Parenting and business, ultimately 'securing time' is essential.
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Reading Adrian Li Mow Ching's Father's Day Q&A on Clicks Blog made me rethink the meaning of 'securing time.' Time is not something that is left over; it must be secured. These days, I have been prioritizing handling over planning and living reactively. Through the perspective that parenting and leadership are similar, I reflect on the attitude of 'bystanding' and intend to start implementing small routines again.
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Feb 15, 2026 05:29 PM
As I used the Clicks case, I became curious about who creates such niche market products. So I occasionally check the Clicks blog, and among them, I found an impressive article as a dad raising children. It's Adrian Li Mow Ching's Father's Day Q&A, and what stuck in my mind after reading it was one thing.
The key issecuring time.
Clicks CEO Adrian Li Mow Ching believes that what is important for him to fulfill his role as a dad while running two companies is securing time. Instead of squeezing family time into 'leftover time,' he prioritizes securing time first and then protecting it. To secure time with family, the importance of thorough schedule management in work and life becomes even greater.
Due to parenting, I have almost no personal time, and as I have been unable to pay attention to anything other than work and parenting for a long time, I have naturally started saying, 'I have no time.' But the problem is not that I really have no time, but rather thatthe attitude of just letting time pass based on the premise that I have no timewas gradually solidifying.
Recently, I have been missing parts in both parenting and work, leading to a lot of flustered moments. First of all, I need to improve in terms of time management.
Originally, I had a habit of listing the tasks I needed to do for the day and organizing them into time blocks after sitting down at my desk in the morning. However, recently, whether due to interruptions from various tasks or a lack of focus, I have been handling tasks as they come rather than planning, leading to a lack of structure and many days of scattered focus. And by the end of the day, I always feel like something is missing.
I need to restore a planned life to my work and expand it to apply to parenting and personal life.
He says that the attitude towards parenting is related to leadership in the company. Just as there is a responsibility to help children with their physical and emotional growth, a leader in a company also has a responsibility to help the growth of team members, which is a similarity.
And this similarity does not end with 'the two are similar.' The similarity between parenting and leadership can influence both topics, and the more one strives to be a good parent, the more there is room for improvement in leadership, creating apositive reinforcement cycle.When I thought about how I was handling these two topics, the word 'bystander' came to mind. Although I am not a leader in the company, as a senior engineer, I have been very interested in the development and growth of young employees, but I have hardly put that into action. I reflect on whether I had a somewhat bystander-like attitude.
I also reflect on whether I had a bystander attitude in parenting. For the reason of being busy or tired, there were definitely moments when I was just there. It seems that a more proactive attitude is needed.
The most important thing was my attitude of blaming parenting.
Now, let's take action.
Things to try from today (small, but certain):
- Make a list of tasks for today and organize them into time blocks.Twice a day, 'do not disturb' for 25 minutes:
- Even if it's short, secure focused time to break the 'processing mode.'Once a week, 'I will take the initiative':
- In the company, create 'my leading time' with one team member, and in parenting, spend at least 15 minutes with the kids.In the end, time is not something that is left over, but something that must be secured. And the inability to do that is not solely due to parenting but is entirely a matter of my own.
Now, let's really do it, not just talk.
Reading Adrian Li Mow Ching's Father's Day Q&A on the Clicks blog made me rethink the meaning of 'securing time.' Time is not something that is left over but something that must be secured, and these days I have been living reactively, prioritizing processing over planning. Through the perspective that parenting and leadership are similar, I reflect on my bystander attitude and plan to start executing small routines again.
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