From the course: Time Management for Busy People
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Eliminate emergencies
- One of the main reasons I hear people lose track of their day is because they get so busy putting out fires that they never have time to get to the stuff that they know is most important. So let's take a step back and look at how emergencies happen. In my experience, things follow this progression: idea, invitation, toleration, emergency. Here's what I mean. It starts by you having a little idea about something. Hmm, I wonder if I could? Hmm, seems like. Hmm. And the minute you start thinking about an idea, you may notice you'll often get invitations around that idea. You'll get little signs and signals. Maybe a book shows up that has to do with your idea or maybe someone mentions it in conversation or you hear about a workshop being offered. Something. An opportunity arises. If you ignore both the idea and the invitation, it will eventually turn into a toleration, something that you're handling, but it…
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