How To Be More Productive By Classifying What Is Truly Important
Aug 28, 2023๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ.
You've heard the saying when it comes to money, pay yourself first, meaning put money in savings before you have time to spend it on everyone else.
Its a great practice but a lot of people don't do it then end up living paycheck to paycheck, always saying they will start saving 'when they get enough money' which never happens. Time works the exact same way. Pay yourself first.
Most people make a big task list of things they need to do, then work on the stuff that does NOT move the needle then avoid the things that they do need to do, or spend too much time doing things that have no effect on the bigger overall picture at the expense of important moments in life.
I'll never miss out on an important event for my kids. Once I had a 3 day mastermind in Austin that I really wanted to attend, but my daughters dance recital was on day 2 of the event. So I flew back and forth and caught day 1 and 3 AND caught my daughters performance.
One of my favorite ways to carve out time and make sure I have my priorities set so that I have everything I want done and weed out the stuff that is not important is by sorting things into categories.
The photo above shows the same jar, both are filled with the exact same sand, pebbles and rocks. You'll notice when you put the sand in first, then the pebbles in, then the rocks, the rocks come out the top. If you put the rocks in first, then the pebbles, and then the sand, you can fit it all in.
In life, it's important to know what your rocks are, what your pebbles are and what your sand is, and then also what is not worthy of being in the jar.
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ (rocks): My non negotiables ALWAYS come first.
โ
Family time.
โ
Workout time.
โ
Meditation.
โ
8 hours of sleep.
โ
Learning and personal development.
๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ'๐ (pebbles):
โ
Work stuff.
โ
Podcast & content.
โ
Business stuff.
๐๐ช๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐:
๐ Accounting.
๐ Advertising, building funnels.
๐ Housekeeping.
๐ Landscaping.
๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐จ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ (sand).
๐ค Watching Netflix or YouTube.
๐ค Scrolling without intention on social media.
๐ค Water cooler talk and socializing.
๐ค Responding to non business related messages.
๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ค๐ฃ:
โ Judging others.
โ Politics, news, toxic socials.
โ Negative self talk & overthink, wondering if its going to all work out.
โ Being around negative people.
If my priority list goes top to bottom and there simply is no reason why I can't get all that I want and need done when I classify what is truly important and throw out what is not.
๐๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช.
Stop saying 'I don't have enough time' or 'I'm to busy' for things like your self care, health or personal development. Instead, say 'it's not important enough for me to make time for'. That will give you some perspective.
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