There are 5 pillars at the core of my toolkit that I use daily to manage myself and to lead others. When my level of “busy, but good” reaches a certain point, I take the opportunity to zoom out and check in with my pillars. They live on a post-it on my desk.
Hint: my point of intervention is not when the check engine light comes on; it’s an ongoing practice aligned with a series of learned intervals.
You’ve likely heard the quote, “we don’t rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training” either directly from Archilochus or reshared by Tim Ferriss, James Clear, Seth Godin, Simon Sinek, or other thought leaders of systems thinking.
My middle school math teacher would likely be astounded to learn that I, of all people, continue to use something that she taught me on a daily basis. Despite my love of snowboarding, no; it is not y=mx+b...
onward.
-dmac