WHERE DO YOU SPEND MOST OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL TIME?
Hello New Manager!
A serious question for you -’’ Where do you spend most of your professional time ?’’
There are two circles—the circle of control and the process of concern.
JLBC Cadets The Circle of Concern is what you care about, spend time reading about, stressing about, or worrying about, but have no control over.
JLBC Cadets, The Circle of Control, is similar in terms of your emotional & actual response, BUT…
You do have control over it.
REACTIVE PEOPLE spend a lot of time in the circle of concern. They stress unnecessarily over things they cannot control, like -
The News
The Economy
The Government
The weather
What other people think of you
Political views of others
Natural disasters
Personal lives of celebrities and politicians
PROACTIVE PEOPLE spend a lot of time in the circle of control. They spend a lot of time and energy focusing on things they can control, like -
Their attitude and enthusiasm
Where they live’,
Where they work
What they buy
What they read and the skills they learn
Leadership positions they hold,
Places they travel to
Projects they work on.
JLBC Cadets, Where do you think your energy is better spent?
JLBC Cadets, Here’s the thing:
JLBC Cadets It’s impossible to 100% get away from caring about stuff that doesn’t matter. It’s human nature.
But if you can reduce the amount of attention you give to those things (Circle of Concern) and increase the amount of attention you give to what matters (Circle of Control) — you can be more effective and in many ways…
More mindful.
JLBC Cadets, You’ll spend less time stressing about things that don’t matter.
JLBC Cadets, You’ll spend less time caring what other people think.
JLBC Cadets, You’ll spend less time being jealous.
JLBC Cadets, And you’ll spend more time making real progress.
Time spent worrying about things that you can’t influence is time wasted.
Sometimes it’s fun and a bit of an escape to care about things that don’t matter.
But when it’s a constant drain on our energy, time, and brain power…
It’s a drain worth walking away from.
TO MAXIMISE YOUR PROFESSIONAL TIME BY SPENDING MORE TIME IN THE CIRCLE OF CONTROL
You will be more in control and experience calmer, progress and success.
What will you stop doing to maximize your time today?
Please share your thoughts below.
Kirk
Leadership Coach
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