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SPEAKING I'm more the observer. But sometimes I speak. Because I have something to say. I have travelled the world with my speech "Let's talk about time" and it was a blast to meet so many people thinking about their own time. The topic TIME is intimate. Beautiful. Touching. Even funny. It's all about moments. Let's create one! Watch Anna on the stage "Thank you Anna, you have inspired our audience! Your presentation, packed with creativity, competence, sympathy and brilliant rhetoric, was an enrichment for our event and touched, inspired and motivated the people." Sonia Schrofer, Cisco NEW SPEECH Ready for my new speech? This isn't just a speech; it's an exploration of the profound, the practical, and the timeless insights of time. Immerse yourself in a world where facts meet stories, and tools become gateways to mastering your moments. Let's dive into a journey where each topic unfolds a new dimension of understanding. "She is openminded and spontaneous. Seminars with Anna are a pure joy and makes curious for more." Urs Maurer, Philips Lighting Country CEO TEDx Oh dear, I was nervous... Yes, I was nervous, but it tells my vision of time. And it was a moment. After this speech, I danced on the street, went out for a great dinner and slept like a baby. Enjoy the speech! Watch Anna on the stage NEXT EVENTS (EN) Members Zoom Meeting (in English) Tue, Mar 26 Online Zoom ENGLISH Mar 26, 2024, 7:00 PM – 7:50 PM Online Zoom ENGLISH Mar 26, 2024, 7:00 PM – 7:50 PM Online Zoom ENGLISH Let's talk about what we have learned this month. Looking forward seeing you! Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88212448067 RSVP (DE) Members Zoom Meeting (auf Deutsch) Tue, Mar 26 Online Zoom Meeting Mar 26, 2024, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Online Zoom Meeting Mar 26, 2024, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Online Zoom Meeting Was haben wir diesen Monat Neues dazu gelernt? Oder verstanden? Oder aufgegeben? Ich freu mich auf euch! Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81076895604 RSVP Die GROSSEN Fragen - Workshop in Arosa (Sommer) Fri, Aug 23 Arosa Aug 23, 2024, 9:15 AM – 5:30 PM Arosa, Oberseepromenade 2, 7050 Arosa, Switzerland Aug 23, 2024, 9:15 AM – 5:30 PM Arosa, Oberseepromenade 2, 7050 Arosa, Switzerland In diesem Workshop werden wir uns den Fragen widmen, die nicht nur dein Leben, sondern auch deine Seele berühren. Fragen, die deine Motivation wecken und deinen Geist inspirieren, das Beste aus deinem Leben herauszuholen. Gemeinsam werden wir nach Antworten suchen, die dich weiterbringen. RSVP 1:1 Coaching with Anna Time is TBD via Zoom or on-site in Arosa Time is TBD via Zoom or on-site in Arosa Time is TBD via Zoom or on-site in Arosa This will bring you further in your personal development. Want to give it a try? Let's do this! RSVP 1:1 Coaching mit Anna Time is TBD via Zoom oder in Arosa Time is TBD via Zoom oder in Arosa Time is TBD via Zoom oder in Arosa Das wird dich in deiner persönlichen Entwicklung weiterbringen. Willst du es ausprobieren? Let's do this! RSVP Das A-Z der ZEIT Time is TBD Zürich Time is TBD Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Time is TBD Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland In einer Welt, die niemals aufhört zu ticken, begib dich mit mir auf eine tiefgründige Reise durch das "A-Z der Zeit". Entdecke zeitlose Einsichten, die tief in die philosophischen und psychologischen Dimensionen der Zeit eindringen. RSVP The A-Z of Time - NEW SPEECH (EN) Time is TBD Zürich Time is TBD Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Time is TBD Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland In a world that never stops ticking, join me on a profound journey through the "A-Z of Time." Discover timeless insights that delve deep into time's philosophical and psychological dimensions. RSVP DUNKELHEITS-MEDITATION Time is TBD Arosa, Switzerland Time is TBD Arosa, Switzerland Time is TBD Arosa, Switzerland Lust auf was Neues? Dann ist dies sicherlich ein Erlebnis: eine Meditation im Dunkeln. Braucht vielleicht ein bisschen Mut, aber zahlt sich aus. Im Dunkeln meditieren bringt oft Klarheit. Mehr Infos weiter unten. RSVP HIDDEN GRIEF can be booked at your place if you like can be booked at your place if you like can be booked at your place if you like Another taboo in our society is death and grief. I want to talk about it and turned into a photo exhibition with an audio experience. Imagine you are standing in front of a black and white picture, wearing headphones, listening to a short story I wrote, where I try to beam you into the picture. Détails What an honour to have been interviewed by great people. An extract: "The clouds are hanging low above the mountain peaks when Anna Jelen, 41, welcomes us in her hometown of Arosa. The first snow has fallen in the night. The air is cold and clear. She is sitting in the Güterschuppen restaurant, looking at the Obersee outside the window, with the grey sky reflected in it." Read my Interviews WANT TO BOOK ANNA? FOR SPEECHES & TALKS & INTERVIEWS ​ Please contact Annas booking manager: Email: booking@anna-jelen.com

