Throw Time Management Out The Window
Forget about time management, I have. Why?
Have any of the hours upon hours of training, or reading on the subject solved the time problem?
Heck, none of it worked for very long. Did it work for you?
When I became a student of Coach U www.coachu.com, in 1997,
one of the mandatory courses I had to take was called “The Personal Foundation Program®”.
It’s a 24 subject course that includes thought-provoking exercises, including “Getting Complete”, Removing Tolerations From Your Life, and a host of other personal development topics.
(Note: Most, if not all, Coach U trained coaches offer this program to their clients.)
It was then that I realized why all this time management stuff wasn’t working! How could I
possibly manage something I have no control over: time? Think about it.
Can you really control time? Yet, haven’t we all tried and failed?
What many consider to be time management is really a combination of:
- Defining your top 5 values (what you have to have or you’ll emotionally die).
- Learning about your needs (what’s running you).
- Setting life priorities (what’s really important to you).
- Balancing your life, whatever balance means to you. Balance is different for every person.
- Clearing out life’s clutter: getting complete with the past and decluttering all your living environments.
- Taking your to-do list and making it a to-complete list. Pay someone to complete the things you don’t want to do but they need doing, remove what you really don’t want to finish, let things go that you have no control over and shorten your list!
- Collaborating – stop the process of doing so much of life alone because life’s just not meant be that way.
Why do all that work? Because you’ll make better decisions, therefore, you’ll have more time.
What can you do to shift from trying to manage your time to managing your life?
First determine where your life is not as fulfilled as you’d like it to be
by taking the . Look for places you’re leaking energy and other places you could use some energizing.
About The Author
An irrepressible entrepreneur, Maria Marsala sold AVON at age 14 and landed on Wall Street three years later. She became a bond trader when female executives were as rare as pink diamonds. For 25 years, Maria streamlined Fortune 500 companies, nurtured non-profits, and discovered her niche—mentoring women CEOs and executives. Armed with corporate secrets and life coach credentials, Maria founded Elevating Your Business to help female financial professionals live better using her proprietary brand of consultative-coaching. Contact Maria today and take the first step toward freedom, full-fillment, and a sparkling quality of life! Contact me now!
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