While I was reading through this month's Links magazine (that I'm getting at home fors some reason for free) there was a great article on a golfer named Trip Kuehne. Trip has stayed an amateur his entire career and his fulltime job is in the financial field. He offered some tips in the article for how to deal with time and stress management. They so closely followed mine that I had to share them:
* Show up on time. I try to be 10 minutes early. (I hate being late for any thing. If it's a Sunday lunch, a meeting over coffee, a run that I scheduled for myself).
* Create goals for the day and focus on finishing one task at a time with full focus. (I have a list besides me at all time as well as my journal that I can access that information and remind myself what must be accomplished today. Then I check off the items on the list as they are finished. I like to put them in an order of importance. I usually do that the night before as you will see later in the tips).
* Leave the office for lunch. It's important to clear the mind and relax. (That is very important for me as well but tougher since I work at home now. I'm trying to get out of the house to at least met someone for coffee or something once a day).
* At the end of the day, prepare for an prioritize the following day's tasks. (This is very important to me. Otherwise I won't sleep very well as I try to put them in an order or remind myself what I need to get accomplished. That is written on a sheet of tablet paper that includes a list that I can work on if I get the other items finished).
* Unwind after work -- golf, working out, coaching son's sports. (This is very important too. It's one of the main reasons I took up running. You need to give yourself a chance to unwind or you never will. I like to play something with the kids each night or at least focus my attention on something for them instead of myself. I also like to watch multiple tv shows to get my mind off of work. And oh yes, watching the Royals does that as well.)
* Show up on time. I try to be 10 minutes early. (I hate being late for any thing. If it's a Sunday lunch, a meeting over coffee, a run that I scheduled for myself).
* Create goals for the day and focus on finishing one task at a time with full focus. (I have a list besides me at all time as well as my journal that I can access that information and remind myself what must be accomplished today. Then I check off the items on the list as they are finished. I like to put them in an order of importance. I usually do that the night before as you will see later in the tips).
* Leave the office for lunch. It's important to clear the mind and relax. (That is very important for me as well but tougher since I work at home now. I'm trying to get out of the house to at least met someone for coffee or something once a day).
* At the end of the day, prepare for an prioritize the following day's tasks. (This is very important to me. Otherwise I won't sleep very well as I try to put them in an order or remind myself what I need to get accomplished. That is written on a sheet of tablet paper that includes a list that I can work on if I get the other items finished).
* Unwind after work -- golf, working out, coaching son's sports. (This is very important too. It's one of the main reasons I took up running. You need to give yourself a chance to unwind or you never will. I like to play something with the kids each night or at least focus my attention on something for them instead of myself. I also like to watch multiple tv shows to get my mind off of work. And oh yes, watching the Royals does that as well.)
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