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Giving Time
The best part of high five, pats on the back, and all around positive encouragement? They make both the giver and receiver feel good As I describe in my article for LifeKraze, an online motivation tool, sharing your time with the community can be just as beneficial and inspiring for you as those you help. As you reflect on your personal definition of success, you want to be proud about how you invest your time. Check out my “Giving Time” article, and see how making the time to invest in something that could make a positive difference in the lives of others in your community is a worthy achievement. About Real Life E® Elizabeth Grace Saunders is the...
Read MoreHow to Have More Fun!
Being effective at time investment isn’t about just getting more things done. It’s also about freeing up time and space in your schedule so you have more time and energy to have fun! (For those of you who need to focus on having more discipline and less play, you may need to refrain yourself from reading on to avoid any further decline in your motivation.) But for those on the other side who feel frustrated that life seems like an endless string of obligations, read on! Step 1: Define What is “Fun” For You. Sometimes you don’t end up doing “fun” activities when you have the time and energy for them because you...
Read MoreA Story (& Book!) for You
“It all began innocently enough… …at the end of a hectic day. In an attempt to loosen some of the tension in your shoulders, rest your eyes, and regain the ability to focus, you had leaned back in your chair, putting your torso at an obtuse angle with your work surface and allowing your feet to splay out a bit in front of you. You squeezed your eyes shut and then stretched them wide open a few times. Blink. Blink. Blink. You rolled around your neck. Crickle. Crack. And you extended your fingers out and then clenched them into tight fists. Out. In. As if this action could get your internal pistons firing enough to squeeze the last bit of productivity...
Read MoreJournaling Insights
Calm. Relaxed. Peaceful. Authentic. As I journaled about where I saw myself right now, these words came to mind: calm, relaxed, peaceful, authentic, secure, joyful, and genuine. I thought you might appreciate some of my reflections on how I’ve cultivated a deep sense of peace in the midst of numerous professional and personal responsibilities. Here are some principles that have guided me to where I am today, and some anecdotes from a vacation this past summer to help illustrate how they can play out in daily life: Forgiving Myself: Sometime between the last time I used an autoresponder and last August, my e-mail synced with Facebook in such a way that when a...
Read MorePutting Yourself First
Too often we take the easy way… When we always put responding to other people’s needs above meeting our own. When we pay attention to what is flashy around us instead of what is deep and true and genuine inside of us. When we give our time to whomever most demands it versus who truly cares about us. The “easy way” keeps us comfortable in the moment. But it frustrates us in the long term because in the end, we’re not doing what’s most important and meaningful to ourselves. Don’t get me wrong–I do believe in authentic service and in caring for others–but when you always put yourself last, you can end up bitter...
Read MoreLeveraging Anxiety
This summer, I’ve been in the trenches with all of you, working on HUGE, complicated projects I’m happy to report that I’m wrapping up my final chapter of my first time management book for McGraw Hill and should be able to easily turn in the manuscript early. Although this has been a very intense two months, it’s been fantastic to see that my principles withstand the test of extremely challenging circumstances. Plus, I’ve learned some important new lessons that I’m looking forward to sharing with you. One of them is this: The Importance of Leveraging Anxiety It may seem odd for me to encourage you to “leverage anxiety.”...
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