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#4 How to stop drowning under the weight of ‘shoulds’, ‘musts’ and ‘have tos’ in your life…avoid the common ‘time management’ mistakes and have

capacity for everything that’s important!

Marianne Page

The 30 Minute Masterclass Series

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‘Shoulds’, ‘Musts’, and ‘Have Tos’ are other people’s priorities in your life

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Conscious Decision-Making

What are the ‘shoulds’, ‘musts’ and ‘have tos’ in your life?

“Oh I really should attend that networking event”

“I must post on social media every day”

“Everyone says I have to read this book”

“I have to pick the kids up from school”

“I must have a meeting with ……….”

“I should do my expenses every day”

“I have to respond to those e mails…”

Common Time Management Mistakes

• Not planning or ineffective planning

• Having a random, unprioritised list of things to do

• No thought of what you’re trying to achieve…and why

• Not knowing when you’re most effective in the day

• Mistaking busy-ness for productivity

• Thinking that multi-tasking is a good thing

Time Management Systems

• Work for the person who created it

• Often too complicated & not sustainable

• Too much time needed to administer vs ACT

• Emphasis on managing routine tasks vs creative work

• Inflexible - no room for the unexpected

• Often build in ‘shoulds’, ‘musts’ and ‘have tos’

• Focus is on managing work time not Life-Time

Most Common & BIGGEST Mistake

Treating your Priorities…the things that are really important to you in your life…as an interruption to

your business/work time.

Focus on your Priorities !

Focus on your ‘Life-Time’ !

Build your system around your life

Your Priorities

What’s important to you in your life? !

What’s really important? !!

Your Priorities• Your Health?

• Your Relationships?

• Your Business?

• Your Self-Fulfilment?

What does your ideal future look like for each of your priorities?

EXACTLY

A successful business? …what does that look like to you? …making £10m a year? …working one day a month?

And why do you want a successful business? …Is your Priority really to have financial freedom? …or maybe self-fulfilment? …or do you want to be challenged and tested?

Example

Good health? …what does that look like to you? …able to run a marathon? …able to get out of bed everyday?

And why do you want good health? …to have energy to play with your children…or maybe to see them grow up? …so that you can still have an active life when you’re old?

Example

Why do we need to be so clear about our priorities?

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“What we do in Life echoes in eternity” - Gladiator

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“What we do today echoes in our future” - Marianne

Take conscious control

After this session

• Take some time to become conscious of the shoulds, musts and have tos in your life, and choose what you will still do

• Spend at least a couple of hours thinking about your priorities

• Dig deep…think about what ‘makes your heart sing’ - the things that would still be important if you knew the world would end in 10 years

• Ask what your ideal future looks like, and from there pull out the 5 most important elements in it…they are your 5 Priorities

• And if you get stuck…

My offer to you

A FREE 40 minute ‘Breakthrough Session”

- review your priorities

- get clarity about what you’re trying to achieve and why?

- understand what’s blocking you

- determine your best next steps

Only 5 slots available!

To grab one, e mail me at marianne@bright7.co.uk

This is YOUR time. 2014 is YOUR year.!

Make every single day of it count!

See you next Wednesday at 2pm