Managing Yourself

Adventures in Businessing: Entrepreneurship, Small Business, and a Healthy Dose of Humor

Show Notes

• [0:01:05] Episode Summary | Intro

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• [0:03:16] Managing Yourself

• Applicable to Everyone, Even if You’re Not Actively in a Leadership Position
• If you don’t have a culture of people who can/will self manage...you’ll notice it quickly.
• In distributed work you have to focus on objectives over time tracking.
• • Activity can be disguised as progress, but oftentimes it’s anything but.

• [0:07:12] Things we do to Manage Ourselves

• Incrementally enhancing the mundane has a positive ripple effect.
• • Improving sleep is a prime example.
• Start every day with a loose list of things you can accomplish, that which if completed will ensure you feel successful.
• • Identify your Essential Three:
  • • What are the three things that are imperative to move forward today?
  • Try to make sure the thing you do not want to do is on that list, attempt it first; the goal is that hopefully you can then snowball through the rest of the day on easy mode.
• Get your mind engaged without focusing on work.
• • Whether through exercise, meditation, spiritual and/or philosophical studies.
  • Be wary: you can’t have multiple focuses and still be focused.

• [0:17:29] The Crucial Piece in Self Management is Finding Time to Unplug

• Self-care is 100% vital.
• • Schedule, prioritize, and protect your time for self-care.
  • Be flexible and don’t punish yourself when things don’t go according to plan.
  • • You will have bad days, and if you can accept that, you can bounce back from it with greater success.

• [0:22:05] Preventing “Bad Days” as Much as Possible

• What are the distractions that could get in your way, the things that could steal you away from a good day?
• • We all have our own triggers, but being mindful of them can help you avoid distractions on a daily basis.
• We can underestimate the impact of minor disruptions.
• • Rarely are you responsible for putting out every fire.
• Be flexible, but stick to your schedule overall.

• [0:27:42] Parting Words & Advice

• There’s always more work to be done than there is time.
• When you’re managing relationships, the most important one for you to be managing is yourself.
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