Ss five balls in the air balancing work, family and you
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- 1. Five Balls in the Air: Balancing Work, Family and You
- 15. “ You can’t get what you want, ‘till you know what you want” - Joe Jackson
- 23. Juggling Styles
- 24. Covey Time Matrix I Urgent Important II Not Urgent Important III Urgent Not Important IV Not Urgent Not Important
- 28. Many people define happiness as success.
- 49. Every day is a gift, that’s why they call it the PRESENT.
Editor's Notes
- Cydulka et al. Women in Academic Emergency Medicine AEM 2000;7:999-1007
- Studied change in workforce over last 20 years Mothers spend 3.2 hrs/day with kids MUST MAKE TIME FOR SELF AND PARTNER
- No one can give the answers for anyone else. We all have different elements that define our own happiness. We are the only ones that can answer the questions, and we need to make the time to do so. Time management is probably our biggest hurdle. Covey writes and teaches of our many roles in lifem about principle centered leadership for all these roles, and about integration of these roles to achieve success in life. Think of our roles as branches of a tree. If one branch grows bigger and stronger while others are left undeveloped and whither, then whole tree becomes unbalances and topples over. Sometimes imbalance is balance. There are different times in our life when certain things must be put aside to devote our full attention to other aspects. A parent caring for a newborn is one of them. The task is to fully devote ourselves for that period of time required and then restore the balance and resume out other roles when we can. How many of us are a success at work, but a failure at life? This may easily result from imbalance.
- Develop your own personal mission statement. Ask yourself what the principles are that you want to live by, what you feel right about…Choose what you want to accomplish physically, socially, spiritually and intellectually and then decide what’s important to change right now. – Senge, Covey, Peters on Leadership Lessons, Association Management, January 1997.
- A goal has been called a “Dream with a deadline” Think about your New Year’s Resolution. How many didn’t get accomplished? Why?
- I – Solving crises (Sick child, key phase of experiment, toilet over flowing, deadline tomorrow) II- Preparation and prevention, relationship building (time with loved ones, journal reading, exercise, work on project 2 weeks before it is due - requires thought planning and stick-to-it-ness) III – Someone else’s crisis (Most phone calls, most interruptions, much mail) IV – Busy work, quadrant of waste (Most television, gossip, trashy novels) How many thrive in Quadrant I? Do you have urgency addiction? How does this lead to imbalance in your life?
- Work hard and you will be rewarded. Sounds simple. Example: Studying for a test some studied forever and did poorly. Some studied hardly at all and made great grades. You can spend incredible effort inefficiently and gain nothing. Or you can spend modest effort efficiently and be rewarded The purpose of what you do is to make progress, not just to expend yourself.
- Pursuing your goals is much like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. While you ultimately seek the final outcome, you still have to work piece by piece. Since you will spend most of your time trying to make progress, you must enjoy what you are doing in order to finish. Take joy from the process, and use the small successes to fuel your continued efforts.
- Personalities are like shoe sizes. They are not subject to our choice or preference, but they can be occasionally fudged with uncomfortable consequences. Realize who you are – what your true personality is – and choose a future that fits it.
- Whatever our dreams are, we practically hear the clock ticking. Our family, our friends, even the media all make us wonder when we are finally going to be “there” and why we aren’t there yet. But there are no age restrictions on success. It takes as long as it takes, and when you reach it, you won’t reject success because you’re not the right age for it.
- What is the difference between the most driven and the laziest person? Self-interest. We all do what we do because of self-interest; we think it’s the best thing for us. Those who work hard do so because they believe a reward is awaiting them that not only justifies their efforts but also demands their dedication. Those who do not expend themselves do so because they cannot see the long-term benefit of work outweighing the short-term benefit of laziness. Remind yourself of the value of the things you want, and the costs to in effort will not feel as great.
- There are only so many hours in a day and so much to do. The loser ends up being sleep. You can sacrifice sleep to get extra time but ultimately you sacrifice you ability to use your time with purpose and efficiency.
- Some people give up the moment an obstacle is placed in front of them. Some people doggedly continue to pursue a goal even after years of frustration and failure.
- Some people view their lives in the same way they do their finances. If they want a career, they have to sacrifice family time. If they want a family life, they have to sacrifice their career. But this equation is incomplete and misleading. Your time is not literally an accounting of minutes, like your budget is an accounting of dollars. Your time is a measure of commitment, concern and efficiency not just quantity. You can do more when you use your time better. Take out a few frivolous time killers and work harder at using time well, and you will add to both sides of your life equation.
- Car analogy – If 99.9% car is perfect but you have a flat tire or dead battery means your car can’t be used
- There is no better way to insure that you will be invaluable and that your suggestions will be respected and followed.