How to Manage It All - Creating Work-Life Balance

#17- How to Manage It All: Doing What Matters Most

Can you emulate a juggler and do more? Remember that the more you have to juggle, the more difficult it will be.We often find ourselves busy being busy which does not mean success.  You have to learn how to manage your time doing what matters most in your life not what doesn’t.

Think of what matters most and focus on it.  The truth is that you cannot manage time, but you can manage your life to make it desirable to you. Time wasted is a life wasted!

The three 3 Ps of time management:

Plan and identify what you should work on and in this case, what matters most. The 80/20 rule: how 20 percent of what you do accounts to 80 percent of your results. 

Prioritize- this means identifying the tasks or goals to do now, next, or never. We as teachers love to help and serve others, but we have to learn to say no and focus on what is important because time is limited.

Perform: It is one thing to plan, but a completely different one to execute. Taking action will set you apart from other teachers and help you grow. 

Balancing your home and work life is a challenge and it is important to cherish the season where you spend more time in one over the other. 

Here are a few tips on how to create a home-work life balance:

Ø  Share the vision of what you do with your family.

Ø  Teach your children to work hard at school and at home. 

Ø  Teach your children to love work by taking them to your work and allowing them to see what you do.

Ø  Participate in career day in school.

Ø  Bring positive stories of work heroes’ home.

Ø  Be aware of what family members are doing and keep in touch.

Ø  Involve your family in your work projects. 

Key Moments:

·       [2:08] How to manage with concentration and effort like a juggler.

·       [4:41] The busy trap- being too busy for what is important in your life. 

·       [5:39] What matters most to you? How to manage your life, not time. 

·       [7:47] The importance of planning what you should work on.

·       [9:20] How to prioritize what you need to work on first, second, or never. 

·       [11:58] Learning to perform by focusing on what matters most. 

·       [14:37] Tips on how to create a home-work life balance. 

Quotes:

·       “Managing your time is about doing what matters most.”- [5:31]

·       “We have to learn to say no to many of the requests that are made of us so that we can focus on what matters most.” [10:42]

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