{"id":2414,"date":"2015-01-15T06:04:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T13:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coachingreallyworks.com\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2016-10-25T02:57:01","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T09:57:01","slug":"see-how-you-can-become-more-effective-not-busier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/see-how-you-can-become-more-effective-not-busier\/","title":{"rendered":"See How You Can Become More Effective Not Busier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever get pulled into cleaning your email inbox at work or watering the flowers, if you are at home, when you know you should be doing something more effective with your time.<\/p>\n<p>We often get caught up\u00a0with busy work that keeps us from really doing things that would make a bigger difference and make us happier in the end because we are staying on top of things.\u00a0Is this really possible?<\/p>\n<h2>In this Video:<\/h2>\n<p>00:05 &#8211; Story of an Executive Who Didn&#8217;t Fired For Doing Less<br \/>\n01:52 &#8211; Look At Your Life Goals<br \/>\n02:30 &#8211; Goals Are Not Always Goals<br \/>\n04:19 &#8211; Ask For Help, Delegate<br \/>\n04: 53 &#8211; Quote from Robin Sharma<br \/>\n05:04 &#8211; Affirmation to Help You Move Forward<\/p>\n<h2>Listen To The Audio<\/h2>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\">[powerpress]\n<h2>Watch The Video<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:360px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:60%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1rRGqYB_bwA?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>Transcription<\/h2>\n<p>Hello again and welcome back to Coaching Really Works.<\/p>\n<p>I am Abe Stone, the\u00a0life design coach.<\/p>\n<h3>A Story of Not Getting Fired for Doing Less<\/h3>\n<p>There was a story that I read recently about a man. He was an executive in Silicon Valley. He was a very busy man already and apparently there were\u00a0some changes in the company and at the time of those changes there were a lot more demands being made on\u00a0his time.<\/p>\n<p>He was getting busier. He was called\u00a0to more\u00a0meetings. He was a very active person and as he did that he found that his creativity and his projects, the things that he was really passionate about, the quality of that work, was going down.<\/p>\n<p>So one day, he was really discouraged, he was <a title=\"Persist Just Beyond the Point You\u2019d Have Given Up\" href=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/persist-just-beyond-the-point-youd-have-given-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">about to quit<\/a>. He wanted to just let the whole thing go and maybe start with something private. He was not sure what to do. He spoke with a mentor and the mentor helped him out and gave him a tip. He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>How about trying to just trim down the things that you are not an essential\u00a0a part of, the things that aren&#8217;t making an impact on\u00a0the things that you are involved in and the contribution\u00a0that you make?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So he started and he did it little by little.<\/p>\n<p>He noticed that as he did\u00a0one thing, instead of the negative repercussions or problems and things falling apart, it turned out people respected him for making that decision.<\/p>\n<p>He was able to focus more and get more quality work done on\u00a0things that really mattered. Eventually he was able to roll it out into many areas of his life. He started benefiting\u00a0from more\u00a0time for his family and his children.<\/p>\n<p>In fact in that year, after he found that his productivity was going better and things were doing quite well, he was doing well in his reviews. He ended up \u00a0getting one of the biggest bonuses of his entire career. (<em>Read <a title=\"Read it on Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00G1J1D28\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Essentialism:\u00a0The Disciplined Pursuit of Less<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<h3>What is Essential in Your Life?<\/h3>\n<p>By pulling back and being able to sort of focus to be able to understand what is important, what is essential\u00a0in our lives, we can do much more that will take us in the direction of\u00a0the goals that we have set or the ideal life that we are looking for or working towards.<\/p>\n<p>I would like for you to take some time to think about this very idea. It has so many applications. It can be applied to many goals that you have in your life,\u00a0or <a title=\"How Exercise Makes You Happier and Smarter\" href=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/how-exercise-makes-you-happier-and-smarter\/\" target=\"_blank\">in\u00a0your fitness<\/a>, or you have goals with your family. You are raising your children and you want to be able to get to a certain level of communication and you find out that there are things that are keeping you busy, pulling you away \u00a0you are leaning towards.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it is your home environment that you are interested in\u00a0making some changes and turning things around, but you you find that when you come home there are some things that keep you active, keep you busy. I like to call that busy work and it keeps you away from real forward work and growth work.<\/p>\n<h3>Make Daily Progress Toward\u00a0Your Goals<\/h3>\n<p>Someone once told me that a goal, the <a title=\"Make Your Goals Emotionally Powerful, SMART Goals That Rock &#091;Inforgraphic&#093;\" href=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/make-emotionally-strong-smart-goals-rock\/\" target=\"_blank\">goals that you have set for your life\u00a0or in your business<\/a> or whatever they are:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Goals are not goals unless you are working toward\u00a0them on a daily basis.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s something to consider when you are busy\u00a0and you are getting into things.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Is this really taking me in the direction of my goals?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I know that there are some things that are important and that need to get taken care of every day, they need\u00a0to get done and you cannot just focus, focus, focus, on the goals. You have to maintain other areas in your life and you need to keep a good balance but think about this;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If I have a goal, what are the key things that I need to accomplish this year or in the next six months and how <a title=\"Find Your Key To Experiencing Unstoppable Progress Toward Your Goal\" href=\"https:\/\/coachingreallyworks.com\/blog\/find-your-key-to-experiencing-unstoppable-progress-toward-your-goal\/\" target=\"_blank\">is this activity going to move\u00a0me towards that goal<\/a>?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, if it is not then find a way to either move it to the side, give it a different level of priority and focus. Even\u00a0just taking one hour on a daily basis to work concretely in the\u00a0direction of your goal, not busy work but real solid work towards your goals will make a big difference.<\/p>\n<p>This can be done in other ares, in your personal life, in your business, in your work.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of people, a lot of entrepreneurs, they can get really busy answering emails or some things that they need to get involved in -getting involved in social media or trying to tweak things just right, perfecting things, rather than maybe pulling aside and just thinking about product development or planning, effective planning and doing things that only you can do in your position.<\/p>\n<h3>Let People Help You<\/h3>\n<p>There are other people that can help you with other things that are just busy work. For them it will be great, because that is what they are hired for. Maybe even children helping around the house with things that tend to be more busy things. Then\u00a0you can take time\u00a0to focus on\u00a0things that would make a bigger impact on your home or in your life.<\/p>\n<p>There are\u00a0a lot of broad applications for this idea but what is important is..<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>..learn how to keep away from busy work, pull away from things that just keep us active for the sake of being busy and focus on things that really matter, that really make us effective.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This quote is from Robin Sharma, he says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Don&#8217;t confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Robin Sharma (<em>Read <a title=\"read it on Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1554684366\/?tag=coachingreall-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Greatness Guide<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And for the affirmation for the week:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>I am making space for more success to come into my life. I let go of my excuses. I am productive and focused on results.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to hear from you, what your challenges are or maybe you have tips that you can share. I know that I can use tips in this are as I am constantly learning and growing in these things. Maybe you can <strong>head over to <a title=\"Abe on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/abe.stone.here\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>or if you are\u00a0on <a title=\"Abe on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abe_Stone\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter\u00a0<\/a>drop me a line there.<\/strong> Or leave a comment in the comment section below.<\/p>\n<p>I am Abe Stone, a life design coach at Coaching Really Works.<\/p>\n<p>Bye for now! 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