If we in business are going to "number our days to present a heart of wisdom" then we have to start taking a strategic view of the manner in which we work. In my work with clients all across America, the number one thing that deters excellence in performance--regardless of role, age, gender, sector, or experience--has to be the phenomenon I call "time debt." Time debt is the chronic bleeding away of energy and focus due to un-calendared, strategy-less work. And, believe it or not, technology like Microsoft's Outlook 2003 can make a significant difference.Called in TimeJust like a soldier, you have a post...a place to stand guard over, a garden to tend. Your post includes three key areas: Time, treasure, and people priority. 1 Thess. 4:11 says, "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business." Your post is "your business," and it is your responsibility to take care of it. It takes diligent strategy and faith.Simply put, "your post" is the context in which you work out your calling. Your calling is that transcendent aspect of your life in Christ...it's the expression of your true identity "chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world."Although your calling--what you are made to be and the commiserate expression of it--is eternal, your post can change. But just like with a soldier, your post changes only upon orders. We must obey God. "My food," said Jesus in John 4:34, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work." Note that he didn't say, "my work." This is key. Truly no one can serve two masters. Your work doesn't come from your boss or your customers. It comes from God Almighty.But with your post also come your enemies. And the ugly part is that all these enemies produce one thing: Unending Time Debt.Debt, whether in terms of time or money, can have the same debilitating, crippling effects. But all is not lost. Let's look at what time debt does and how we can reverse it to the glory of Him who for freedom set us free.Jack was a salesman for a large manufacturing company. With increasing pressure to move operations overseas, the atmosphere of work was grim and rumors were on everyone's lips. Jack and all the others in sales were working their fingers to the bone to make their quotas.Jack rolled into his office on Monday and he saw his unforgiving time debt for the hundredth time. He simply sat there at his desk and stared at the mountain of unfiled papers, the 325 unread emails, and a monitor covered in sticky notes. He could hear his heart speed up. He pitifully looked down at his well-worn to-do list and as soon as he could force his eyes away, he'd already seen at least 40 things he was supposed to have done last week.So Jack, a believer, tries to do his best. But while he's gathering his courage to face another day in such unbearable debt, his boss barges in and...well, you can guess the outcome...the list just got longer.