• Con: Watching the clock in order to identify the minimum work necessary to get my paycheck.
• Pro: Watching the clock in order to identify a looming deadline or approaching commitment.
• Pro: Counting hours in order to understand how my time has been spent (correctly, balanced, for longevity).
• Con: Counting hours means I don’t really want to be doing this because 1) it isn’t important to me or 2) something else is far more important to me.
• Con: Focus is on the job and the temporal rewards instead of the ministry and the
  eternal rewards.

Opening Questions

1. What bugs you about clock watchers?
2. Most of their answers will fall under the con list above. They will probably struggle with why they don’t like a clock watcher until you share the Big 5 with them.
3. Do you ever count hours?
4. Yes, that is part of what makes this a hard topic. We don’t want to be a clock watcher, but there are times we need to watch the clock.

Closing Thoughts

• Review your work week habits. Do you have clock-watcher tendencies?
• A key to not being a clock watcher is having responsibility that is owned, cared for, improved, and eternal. Is that the way you view your work?
• A person has many different roles that sometimes mean he needs to work the minimum in one area because another
  area is intense.