{"id":3125,"date":"2011-08-19T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2011\/08\/19\/time-is-scarce-but-what-career-oriented-stuff-do-you-always-find-time-for\/"},"modified":"2021-07-23T07:51:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T11:51:36","slug":"time-is-scarce-but-what-career-oriented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/time-is-scarce-but-what-career-oriented\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Is Scarce, But What Career-Oriented Stuff Do You Always Find Time For?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s everyone\u2019s excuse for everything: \u201cI don\u2019t have time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And my lips are tempted to spit that excuse today as I will be out of the office next week and my to-do list is certainly longer than a to-do list that I can complete in one day. So, today, the emails I usually quickly peruse (e.g., press releases from vendors in the supply chain space, LinkedIn Group updates, etc.) are instead getting jettisoned to my Deleted folder in the blink of an eye\u2026or faster.<\/p>\n<p>However, when I came to the weekly email newsletter article from The American Entrepreneur, I stopped and started reading it. This newsletter has so much sage advice for the seasoned entrepreneur, I consider it a veritable sin to overlook it. Even on a busy day like today, somehow I \u201cfind the time\u201d to read it when I can\u2019t \u201cfind the time\u201d to complete other things.<\/p>\n<p>And that got me wondering\u2026what career-oriented stuff do you always make time for, even during those times when you conveniently use the old \u201cI don\u2019t have time\u201d excuse?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Recommended Reading<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/spsm-vs-cpo-suite\/\"><span class=\"s3\">SPSM vs. CPO Suite<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/the-procurement-promotion-that-you-lost-but-didnt-even-know-that-you-were-considered-for\/\"><span class=\"s3\">The Procurement Promotion That You Lost (But Didn\u2019t Even Know That You Were Considered For)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/improving-your-procurement-teams-skills-requires-this-commonly-forgotten-element\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Improving Your Procurement Team\u2019s Skills Requires This Commonly Forgotten Element<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/are-your-purchasing-job-descriptions-outdated\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Are Your Purchasing Job Descriptions Outdated?<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><span class=\"s3\">How to Take Charge of Your Procurement Career <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><span class=\"s3\">Measuring The Impact of Procurement Training<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><b>NLPA Learning<\/b><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>:<\/b>\u00a0Looking for authoritative procurement templates, tools, webinars, and more? 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