Personal EcologyCarol Neuman

Director of Learning, Vantage Point

Agenda

Burnout Personal Ecology Boundaries Priorities Wellness Practices

How can we understand

and prevent it?

What does it tell us about

our how we do our work?

The analogy of growing

mint.

Should you focus on the

urgent, or the important?

Where are you already

doing well, and how can

you build more healthy

habits?

Overwhelm

Personal Ecology

Maintaining Boundaries

Urgent vs. Important

Important & Urgent Important Not Urgent

And the way you do that is by having a bigger yes burning inside. The enemy of the best is often the good.

― Stephen R. Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—

pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically, to say “no” to other things.

NOMANAGE

Crises & Pressing Problems

FOCUSOn Strategies & Values

AVOIDInterruptions & Busy Work

LIMITThe Trivial & Wasteful

Urgent not Important Not Important or Urgent

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Prioritization

AdministrativeTime Slot New Initiatives Meetings Project Delivery

Thursday afternoon

Friday

Mondays

Tuesdays

Specified in Calendar

Effective time management is not about making your work schedule more elastic. It is about creating elegance through structure and boundaries. It is about

making tough choices, saying no and focusing on quality of work rather than quantity.

Window of Work

Wise Why’s Glad Gifts

Quests No No’s

What are you most passionate about?

What new skills do you yearn to learn?

What talents are you happy to share?

What tasks are off-limits?

Wellness Practices

Physical well-being

Mental wellness

Spirit & inner life

Relationships

Managing Your Time

Walking Meetings

The average professional attends 13.7 meetings every week. When asked, people reported more

than half of these were a poor use of time. ”“

Beth KanterThe Networked Nonprofit

Review

Making change in the world starts with making change in our own lives. Approaching our work with spirit of abundanceand self-reflection, and a mindset of sustainability and structure will radiate outwards into the world.

Self-Care

More Questions? Want to Stay in Touch?

You can reach me at:

cneuman@thevantagepoint.ca