VIP Services Anna Jelen @your location I will travel to your place and we will work together and transform your time perspective to the better. Are you feeling the weight of time, battling time anxiety, or craving a fresh perspective on lif e ? Welcome to a Time Transformation Journey! As Anna, The Time Expert, I bring exclusive one-to-one coaching tailored to your needs, wherever you are. Bid farewell to the stress of time. Let's craft a personalized strategy for a harmonious relationship with time. Unleash the potential of each moment. Discover techniques for efficient, purposeful living. Embrace an optimal and personal time perspective that suits you and your lifestyle. Together, let's redefine your journey. ​ Your transformation starts now. Let's schedule a call and let's pla n our day at your place. Let's make a time-planning that fits you. Book your exclusive coaching session, and let's make time work for you! Get a Quote Get a quote and tell me more about yourself and where you struggle with your time management. First Name Last Name Email Send Thanks for submitting!

ANNA JE LEN THE T I ME EXPERT Half Swiss, half Swedish. Born with the fascinati on of time. ​ Some call me a Key Note Speaker, an artist, a wild one with heart, and I CREATE. I create thoughts and ideas. I create speeches. I create products. I create art. ​ I don't give any advice, I tell stories and somehow, these stories touch others. Thanks to my mindset and style of life, I have a good life. Voilà. Events & Offers HAVE A LOOK I'm a Keynote Speaker. A creator. An Icebather. A wild one with heart. Last Update: 5th of December 2023 ​ WHO IS ANNA ? ​ Hi, I am Anna Jelen, known as The Time Expert—a Keynote Speake r , storyteller, observer and avid explorer of the profound realms of time and lif e . ​ Join me on this exciting adventure as we navigate the dimensions of time . ​ While I may not boast the title of an expert, my audience gave me this title, because I embody the ideas and thoughts I advocate. And I must say, I know a lot of interesting facts about time. For example: how and why time pressure shrinks the mind why do people tend to miscalculate and procrastinate the benefits and disadvantages to be living on autopilot how to find the path back to a focused mind how to develop your ideal time perspective why delving into chronobiology is paramount for our well-being Why is the present moment three seconds long? You can book my new speech where thos e and many more helpful facts for daily life are embedded. Everybody who has seen me on stage knows that I LOVE what I do and I will transmit that spark of joy and excitement to you. SOME OF MY CLIENTS ​ I TURN MY IDEAS I NTO PRODUCTS ​ I create speeches, workshops, podcasts and unique products. ​ I feel honoured to work with the great company called FIDEA . ​ Check out some of my creations. MY PODCAST MY TEDx SPEECH MY SWISS PODCAST "HESCH ZIIT?" NEED A CREATIVE AND UNIQUE GIFT? MY VIEW ON LIFE Some ask me: "Anna, why? Why do you do what you do?" ​ Well. I suppose it's what I have to do because I wouldn't see myself doing anything else. Or let's say, whatever I would do, I would ALWAYS combine it with my vision of time. Which could be enormously interesting for cooperation, by the way! ​ It started early. One very clear and early memory of my childhood is the day this happened: ​ It was the day I started taking life into my own hands. ;) Sometimes it works quite well. Sometimes not so well. Frank would say: "That's life." ​ And I love life. With everything it has to offer, even though some losses are almost unbearable, but someone once told me: "If you love life, you'll do anything not to let it break you." ​ As I said in the beginning: I'm here to play, create, love, care, enjoy and live life fully. Let's make it good. Thank you for being here. Want to work with me? Have a nice idea in mind? Let me know! I love good ideas! Sincerely, yours AnnA ​ By the way; every Monday I write the Monday Blues Rebel Newsletter to inspire your beginning of the week with some nice ideas. Subscribe below this text, it would be a pleasure to have you there as well! CONTACT Email: booking@anna-jelen.com

