A Happier More Effective You

A Happier More Effective You
by Takara Alexis

The challenge is not getting better when is comes to time management, but rather about energy management, which you can consistently grow and regularly renew. As people, we need four very different kinds of energy to perform at our peak: spiritual, emotional, physical and mental. They aren't sufficient by themselves, and they all have an impact on one another. All of them are required for a happy balanced life.

It's pretty obvious that the bigger the demands happen to be in our lives, the more there is the need for renewal. We just so happen to do the opposite. Try taking a break at least every hour and a half. You can get a lot of revival by completely disconnecting from work even if its for a short period of time. Alone time can be just the key you need to recharge your batteries.

You should pay attention to how you feel, moment to moment. How you are feeling profoundly impacts how you behave. If you observe yourself moving into weak emotions, use this tactic: If you are feeling compelled to do something, don't. Smile instead and take a deep breath and hold off acting on it until you're capable of thinking straight. Doing so will lead to a much more effective outcome.

Stop attempting to so much at once. You can not, comfortably or effectively. It's a stressful hassle. Instead, do as much as possible in small uninterrupted steps. Center your attention intensely for no more than 50 minutes, and then go for a break. At the slightest, do what is most important first every day, for at no more then 60 minutes.

When you are under pressure when it comes to solving a problem, you might try doing whatever it takes, without thinking of the outcome. Instead of doing that you should ask yourself this simple question: "What's the appropriate action here?" The more thoroughly you are with decision making, the better the outcome will be.