Do you wake up in the morning, and the first thing you do is reach for your phone? Whether you’re grabbing your phone to check your email, social media, or the news, you may want to consider a change in that habit.
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Raise your hand if you currently or ever had a job that keeps you sitting for most hours of the day. I’m definitely in this boat. And I’ve had seasons of life when I’ve felt so tired after sitting at a desk all day that I go home and just sit some more. Sometimes days feel so hectic that scheduling time to exercise feels like one task too many. But for many successful people, skipping movement in their day is an absolute no-no.
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Just because it’s possible to respond right away to every request for communication we receive, doesn’t mean we have to respond right away. It’s ok to have times when we’re unavailable and respond to people during the timeframes that work best for us.
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In the hustle and grind culture that we live in, we’re given the impression that if you want to get ahead you not only have to work late every weeknight, but you should also sacrifice your weekends. But someone who disabused me of this notion was Colin Powell.
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So many of us think that if we want to get more done, we need to do more at one time. But what if the secret to getting more done is ruthlessly focusing on just one thing at a time, completing that one thing, and then focusing on the next?
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Warren Buffet is the patron saint of “no.” He famously claims:
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.”
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Do you ever find yourself with a to do list that is 30+ items long and completely unrealistic given the number of hours in a day? Did you know that many successful individuals actively limit the number of tasks that they focus on in any given day?
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Meetings…I know very few working professionals who do not feel overwhelmed by meetings. I can’t tell you how many client calendars I’ve seen that are nothing but back-to-back meetings. There are a couple of thoughts and stories that have helped me to make meetings a less overwhelming part of my life.
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I’ve always valued my time outside of work as equal to or more important than my time at work. I do my job, and I do it well during the hours I’m supposed to be there. But then I turn work off, and I live my personal life just as well.
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Naps have been a celebrated way to recharge batteries and even find inspiration for as long as our species has existed.
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One of my favorite counter-cultural activities is companies or individuals who go on vacation and auto-delete emails that are received when they are out of the office. Many workers don’t use all of their vacation days, and a big reason why they don’t use their time is because of the mountain of emails they have waiting for them when they return. Well, some companies and individuals have found a way to eliminate that issue.
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If you’re like most professionals, your email inbox is a siren that pulls you toward it nearly constantly all day every day. But what if I told you that many highly successful people do not incessantly check their emails? What if a big secret to many peoples’ success is discipline with their inbox and only checking it a certain number of times a day or at certain times?
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So many of the stories I see equate success with deprivation. For example, if you want to be successful in [insert industry here], say goodbye to sleep. Hustle culture/deprivation stories have never appealed to me. I’m attracted to tales of people who have accomplished much in life but also take care of themselves.
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I’m fascinated by stories of people who march to the beat of their own drums. They are counter-cultural and go against the grain of normal societal pressures; and in doing so, they create a new path for other people to follow. When I encounter an example of even one person who has traveled the path I intuitively feel is mine as well, their paved path lessens my anxiety and gives me permission in my own mind to walk that trail too.
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