Interviews EDELWEISS RAMONA THOMMEN ​ «We’re facing a crisis of time»... ​ Discover THE HINDU SUNALINI MATHEW Anna Jelen calls herself the time expert, helping people prioritise and stay focussed Anna Jelen was just your average 17-year-old living in the Swiss mountains, when she had a near-death experience, lost in a snow storm... Discover AROSER ZEITUNG UWE OSTER ​ Über die Zeit zu sprechen, ist die Leidenschaft von Anna Jelen... ​ ​ Discover YOGA JOURNAL CARMEN SCHNITZER ​ bemüht sich seit einer Weile, das Wort „müssen” aus ihrem Wortschatz zu verbannen. Nach dem Gespräch mit Anna Jelen möchte sie nun auch beobachten, wie oft sie den Satz „Ich habe keine Zeit” sagt oder denkt – und Konsequenzen ziehen... Discover WALL STREET JOURNAL Aaron Rogers is going on a darkness retreat. What is that? ​ Anna was interviewed for this article about her experience of darkness retreats. ​ Discover GRAZIA ​ Дъщеря на шведка и швейцарец, случайно разбрала, че фамилията й на унгарски означава да живееш и да бъдеш в момента. Анна Йелен изнася лекции и организира уъркшопи по цял свят... Discover ORGANISATOR MAGAZIN THOMAS BERNER ​ Leadership "Kreieren Sie Momente" das Gefühl, zu wenig Zeit zu haben: was machen wir falsch? Die Zeitexpertin Anna Jelen kennt die Hintergründe... ​ ​ Discover TAGES ANZEIGER MATHIAS MORGENTHALER ​ Again and again terminally ill people told me: "If I only had earlier..." Discover HR TODAY MARC BENNINGER ​ Anna Jelen a failli mourir à 17 ans, piégée dans une tempête de neige. Elle en a fait un TEDx Talk et conseille depuis les entreprises: «Créez des espaces de paroles et osez entrer dans la profondeur des choses... Discover

Again and again terminally ill people told me: "If I only had earlier..." Interview: Mathias Morgenthaler on Saturday January 6th 2018. Moment. ​ As a child Anna Jelen asked straight forward during joyful birthday parties when her life will eventually end. Later she worked as a product manager for breast prosthesis and experienced how people facing certain death wanted to change their lives in the last minutes. So with 24 Years of age she decided to rearrange her life. Anna Jelen became an expert in time through experiences in her childhood and through her first job. ​ Ms. Jelen, did you have a dream job as a child? ANNA JELEN: My biggest childhood wish was to become 30 years old. Even at a very young age I had have a special relation to time. While others suppress the thought of their mortality up until a very old age I for myself from very early on lived so much for the moment that I couldn’t imagine for a long period to reach a high age. When I was standing at the sea in Sweden, where I partially grew up, I was awestruck and lived that moment so intense that I forgot everything around me. Once, as a small child on a birthday party I asked straight forward right into the joyful crowd: “I wonder which date may be my final day?” The people around me looked at me in shock but for myself it was unbelievable interesting that all of us know our date of birth but no one knows the day of his death. For me this undefined limitation created a positive tension and early on I had the feeling that this limitation results into a duty to create life intensively. ​ And than you almost died very young indeed. Yes, I was 17 years old and I lost orientation during a walk with my dog in the Swiss mountains. We stumbled through the snow storm for a very long time and once it began to dusk I laid down in the snow, freezing and without any power left. After a while I saw my life passing by in front of my inner eye and I thought to myself: “That’s like in the films but this is not a good sign – apparently my body surrendered.” I don’t remember much more. My dog saved my life in this moment. First he laid down on me and warmed me and later as he realized that it began to become critical he found the way back to the village and brought help. Therefore I was rescued in the very last moment on the next morning. ​ What were the pictures that you saw in those moment between life and death? I was astound about the banality of those everyday pictures: for example the time when I was eating with my father in an Italian restaurant. It took a while until I realized that this moment may not have been spectacular but emotional meaningful: because on this evening I had my father for myself and I didn’t have to share him with my siblings. I was as proud as a peacock what made the moment so special for me. Afterwards I realized that time consists out of moments