SELF MANAGEMENT
SITUATION:
We all fall into work ruts at times.
Rather than trying to power through these moments,
Take a proactive approach to managing your energy.
SOLUTIONS:
Create “a wall of encouragement.”
- Here are some simple ways to give yourself a little boost when you’re feeling down.
- Write your purpose on a post-it.
- This might be your overall career purpose (why you’ve chosen the profession that you are in) or a micro purpose
- What’s motivating you to do a great job on a particular project or task).
- Keep it at your desk as a constant visual reminder of why you do what you do
- Especially when things are exhausting or stressful.
Take & seek to act on any messages of encouragement, awards, positive feedback, - Even memes that make you laugh and put them near your desk or store them in a digital folder.
- Look at them when you need to feel re-energized and appreciated;
- Write up a “to-don’t” list.
- What things are you currently doing that are sucking up your energy?
- Identify which ones you can stop doing and put them on a list.
- These might be certain people that you decide not to see,
- Or habits that you want to break, or tedious tasks that can be automated or delegated.
Read the full article: “Stop Trying to Manage Your Time.”
SOURCES:
Try These Simple Approaches to Re-Energize Yourself
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/try-simple-approaches-re-energize-yourself-harvard-business-review/?trk=eml-email_series_follow_newsletter_01-hero-1-title_link&midToken=AQEY6RqHcNSYcw&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=2cFQuUE2BI0Wk
