It's Tuesday at 2:00pm! (PST Time: I live and work from Southern California)
Currently, I'm exploring different leadership quotes on this blog post, and pulling out some application for all of us. This is part of my personal journey to keep growing, learning and being stretched! Join me each Tuesday at 2:00pm (PST). It will take you just a few minutes to read through the 2 sections of this post, but don't miss the final section where I share some of the things I'm reading, listening to and enjoying this week.
Russ
LEADERSHIP QUOTE:
"Nobody is too busy. If they care, they will make time." Unknown
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A LITTLE BIT DEEPER:
I read this quote a couple of weeks ago, and thought I would test it. Here's what I learned:
*Last week, I scheduled a busy day of appointments, calls and ended up driving all over Southern California, yet I was somehow able to squeeze a golf lesson (my first one ever) into the middle of that day. When I looked at my schedule for the day, that was something I wasn't willing to compromise.
*Finishing a busy week, I was pretty tired and on Saturday Morning, I took a little longer to get moving, however the prospect of having our kids come over for the weekend gave me energy, purpose and excitement.
*I had to cancel a meeting last week because I couldn't squeeze it into a full day, however after looking at it, I realized that it wasn't an "important or urgent" meeting, so I postponed it a couple of weeks.
The results of my test are that I do this all the time.
Life is about shuffling priorities, and it's true... I'm not too busy, I just choose where to spend my time based on what's important to me.
If you looked at your life, how would you test? Do you find yourself doing things that you shouldn't be doing or that aren't really important to you?
DEEPER STILL:
The question that comes next is simply, "How do you decide what your priorities are?"
Here is a simple way to create this list:
#1) WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
In order to create priorities, you need to determine where you're going and why? This might take some work, but it helps define everything you'll do and everything you won't do.
#2) WHAT'S IMPORTANT NOW?
Make a list of the things that you feel are important to do TODAY to move you towards your goal. Weed out the things that aren't urgent for today, and be willing to compromise some things in order to come up with your best list.
#3) SCHEDULE TO COMPLETE IT
Most of us don't have trouble making our list, but we never bring our list into our schedule. If you don't schedule time to work your list, you'll never get it done.
#4) EVALUATE AND CREATE A NEW LIST
Priorities change, grow, morph and are completed. Keep working that list, with the goal of moving towards your vision.
Priorities fail because they are never acted upon.
Don't get busy doing things that aren't important!
When was the last time you created an active list of priorities to focus your attention and energy on? Were you successful in completing them?
Things I'm Reading, Listening To and Watching This Week:
For help with managing your priorities, look at Covey's 4 Quadrants and this article.
I just ordered this charging station from Greekera to put next to my bed for all my charging needs! Thanks for the tip Rhe!
I enjoyed the Tim Ferriss interview with Luis von Ahn, the founder of Duolingo.
I just listed to Fleet Foxes Essential Album. I've never listened to them before and enjoyed it.
We did a little "Family Staycation" this past weekend, but one activity was to go explore the San Diego Safari Park. we had a great time, but the highlight for me was the Rhino's! I hadn't been to the Wild Animal Park since I was a kid with my grandparents. It's not Africa, but it's pretty good for being in Southern California!!!