and at the end of our lives we remember the emotional ones. From this point on my life was centered around the question how we can create intense moments on a daily basis. So consequently you decided to work as a time expert? I needed a few more detours until I came to this point. After the general qualification for university entrance I worked for a company that produces prosthesis. As a product manager for breast prosthesis I was permanently travelling together with a small case containing twelve different breast forms to patients, which shortly before received their cancer diagnosis and therefore wanted to change their lives for the better. This affected me very much and I thought over and over again: humans are strange, they first start changing up when they know how little time they have left. Again and again permanently ill people told me: “If I only had earlier…”. I listened to that a dozen times until I was 24 years old and visited a woman in the Bernese Oberland who suffered from cancer and wanted to see me one last time and she told me: “After my retirement I wanted to do so much together with my husband and now I am awaiting death and I have to admit to myself, that I worked way too much and always wanted to make it right, especially for the others.” ​ What did this trigger inside you? It was a surreal situation. The woman sat in a kind of glass cube in her deckchair surrounded by tropical plants and hundreds of butterflies. To me it seemed as if time stood still – again one of those moments that burned into my memory. I drove back to Lucerne stirred up, stopped at the Sempacher Lake and wrote into my diary: “And I will not wait for a diagnosis!” The next day I approached my boss and told him: “I don’t want to sell prosthesis any more, instead I want to offer seminars in which our clients learn how to use their time better.” My boss took a little time to think and eventually gave me green light to develop such a workshop for our mother company in Germany and for offering it company-wide. So I could explore the phenomenon of time from a philosophical, psychological and sociological perspective and immerse deeper into this compelling matter. And later you became self-employed on this topic? Yes, at the beginning I received a lot of freedom from my supervisors but after a few years the corset became too narrow for me. I decided to quit and to dare the step into independence – and for the next four years I pretty much made everything wrong that one could do wrong. I had no idea of accounting, I didn’t show any entrepreneurial thinking at all, I worked for one year in my office on the perfect flip chart-presentation, I read an uncountable amount of books and I lived from my savings while I hold endless brainstormings with myself because of the fear of calling someone and selling myself out. My trustee almost dropped dead on the spot when he constituted the accounting of the first year and even after that my situation only got better very slowly. I took many advises from marketing experts, produced flyers and sent mails without getting a great feedback. The situation changed, after my husband found me four years ago on an evening crying in front of a stack of invoices. He took me to dinner and asked: “How would you do it if you would not follow any advises and only listen to yourself?” ​ "The 40 ticking clocks remind me of my responsibility" ​ A handstand in the morning, an ice bath at the early evening and a gaze to the stars before bedtime: through such rituals Anna Jelen structures her days. The time expert recommends only checking the mails twice and to concentrate on three important tasks per day. And she swears by hourglasses because those remind her of the value from the passing time. Anna Jelen plans time with hourglasses and remembers transience through 40 ticking clocks. ​ Ms. Jelen as a child you already recognized that you had a special relation to time. How does this express itself nowadays in the age of nearly forty? ANNA JELEN: For a long time I couldn’t imagine reaching such an age. Today for once I think that it may be possible to become 60- or 65 years old but I am still much more focused on the moment than others are. Seneca warned us not to live as if we would have another 1000 years to live. That sounds banal but I see so many people that almost work themselves to death in hope for an uncertain future. Many of them never reach this future – because they die before or because they always postpone the essential things. ​ So seize the day, enjoy the moment as Horaz challenged us to do? I don’t recommend only living in the moment – if we