with Dr. Sam Collins

2. ASPIRE: : To seek to
attain or accomplish your
goal. She aspired to a dream
career. 2 : to ascend, to soar. 3.
To make a difference to others.

7. Time and Life
Leadership Tools
1. Understand the System
2. Space to Think
3. Energy & Emotions
4. Daily Routine

8. Can we have a
healthy, happy
and productive
life AND be
successful in the
workplace?

13. The Gendered Ambition
Dilemma
• When women decelerate to establish work-life
balance, they are often perceived as lacking
ambition.
• Those who follow the “blueprint” are typically
swamped with work overload, face burnout and
struggle to manage many professional and
personal responsibilities.
Source: https://hbr.org/2024/02/its-time-to-redefine-our-gendered-
idea-of-ambition

16. Time Manager Time & Life Leader
Day to day Longer term future
Copes Thrives
Busy Strategic
Focuses on tools Focuses on mindset
Blames circumstances Understands the system
Say’s yes a lot Say’s no a lot

18. Credit:
https://www.abegglencounseling.com

20. Break
(come back and sit
somewhere new)

21. Sit somewhere
new. Introduce
yourself & share a
learning, insight
or action.

22. Time and Life
Leadership Tools
1. Understand the System
2. Space to Think
3. Energy & Emotions
4. Daily Routine

23. 2. Space to Think

25. 80% of
Time
Expended
20% of Time
80%
Results
20% of
Results
“Pareto Principle”

27. 1. 10 - 30 minutes every
day.
2. Bigger picture,
outcomes, letting go.
3. Start and end of your
day.

28. Start of Day
Thinking Time
1. What do I want to achieve
today?
2. What will I let go of today?
3. What must I remember
today?

29. End of Day
Thinking Time
1. What went well today?
2. What didn’t go so well and
what did I learn?
3. What will I do differently
tomorrow?

30. WISH HOPE LIKE TRY WANT COMMIT

32. Space to Think
-Daily
-Weekly
-Monthly
-Quarterly
-Annual

34. Lunch
(come back and sit
somewhere new)

35. Sit somewhere
new. Introduce
yourself & share a
learning, insight
or action.

36. Time and Life
Leadership Tools
1. Understand the System
2. Space to Think
3. Energy & Emotions
4. Daily Routine

37. 3. Energy &
Emotions

39. Credit:
https://www.health.harvard
.edu/diseases-and-
conditions/the-gut-brain-
connection

41. Have a 3:1 energy angel to vampire
ratio

42. Take a piece of paper. Put a
line down the middle.
-On left list the people that
GIVE you energy (energy
angels)
-On right, left list the people
that TAKE AWAY your
energy (energy vampires)

43. • Spend more time with an
energy angel.
• Eliminate time with an
energy vampire.
• Be an energy angel.
• Ask for help from an
energy angel.

44. “What makes me well list”

45. Micro-break strategies:
• Listen to music
• Walk or gentle stretching
• Outside for fresh air
• Meditation/breathing
• Something else?

47. Break
(come back and sit
somewhere new)

48. Sit somewhere
new. Introduce
yourself & share a
learning, insight
or action.

49. Time and Life
Leadership Tools
1. Understand the System
2. Space to Think
3. Energy & Emotions
4. Daily Routine

50. 4. Daily Strategy

51. "Extraordinary
results come from
taking ordinary
steps every day in
the right direction"
- Grace Marshall

52. Planning Fallacy
Our tendency to
underestimate the time
required to complete a task,
whether it is a work-related
project or a personal task.
Implement ‘wiggle room’

53. • Give yourself a work start
and end time.
• Do something for you
FIRST that makes YOU
feel well.
• Create a ‘Not to Do’ List.
• Estimate time it takes to
do things and add them
up.
• Figure out your
distractions.

55. What is your
daily
strategy?

56. Time and Life
Leadership Tools
1. Understand the System
2. Space to Think
3. Energy & Emotions
4. Daily Routine

59. What are the top 1 - 3 actions you
must you do? By when?
How will you reward yourself?