Ep. 156 - Is Time Your Friend or Enemy?
Thriving in Tandem: The podcast for married entrepreneurs
English - October 09, 2023 21:51 - 37 minutes - 43.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Society & Culture Relationships familybusiness business couplesinbusiness entrepreneurship marriage powercouples relationship smallbusiness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this world of busyness it seems like time is our enemy more than our friend. But who’s fault is that? There are so many things coming at us in our business and personal lives that some of the more important aspects are being neglected.
At home, spouses feel ignored and kids feel neglected. In business, many of the high level projects that would grow our business are being put off time and time again. We can blame other people and circumstance all we want but for the most part, this neglect is based on the choices we make.
Time is our enemy because we don’t control what we do and when we do it. It seems like we have no choice but if we were to step back and take an honest assessment, we would find that we have more control then we think. Check out this episode and let’s make time our friend.
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Key Takeaways:
We’re in a constant state of busy
Because of that, we make excuses of why we don’t get to the important things like
Date nights
Making kids soccer game
Being with friends
R&D in the business
Applying for that grant
Training
Checking in on key customers
Busy has become a badge of honor
It’s become our enemy that we don’t have enough of
We spend our time on???
Stuff we say yes to
“Emergencies”
Requests
People wanting you
Social media, emails, texts
Volunteer positions
Church stuff
We react to life which leaves us feeling out of control
Instead of taking control
Problem is, we can’t say no
How do we treat time as our friend?
Take control and set boundaries
Be intentional about setting the priorities as a priority
Put the important stuff first in your calendar - things you want to do
Create boundaries around the activities you’re willing to do