Managing Time & Stress A Different Approach

2 Rules to Reduce Stress & Manage Time2 Rules to Reduce Stress & Manage Time

Imagine a stage performance…

….with a dozen instruments playing different tunes at the same time!

Does it sound irritating and painful?

Realize…

Our mind is like that stage, with many things fighting to take center stage

Stress !This naturally leads to…

While we try to work on one thing…

Things that occurred in the past crashinto our minds…

Things expected to come up in future

crash into our minds

Realize that only when mind and the work at hand are in

sync do we avoid stress

So, the first rule in time and stress management is:

Set time for each activity

Focus on one activity at a time

A simple way to do it is…

Now the second point:

Imagine you are hungry and trying to eat your food…

What would you do if your friends keeps shoving more and more food items onto your plate?

Leave things half-eaten?

Feel overwhelmed? or

Ask them to stop?

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Would you…

We face the same thing at work where people

keep shoving work at us

In the middle of our work, these people crash in with other ‘urgent’ things…

Stress !This naturally leads to…

So, the second rule in time and stress management is:

Not to allow people to crash in on time

allocated to other activity

A simple way to do this is…

Make a note of what they want, but finish your task ‘on the stage’ first.

If your mobile is a regular time-crasher,

you could keep it mute and return calls later!

So, the 2 simple but practical rules to reduce stress and manage time better…

Realize..

This is all the

time you have.

Either time-

crashers and

mind-crashers

fill it or..

YOU

take

charge

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