Stuff to Do- How to Make it Happen

You know what your day is like. A hundred things on your plate, and you feel like everything has to happen right away. The bright side is there’s a good chance you’ll get everything done. It’s just about taking a different approach. Motivational speaker and business guru, Dr. Stephen R. Covey, says, "Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things." Here are a few ways to make the most of your time and energy and keep yourself focused on what truly matters to you. While some of these suggestions may seem like no-brainers, a little reminder never hurts:

What’s Your Time Worth to You?

A good place to begin when setting up your daily game plan is to evaluate what’s important and what’s not. At first, everything might seem to share the same urgent level of importance, but if you take a moment and write down all of the activities you’d like to do that day, you’ll begin to see which ones are top priority, and which can be played by ear. Begin with evaluating the time you’re going to invest in the activity versus the payoff. How much of a benefit or enjoyment will you be getting from it? Keep the high-payoff and enjoyable activities on the list, and then ask yourself if low-payoff activities need to be done at all. If they do need to be done, do they have to be done by you? And if they need to be done by you, can they be simplified?