would only focus on that, we wouldn’t have any motivation to build something and to work towards something in medium term. We can’t live permanently as if we would be dead tomorrow but we also shouldn’t cherish the illusion that through good time management we could manage our time problem. If we don’t learn to say “no” more often and focus on a few important things, writing our own book of life, we eventually will burn out and miss our life. ​ So you don’t think much of classic time management techniques? In such ways we will become more efficient but this is no escape from the deeper dilemma. Together with the sociologist Hartmut Rosa I am convinced that there is no individual time management problem but a structural social challenge that forces us to rethink. The acceleration of social change, rhythm of life and technology is creating a worldwide time crisis. In addition there’s the explosion of possibilities which makes us more free but also increase the time pressure. We can’t handle all of this through classic time management. Because this doesn’t change anything from the oppressive feeling of not having enough time and that our time would run out. As long as we hear the clock ticking we are alive and have time at free disposal. The essential question is how do we handle this time and for what are we using it. We are living in a global time crisis and nobody is talking about it. What are you doing in detail to prevent the useless passing of time and a too tight schedule? Everyday I focus on creating moments which I remember with gratitude at the end of the day. This requires a clear structure and discipline in developing and following some rules. For example: I almost never start my day without my morning ritual. In the first one to two hours I activate my body and align myself. Starting with exhausting exercises like the handstand; later on I enjoy my tea ritual, lose myself in vitalizing readings and afterwards I start my visualization walk which centers alone around one question: “How do I want to feel at the end of this day?” Everything else derives from this. The secret is limitation – we should make “not to do”-lists instead of way too long “to do “- lists which frustrate us. I never intend to manage more than three important topics per day, so I say “no” to the majority of possibilities. I also calculate many time buffers for the case of unexpected events. Because of this morning alignment I start the day with vigour and eagle eyes and prevent myself from loosing myself in work or scattering. ​ You spread your message via videos, you are active on social media – how do you keep the focus? The videos are a story on their own. At the beginning of my self-employment I had a hard time bringing in personal experiences next to my expertise. Sometimes during the first break participants of my seminars asked me what my name was and why I am so much concerned with the time. For me this was unimportant, I wanted to stay in the background – although that didn’t go in accordance to my family values at all: my parents are bon vivants that encouraged me to be proud of myself. One day a coach told me: “Be careful that your modesty won’t cost you your head one day.” After the difficult start into self-employment I slowly learned to communicate on a personal and for myself coherent level. And because my husband dreamed of being a director in his earlier days we add up pretty well as a film crew. Social media can be a good tool for communication with clients and interested people but I also had to become very disciplined in this field. How does this work? Regarding my intentions there is no reason to check the mails more than twice a day. My mail assistant informs everybody that there is no direct answer to be expected and that it will take two or three days time to answer. I know from many clients that they check their mails and social media accounts already a dozen times between 6 and 7 a.m. and even keep on checking them between 11 and 12 p.m. .Today you can protect yourself with the help of programs from such nonsense. By seeing how teenagers are non-stop active on half a dozen channels I start to worry. We shouldn’t believe that they can handle this without any problems just because they grew up like this. A little while ago a girl told me: “I know that I would be a good painter.” She felt her talent and the desire but because of all the Instagram, Netflix and Facebook she didn’t find the time to make something out of this. I hear such things in many talks. If you let yourself constantly seduce and distract you will lose the ability of concentration and