Eisenhower Matrix, a tool for categorizing tasks into urgent/important, not urgent/important, urgent/not important, and not urgent/not important quadrants. He emphasizes the need to focus on the “important” tasks, whether urgent or not.
  • Investing Time vs. Managing Time (06:46): Barger defines managing time as reacting to daily demands and investing time as intentionally focusing on high-priority activities that align with our long-term goals. He advocates for investing over managing.
  • Where You Look Is Where You Go (15:47): Using a surfing analogy, Barger underscores the power of focus. Where we direct our attention and energy ultimately determines our path.

Notable Quotes:

  • “Investing time always beats managing time.” (07:20)
  • “Where you look is where you go, where you look, your bodies will follow.” (15:53)
  • “Are we managing our time or are we investing our time?” (17:34)

Questions to Ponder:

  1. Where are you investing your time? Is it aligned with your priorities?
  2. What activities could you let go of to free up time for more important tasks?
  3. How can you intentionally invest your time to create a better future for yourself and your organization?

By understanding the difference between investing time and merely managing it, we can prioritize effectively, create a more compelling culture, and ultimately achieve our long-term goals.

Additional Resources:

Listen to the full episode here to explore these themes further and for practical tips on leadership and time investment.


By intentionally investing time rather than simply managing it, we can cultivate more effective leadership and create compelling cultures in our teams and organizations. As Jason V Barger highlights, the choices we make about where to focus our time and energy can significantly impact our personal and professional lives.

Links and References

For more insights and practical tips, be sure to check out Jason V Barger’s book Breathing Oxygen. This book dives deeper into the concepts discussed in this episode and provides additional strategies for fostering a positive mindset and effective leadership.


By incorporating these practices into your summer routine, you can breathe new life into your personal and professional endeavors. Remember, as Jason says, “The best leaders, teams, and cultures on the planet stimulate progress by recalibrating their thermostat together.”

The Upcoming episode will feature Positive Leadership Lessons from your AA Battery. Stay Tuned!


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A thermostat is proactive. It sets the temperature in a room. Controls the temperature. Regulates the temperature. But in today’s distracted, fast-paced and digital world, it’s easy for individuals and organizations to act more like thermometers, slipping into reactionary thinking, becoming scattered and inconsistent. The most compelling leaders, teams, organizations, families, or collection of humans of any kind operate in thermostat mode. They calibrate their mind and heart to set the temperature for the vision and culture they want to create. Jason Barger, globally celebrated author, keynote speaker, and founder of Step Back Leadership Consulting, is the host of The Thermostat, a podcast journey to discover authentic leadership, create compelling cultures and find clarity of mission, vision, and values.

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