One of the key areas I coach on is isolation time. As I tell Teddy, my son, time for Quiet Time. This scares many people. Look at our world today with text messages, I-Pods, emails, Internet, Direct TV with DVR, and no wonder why people hate Quiet Time. How much sense does this really make when you think about it. How much are we actually accomplishing in our lives and businesses? Do we really have a plan and execute our life plan in detail. I am guilty of this wasted energy. We all are. What we really need is so good old fashion Quiet Time. Just like my two year old son. We all need it but few really use it. You want to scare some people, just don't talk and listen. This freaks people out.
Most of us get up in the morning with racing minds on a checklist on all we need to get done. Then we go out and attack this list and come home at night tired. We then do it all over again the next day. We repeat this cycle day in and day out; week in and week out; month in and month out; year in and year out. But what is really being accomplished?
Stop. Has it ever occurred that you may be "working" on the wrong things? That your priorities may be off? That your aim for your Master Targets in life may actually be off target?
Take some time to think. Really think. By yourself. Make sure you are working on the most important things in your life and business. Make sure you are hitting the Master Targets. Make sure you actually are accomplishing right things and your priorities are in-line. Stop and listen. Stop and think.
After some Quiet Time and you have the right priorities in place. Then its time to execute; meaning actually getting the right things done. Not talking about all the tasks that need to be completed. But actually getting meaningful, key drivers accomplished in your business and life. This is the good stuff. This stuff that matters. The stuff that moves mountains!
- Stop talking
- Start listening
- Think....Quiet Time
- Then Execute. Actually accomplish things; the right things
Some key words to really think about: listening; priorities; execution; Master Targets; quiet time; thinking.