dedication. And at the end of your life you will think: “Oh, would I just had have…” ​ You protect yourself with numerous clocks from too much distraction or from losing yourself in work. Yes, at the beginning of my self-employment it sometimes happened to me that after hours of working in the office I fell asleep on the floor in a mixture of euphoria and exhaustion. Now I use numerous hourglasses with running times between 3 and 30 minutes to visualize the passing time and to protect myself from self exploitation. I posses more than 40 other clocks that are all ticking in a different rhythm and from which none of them shows the correct time. They remind me of my vividness and my responsibility. ​ What’s your evening ritual? I take many breaks during the day. Closing the eyes for 30 seconds, breathing consciously, drinking a tea, going for a walk, such things – it keeps me fresh. Since two years I have an evening ritual which I watched older people do in Sweden: I take an ice bath – that’s good for the body and marks the transition between work and spared free time. We like to cook together, exchange views, listen to music. Considering social contacts my slogan is also: less is more. And at the end of the day I drink a tea on the balcony and gaze with a telescope to the stars – if the weather allows it. That allows me to gain a view for the whole picture and it lets me fall asleep peacefully. ​ In the next time you won’t be able to sit on your own balcony so often. What’s the intention of your world tour “Let’s talk about time”? Last year my husband and I started visiting different countries, therefore we learned to know different time cultures and I could share my experiences. We have been to Stockholm, Bangkok, Zurich and Berlin – now we continue our journey in Vienna, Hamburg, Gothenburg, Munich, San Francisco, Portland and New York. I receive many mails from all over the world because of this project. People from every continent share their time stories and tell me about their stress but also about magical moments. Maybe this will become a book project. On top of the thematic interest, for us this has also been a decision for more spared life time. My husband took the risk of quitting his job and going on adventure trips with me. ​

The story about my art. ​ It all started on the 16th of February 2022. I had a difficult time at that moment, knowing my Dad was really sick, so I needed some help. I had my first session with my psychologist, which was great, and at the end of our chat, she asked me: "And now, Miss Jelen, what are the plans for the rest of the day?" I answered: "I think I would like to paint." My psychologist: "That's a good idea." ​ I hung up the phone and walked around the apartment. Where could I paint? But our apartment is harmonic, beautiful - it didn't seem like the right place. ​ A few minutes later, I found myself in the basement. In the laundry room. A cold and chaotic place. "Yes...." I thought. "That's the right place." It's just a tiny corner in the laundry room, but I have spent hours every day down there since that day. I call it the #kellerphase (basementphase). ​ I believe I'm addicted to it; when I wake up, I want to go there. When I go to bed, I can't wait to get back. Whenever my work is done in the office - you'll find me in the basement. Of course, I remain active as a keynote speaker. FOR SALE Quick View Birdface and Bricks Price CHF1,300.00 Add to Cart SOLD Quick View We are floating in space Price CHF1,100.00 Out of Stock SPECIAL PRICE Quick View Oscillations Regular Price CHF1,300.00 Sale Price CHF650.00 Add to Cart FOR SALE Quick View An unknown Place Price CHF1,300.00 Add to Cart FOR SALE Quick View Red Birds Price CHF1,300.00 Add to Cart FOR SALE Quick View Love and Squares Price CHF1,100.00 Add to Cart FOR SALE Quick View Love in a Spider's Web Price CHF1,300.00 Add to Cart FOR SALE Quick View Captive Fingerprints Price CHF1,300.00 Add to Cart 1 2 3 4

