Well, it’s been a very sobering week when it comes to looking at how I’m managing my time, and in the fourth episode in my series exploring Marla Tabaka’s 50 tough questions to ask yourself if you’re constantly telling yourself that you don’t have enough time, we’re getting into how leadership qualities affect your time.
These questions are more geared toward a corporate work environment and people with kids, so I’m going to tweak them to apply to me as a side hustler and now self-employed girl building my empire so that I don’t gloss over them like, no… I don’t have to dig deep to answer these, they don’t apply to me…
You can get a link to Marla’s full article on Inc.com, “Not Enough Time in the Day? Ask Yourself These 50 Tough Questions to Find Out Why.”
So here we go with my answers to the last ten on the list, and I’d love to hear your answers too!
You can join the conversation in the comments on the show notes at shannonmattern.com/134, or find episode 134 in our Facebook group, or find me on Instagram or Twitter @shannonlmattern – I LOVE hearing from you guys!
- Am I still passionate about my work or am I too exhausted to feel energized by my passion? (It's time to figure out what fuels your flame and get back to it.)
- Do I plan my week and review my to-do list either first thing in the morning or the night before?
- Do I have a healthy morning routine that inspires and energizes me, or do I lay in bed catching up on emails before my feet hit the ground?
- Do I have solid goals and targets in place and know how to achieve them? (Lack of clarity is one of the top culprits in poor time management.)
- Do I come up with new and amazing ideas all of the time and desert my current goals to investigate these bright and shiny objects?
- Do I interrupt my workday to perform household tasks and run too many personal errands?
- Do I allow others to treat me like I don't have a job, simply because I work from home?
- Do I take at least one vacation per year? (Burnout leads to decreased productivity.)
- Do I constantly live with guilt about not spending enough time with my family or anything else? (Negative emotions preoccupy the mind and weigh us down.)
- Do I invest in myself and my business by consulting with experts, or do I think I know it all?
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