Personal Ecology - The Vantage Point · 2016-03-31 · Urgent vs. Important Important & Urgent...
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Personal Ecology Carol Neuman Director of Learning, Vantage Point
Transcript of Personal Ecology - The Vantage Point · 2016-03-31 · Urgent vs. Important Important & Urgent...
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
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