The Time-Keeper ​ Anna Jelen calls herself the time expert, helping people prioritise and stay focussed Anna Jelen was just your average 17-year-old living in the Swiss mountains, when she had a near-death experience, lost in a snow storm. “Just before my body thought, ‘That’s it,’ I saw a flash.” She describes it as feeling like “browsing through the storybook of my life. I was very astonished by these pictures, because most of them were very ordinary moments, moments from my everyday life. Not really my first bungee jump or ‘big’ things, but small moments.” Her second revelatory experience was in her 20s, and was more a process, as she worked with women who had breast cancer, in her role as a product manager for a health company. “That is where I heard the famous regrets about life: ‘I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings and live the life that I wanted to live, and not the life others expected me to.’” Her third encounter with time was when she was interviewing elderly people for her work. “The question was: ‘What does time mean to you?’ Most people told me that one day, we will all remember all the moments we have experienced.” She realised that the first step was to ‘catch’ the moment and to appreciate its simplicity. “And the second step was to create moments for me and also for others. How can I create a moment for my team mates? How can I create a good moment for my customer?” And so she began to work as a time expert, doing so for 10 years now. Here, she tells us about her beliefs about time and how we can make the most of it, through workshops and her podcast. Anna hopes to come to India in 2019, for a training programme. Interview from Sunalini Mathew Is the service you provide a bit like life coaching? If you want to look at it from the marketing side, yes, we could say I am a life coach. For me, personally: I am a woman with a mission. My mission is to inspire people to use their time wisely. To understand, that the time we have is limited. To motivate them to fill an ordinary day with special moments. We are living in a time crisis. This means, that the biggest lack people have nowadays, is the lack of time. And my mission is, to explain to people why this is happening, and how we can come back to the feeling that we do have time. ​ Typically, what percentage of the day do we waste, in terms of unnecessary things that we do? What are these? Everyone defines a ‘waste of time’ differently. For one person, it’s being on social media three hours a day. For another one it might be cleaning the flat. For another one it might be sitting on the bus/train. The first step is to ask yourself: ‘What is a waste of time for me?’ Name the activities and then ask yourself: ‘How can I reduce this?’ It has a lot to do with priorities and the way we want to live our life. ​ How do daily rituals contribute to time management? I am a big fan of rituals, because in a world like this, where time is a rare ‘property’, we can find calm and peace in rituals. For example, morning rituals. This could be with meditation, with yoga to wake up the body. I drink my tea in silence. Then I do my yoga practice and I will end this session with a meditation. Afterwards, I will ask myself this one question: ‘How do I want to feel at the end of the day?’ The answers will motivate me to start the day at work. But there are plenty of rituals which can be experienced at work in a team. In the perspective of time management, I believe, that we should make space for these rituals. They provide social coherence and a good team atmosphere. ​ Considering life is a mix of elements (of things we like to do and of some we may not), how would you say we spend our time? I believe, that with time and age, we can try to find out, which elements we need in our life and try to have more of the elements which satisfy us. Because like this, we also stay healthy. And sometimes we need to do things we don’t want to do. If this is the case, find the positive aspects in it. If you spend too much time doing things that you don’t want to do, the day will come, where you will be very frustrated. Can you change it? Yes? Then you should. If no, you need to work on the attitude. I am interviewing people who live in prison and they will never get out. So they are living a life where they can’t change the facts. But most of them are trying to do the best out of the situation. They will even be able to find joy in their daily lives. ​ Do we need to specifically schedule some time each day for meditation? I’m always better in my life when I am doing my meditations. So with this insight, I have started to schedule my meditations. But not in the agenda; it is like eating or sleeping: I just do it, because I need to do it. Sometimes it’s shorter, sometimes it’s longer, but I am sure, that meditations will simplify our life and keep us healthier. And if we look at the topic time, meditation will make us feel time and that’s lovely.

