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If you’re like me, it seems the To-Do List gets more items added than removed. Yet, the day still has only so much time.
As busy, productive professionals we have to raise ever increasing amounts of money, while executing numerous administrative tasks . . . all at the same time. It can be overwhelming!
I hate to admit it, but I simply can’t ‘get it all done.’
The good news is that I’ve accepted this reality. I can’t get it all done. In fact, I don’t know one ambitious person who believes their life will be long enough or full enough to accomplish all they can imagine. It can’t be done.
So, what are we to do?
First, establish achievable targets. If your job consists of two primary responsibilities, begin by choosing balance, rather than extremes. It’s easy for us to spend all our time on one role or the other. Each role could fill an entire career, but we don’t have the luxury of ‘either/or.’ We have to do ‘both.’ But there’s not enough time to get it all done. You must set boundaries and limits on yourself.
Years ago my mentor, Norm Edwards, told me, “What matters gets measured. And what gets measured gets done.”
Norm’s wise perspective has helped me navigate to success in countless endeavors. Thank you Norm!
This brings us to point #2 – we must learn to control the calendar. The only way to achieve what matters is to make time subservient to you.
If I’m not intentional with my calendar it will fill up all by itself. Other people will place their goals on my schedule. These things aren’t necessarily the most strategic or the most important. But they’re the most urgent at the moment, thereby gobbling up everything that isn’t already spoken for.
Take control of your own calendar. Discover what works best for you and be rigorously intentional about it. You must master the calendar – don’t let it master you!
Your friend,
America’s ASKing Coach