Do you always have too much to do? You're not alone. Life in today's society can be complicated as it's common for people to have more than just work and home to think about. It can be extremely difficult to maintain balance between your different areas of responsibility. If you find yourself stressed about or feeling like you can’t honor the commitments you’ve made, this episode is for you. Mike and Brooks walk through the advice given on actual coaching calls they had with Asian Efficiency customers, and provide actionable tips for how to focus on what you should be doing, as well as when you should be doing it.

Cheat Sheet

We're LIVE in front of our Dojo audience! 1:34

The process we used from actual coaching calls and how we identified solutions for our customers 2:44

What "attention residue" is and why it makes it so hard to do your work 3:24

How to stay appropriately engaged when you wear multiple hats 7:29

Coaching call takeaways with “Jane,” who needs to switch tasks all the time and manage lots of requests from colleagues 12:19

How to implement scheduled focus time at your workplace 14:28

Why you don’t have to be connected all the time (and how to overcome the FOMO it causes) 16:16

Why you should setup specific office hours so that you can create the time and space to focus on what's important 19:36

The importance of examining how you deal with email to create more time in your day 21:36

Tips for learning to say "no" effectively 22:19

How to track your time to learn whether what you’re doing is in alignment with your values 25:32

Coaching call takeaways with “John,” who has a hard time getting work done in the afternoon 29:10

Why having a plan for your day can help you better execute on your goals 31:22

Why it’s important to identify all of the responsibilities and dependencies that you have 34:38

How to be OK with what you are not doing 36:45

Using the 12 Week Year planning method to focus on something that needs to be improved 41:23

The importance of focusing on one thing at a time 42:14

How to stay focused when you don’t have a supervisor 45:27

Links

Sophie Leroy's "Why is it so hard to do my work? The challenge of attention residue when switching between work tasks"

How to Find Balance While Working in a Corporate Culture (TPS140)

Why Pursuing the Work-Life Balance Myth is Hurting Your Productivity (TPS139)

EntreLeadership 1 day summit

Timing Mac app

Why Time Management Doesn’t Work & Why You Should Focus on Energy Instead (TPS142)

How to Take Massive Action on Your Goals by Implementing the 12 Week Year Effectively (TPS138)

Scaling Up by Verne Harnish

The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

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