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Career Life Balance Create more magic by linking time management to intentions! Last
month we explored creating more of what you want by defining and
setting an intention to simply create more of it in your life.
How is it working for you? One of the ways to bring positive
change into your life and work is to create synergy between your
intentions and your actions. They meet up through planning and
time management. As you may be aware, spending just fifteen
minutes at the end of the day reviewing and planning can save up
to 2 hours in wasted time the next day. That is an eightfold
return on investment! When you add 10 minutes in the morning to
check in with yourself to review your intention, goals and
finalize your 'to do' list; you multiple your impact again. Here
is this month's challenge: Give yourself this 25 minutes each
day, 10 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes at night. Use this
time to focus on what is most important to you by asking
yourself the following questions: Evening review - Review Today
and Plan for Tomorrow: 1. What am I celebrating today? 2. What
did I learn? 3. What do I want to let go of? 4. What is most
important for me to do tomorrow to move toward my big goals?
These questions provide the framework to lift you out of the
minutia and into the bigger perspective, to celebrate your life
and successes, however minor, and to address, learn from and let
go of any shortcomings, anger or unnecessary life litter that is
floating around. It also tees up your internal conversation to
be focused on what is truly important. Oh, and yes, the final
step in this exercise is to update your calendar and to do list
for the next day. Remember to be realistic about what you can
accomplish while still enjoying your life and catching the curve
balls that each day brings. By engaging in this exercise, many
of my clients find out that they develop a much better eye for
seeing those curve balls and their reactions increase
tremendously. And since baseball season is coming soon (Go
Sox!!!), they are able to: -see the ball -decide if it is really
meant for them -if it isn't then in the split second they let it
fly by, bounce off or catch and toss it to the appropriate
person -If it is, then they contact and hit the homerun! Sorry,
I got caught up in the reverie of last fall there for a minute.
Although, I realize the Sox are a great example of never losing
sight of your intention and your goals! And, I'll be that each
morning, Sox players ask themselves similar questions as they
prep for practice and games. To link your daily actions with
your larger intentions, begin each day by reading your intention
and goals and asking yourself the following three questions: 1.
Check in on "What is most important to accomplish today to move
me toward my big goals?" 2. What do I need to do for me today?
3. What do I need to let go of? Notice that you get to let go of
things twice! This is a great way to remove the unwanted and
unnecessary stuff the crowds our days and, quite frankly, wastes
our time. By identifying and eliminating it, you make space not
only to focus on what is truly and important, but also to take
time for the unexpected, magical serendipity that occurs when we
are open to living our intentions. My wish for you this month
was aptly put by R.B. Brooke "Live the life you'd dare if you
knew you could not fail." Author: Dawn Quesnel - Dawn received
her coaches training from the Coaches Training Institute (CTI),
and is accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF).
She is a member of the ICF and she continuously trains to
develop her skills as a professional coach. Before becoming a
Professional Coach, Dawn was an Executive Recruiter at two of
Boston's premier agencies. She eventually opened her own
recruitment firm, Executive Staffing Consultants. Her vast
experiences in recruitment led to the knowledge that most people
need help clarifying their career and their personal goals. Thus
the launching of her coaching practice, Career Life Balance.
Dawn's clients find within themselves the resources and the
wherewithal to take their careers and personal lives to the next
level. Dawn Quesnel 508-520-9933 coachdq@careerlifebalance.net
www.careerlifebalance.net
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