LEADERSHIP «KREIEREN SIE MOMENTE» DAS GEFÜHL, ZU WENIG ZEIT ZU HABEN: WAS MACHEN WIR FALSCH? DIE ZEITEXPERTIN ANNA JELEN KENNT DIE HINTERGRÜNDE. VON THOMAS BERNER Wie geht der Mensch mit seiner Zeit um? Diese Frage beschäftigt Anna Jelen schon lange. Die Zeitexpertin zeigt in Work-shops und Vorträgen, dass unsere Lebenszeit beschränkt ist und man deshalb haushälterisch mit ihr umgehen sollte. Frau Jelen, was sind unsere grössten «Zeitfresser»?Anna Jelen: Ich beobachte bei Menschen enorm hohe Ansprüche, was alles für sie in einem Tag Platz haben soll. Es ist unrealistisch, mit diesen Ansprüchen den Alltag zu bewältigen. Daraus ergibt sich dann eben das Gefühl, zu wenig Zeit zu haben. Zeitdiebe werden dann ein Thema, wenn man keinen Fokus auf seine Tätigkeiten hat. Das ist zwar eine Standard-Antwort. Doch wenn man weiss, was man will, dann lässt man sich bei einer Tätigkeit weniger ablenken. Ich kenne viele Leute, die sehr gelassen unterwegs sind. Warum? Weil sie ihren Fokus genau kennen und weil sie immer zu hundert Prozent auf das fokussieren, was sie gerade tun. WAS IST MIT ALLEN ANDEREN? WAS KÖNNEN DIESE DARAUS LERNEN? Da helfen die zwei folgenden Tipps: Bezogen auf den Alltag fra-gen Sie sich mal, was wäre, wenn Sie nur drei Stunden für Ihre Arbeit zur Verfügung haben. Überlegen Sie sich dann: Welche Projekte soll ich anpacken? Auf diese Weise lernen Sie, klare Prioritäten zu setzen. Dann mit Bezug auf Ihr ganzes Leben: Wenn Sie wüssten, dass Sie nur noch wenige Jahre zu leben haben, was würden Sie alles noch unbedingt tun wollen? Solche Dinge werden Sie bestimmt nicht aufschieben wollen. ​ ES EMPFIEHLT SICH ALSO, EINE ART «BUCKET LIST» ZU MACHEN? Warum nicht. Und überlegen Sie sich bei allem: Ist das, was ich gerade tue, auch wirklich wichtig? ​ WIE LÄSST SICH DENN BEURTEILEN, OB ETWAS WICHTIG IST ODER NICHT? Schauen Sie: Der Mensch sagt zwar von sich, er habe keine Zeit. Er lebt aber in den Tag hinein, als stünden ihm noch 1000 Jahre zur Verfügung. Das ist paradox, und wir blenden dies einfach aus, verfallen in einen Trott. Testen Sie sich mal selbst während einer Woche: Was schieben Sie vor sich her? Was erledigen Sie gleich sofort? Ich bin sicher, wenn Sie sich dies bewusster überlegen, werden Sie einiges ändern. Alte oder schwer kranke Menschen, die wissen, wann ihre Zeit abläuft, kennen ihre Prioritäten. Das können wir von ihnen lernen. ​ TROTZDEM: WIE VERSCHAFFE ICH MIR MEHR ZEIT? Diese Frage müsste anders gestellt werden: Wie und womit fülle ich meine Zeit? Überlegen Sie einmal, welche Dinge Sie nicht mehr tun möchten. Es wird dann Folgendes passieren: Sie wer-den die Löcher einfach wieder mit anderem füllen. Und dann hat man wieder das Gefühl, dass 24 Stunden nicht reichen. ​ SOLLTEN WIR WIEDER BESSER LERNEN, DAS NICHTSTUN ZU ZELEBRIEREN? Unbedingt! Einfach mal dazusitzen und nachzudenken, ist etwas Grandioses. ​ NUN WIRD ABER IN UNTERNEHMEN UNSERE ARBEITSZEIT PEINLICH GENAU ERFASST, ES IST GESETZLICH GEREGELT, WIE VIEL UND WANN WIR ARBEITEN DÜRFEN. INWIEFERN MACHT DIES HEUTE NOCH SINN? Für mich ist die Zeiterfassung ein veraltetes Konzept. Wich-tiger wäre, mehr resultatorientiert zu arbeiten. Alle, die ich kenne, welche in einem solchen System arbeiten, wollen nicht mehr zur alten Ordnung zurück. Sie bringen Job und Familie besser in Einklang, sie hören auf ihre innere Uhr und arbeiten dann, wann es ihr Biorhythmus am besten zulässt. Viele Chefs haben Angst, die Kontrolle zu verlieren, wenn sie die Zeiterfassung flexibilisieren. ​ VERSTÄNDLICH, DENN ZEIT LÄSST SICH NUN MAL EINFACHER MESSEN. WIE KÖNNTE DENN EIN ALLTAG «OHNE UHR» FUNKTIONIEREN? Indem Sie einfach bestimmte Momente kreieren. Jede Tätigkeit ist ein solcher Moment. Erleben Sie diesen einfach im «Hier und Jetzt». Machen Sie mal folgendes Experiment: Jeden Tag schaffen Sie sich einen Moment, der Ihnen selbst gut tut – ich etwa war heute schon in der Sauna. Und einen zweiten Moment kreieren Sie, indem Sie bewusst einem Mitmenschen etwas Gutes tun. Sie werden sehen: Der Alltag erhält so von allein mehr Farbe.

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HIDDEN GRIEF EXHIBITION ABOUT THIS WORK: In the year 2022, was the year my Dad passed away. ​ It ripped my heart apart. It ripped the floor out from under my feet. ​ Still in the process of grief, sometimes quiet and hidden, I had the urge to work on that project. ​ We will all face it: GRIEF. And yet we don't speak about it often—another taboo in our society. ​ I want to break the barriers. Let's talk about it. PHOTOS & STORIES First time back to the ocean. Alone. ​ Dad's favourite place to be: at the ocean, no matter where. Mallorca, Sweden, Uruguay, Italy, France. ​ Let's dive into the mystics of the ocean with a story. 00:00 / 01:04 00:00 / 01:04 Je suis un paragraphe. Cliquez ici pour ajouter votre propre texte et me modifier. C'est facile. BOOK THE EXHIBITION contact: aj@anna-jelen.com ​ Or this way: Name Surname E-mail Contact me: Send Thank you for your interest!