Time Management Question - What Matters Most?
August 30th, 2008 by Liz Fuller
Recently a client came to me wanting to know how she could be more efficient so that she could get all of the things done that she wanted to do.
Like many women entrepreneurs, she was also a wife, a mother, a daughter, a friend and a volunteer. She was looking for more balance in her life and wanted to include self-care such as exercise, proper sleep and good nutrition. And that doesn’t even include basic items like housework, car maintenance, etc.
Like most women entrepreneurs she had started her own businesses because she wanted the flexible lifestyle that self-employment can make possible. Unfortunately, like many women entrepreneurs, she had then proceeded to load herself up with so many expectations and demands that she has even less flexibility than she had before.
She was surprised that before I would even begin to discuss ways to get more done in less time - I asked her to take a step back and explore her values and goals:
What was most important to her in her life?
When she looked ten years down the road, what would she most regret if she never did it?
What would she be most proud of achieving?
Her answer could be:
- building a million dollar business
- spending more time with her kids
- doing work that feeds her soul
- expressing her creativity
- creating a business to pass down to her children
- building a strong marriage with her husband and planning for their future
or many other things…..
Your answer won’t be the same as any other woman. And until you know what really matters to you in life - your own life, not what someone else says - you are not going to know where to invest your time and energy.
So right now, before you add one more thing to your to do list - take a few moments to determine what you really want your life to be about.
Write it down - and begin to compare all of the activities on your to do list with your goal, and determining how much of your precious time and energy each one deserves.
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