Comments on: How to Manage it All https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-manage-it-all/ VitalSmarts is now Crucial Learning Mon, 07 Aug 2017 18:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Cynthia https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-manage-it-all/#comment-5951 Mon, 07 Aug 2017 18:54:13 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=7064#comment-5951 Thank you! I started doing this (writing down a task list as it comes to mind) and I am so much more organized and at peace now. I actually get things done now. Thank you for your article!!

]]> By: Mark Kline https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-manage-it-all/#comment-5950 Fri, 04 Aug 2017 18:18:37 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=7064#comment-5950 In reply to davidmaxfield.

David

Thanks for the reminder. I will begin again and see where I am getting derailed. I will update you in a month!

]]> By: davidmaxfield https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-manage-it-all/#comment-5949 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 22:44:17 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=7064#comment-5949 In reply to Mark Kline.

I’m with you! I also have a tough time keeping myself on track, even when I know the track is a good one that works. The pitfall to avoid is attributing this problem to your character, and giving up. Instead, I recommend the strategy we discuss in our book, Change Anything.

Begin by becoming a scientist of your own behavior. When you find yourself off track, back up, and try to locate the time, place, and circumstance that led you to get off course. Then focus on what you can do to either avoid or master these Crucial Moments.

Then focus all Six Sources of Influence on motivating and enabling yourself to do the right things during these Crucial Moments. We find that success requires: Will, Skill, Encouragement, Support, Incentives, and Tools. The combination is 10 times as powerful as any single approach.

Best wishes,

]]> By: Clifford Spoonemore https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-manage-it-all/#comment-5948 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 18:53:13 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=7064#comment-5948 I have done a little of all three of your suggestions. They work and I need to put a bit more energy into all three.

The one that is important to me is taking stock in what I did that day. One it organizes the day so I know what has to be done the next. It allows me to acknowledge I did accomplish a few things today. Plus here is a big pay off for me at home. I know what I did, I accomplish it, and I can share that with my bride (family). There is something to share at the family dinner table each night.

When I don’t to this daily reflection I don’t have a good answer to “How was your day?” Then the conversation is very short and not very fulfilling. I know my bride does not want each detail, but she does want to know what I do and how interested I am in what i’m doing. This also opens the door for me to hear more details about her day.

Thank you and have a good day.
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]]> By: Mark Kline https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-manage-it-all/#comment-5947 Wed, 02 Aug 2017 18:18:35 +0000 http://www.vitalsmarts.com/crucialskills/?p=7064#comment-5947 David
I loved your GTD article and totally believe that the results of less stress and more productivity will be the result. I am a very creative person, but I find it difficult to follow a routine or procedure to the end. Perhaps this is a result of adult ADHD. I have attempted to get organized, read books, taken a seminar or two, but in the end, I am still a semi-organized mess. I guess what I am saying is that I find it very difficult to stay the course and end up back in disorganization and stress.

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