How to Find Time for Important Work

Find Time by Building Habits- Start with 2 Steps

You sit down to start your day and are pulled into an hour of emails. Your phone rings. You get 3 texts. It’s now 10 a.m. You need to work on your project, but you can’t remember where you left off. Getting back in the zone seems like an impossible dream. You look at your calendar and you have a meeting in 1 hour. What can you accomplish in 1 hour? What about the rest of the day? When can you work on the project? When will you find the time?

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Step 1: Anchor to Activate

Being lost in task after task is no fun. You need direction and you should create your own path. You do that by design. You write about your journey. But before you get started, you’ll need some preparation.

Ask yourself, “What can I do today to serve my goals?”

Now that you have a few ideas of what to write, before you write your first Big 3 , you’ll need to build an anchor and activate. You may be thinking, but “No, I’m pumped, I’m ready to write my tasks/goals. I’m ready to do this thing.”

I ask you. Do you want this thing to stick?

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Remember: While practicing the anchoring technique, always think about the Big 3’s that you do each day. They should always best serve your goals!

Step 2: Action Words

We all like action words. They get things done or do they? Action words are verbs and we automatically think they mean that someone is busy doing something, but what do these words really mean? Sometimes they power the punch behind your goals and at other times they get lost in translation.

Tip: Schedule time blocks for look-alike tasks.

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Kimberly Sheldahl

Chief Priority Strategist |Practical Priorities™ | Certified, Predictive Index ™ & Kolbe™ | Full Focus Planner Certified Pro™|Health Coach