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- Ars Longa Vita Brevis - The Latin phrase meaning 'art is long, life is short' - the contrast between craft and mortality.
- Calendar Blocking - Scheduling specific blocks on your calendar for different types of work or activities.
- Carpe Diem - The Latin phrase meaning 'seize the day' - making the most of present opportunities.
- Deadline Effect - The phenomenon of increased productivity and focus as deadlines approach.
- Energy First, Time Second - Energy management is more important than time management; focus on maintaining and recharging your energy before optimizing your schedule.
- Epoché - A Greek philosophical concept meaning the suspension of judgment, creating a fixed reference point in time for evaluation.
- Festina Lente - The Latin phrase meaning 'make haste slowly' - balancing speed with deliberation.
- Fresh Start Effect - The increased motivation to pursue goals following temporal landmarks that mark new beginnings.
- Future Discounting - Valuing future outcomes less than equivalent present outcomes, often to an irrational degree.
- Hic et Nunc - The Latin phrase meaning 'here and now' - emphasis on present moment awareness.
- Hidden Time Cost - The true cost of a purchase includes not just the price paid, but the time and energy required to use, consume, or maintain it.
- Information Half-Life - The time period over which information loses half its value or relevance.
- Kairos - The Greek concept of the right or opportune moment for action.
- Law of Staleness - The value of information declines rapidly as it ages.
- Maker vs Manager Schedule - The distinction between schedules optimized for creation (long blocks) versus coordination (hourly slots).
- Present Bias - The tendency to disproportionately prefer immediate rewards over larger future rewards.
- Present Moment Reality - The only thing that truly exists is the present - the past is memory, the future is imagination, and both rob us of experiencing now.
- Protecting Time - Actively defending blocks of time from interruptions, requests, and competing demands.
- Temporal Discounting - The behavioral economics concept of reduced valuation of rewards as they are delayed in time.
- Temporal Landmarks - Significant dates that create psychological fresh starts and motivation for new behaviors.
- Temporal Motivation Theory - A theory explaining how motivation changes based on the timing of rewards and costs.
- Tempus Fugit - The Latin phrase meaning 'time flies' - a reminder of time's swift passage.
- Time Affluence - The subjective feeling of having abundant time, enabling presence and intentional choices.
- Time Boxing - Allocating a fixed time period to an activity, then stopping when time expires.
- Time Freedom - The ability to choose how you spend your time without external constraints or demands.
- Time Investment - Spending time now in ways that create returns of time, value, or capability in the future.
- Time Optimism - The tendency to underestimate how long tasks will take and overcommit future time.
- Time Perception - Our subjective experience of time varies based on our emotional state, attention, and engagement level.
- Time Perspective - An individual's habitual orientation toward past, present, or future that shapes behavior.
- Time Poverty - The chronic feeling of having too little time despite increases in objective free time.
- Time Scarcity Mindset - A mental framework that perceives time as perpetually insufficient, driving rushed behavior.
- Time Wealth - Having discretionary time for meaningful activities, often more valuable than financial wealth.
- Urgency Addiction - The compulsive need for urgent tasks and crises, avoiding important but non-urgent work.
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