Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth
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Personal Development for Smart People
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In battlefield medicine, the principle of triage involves dividing patients into three groups: 1. Those w h o will die anyway, whether they receive medical attention or not 2. Those w h o will survive anyway, whether they receive medical attention or not 3. Those w h o will survive only if they receive timely medical attention W h e n resources are limited, medics must attend to members of the third group before the first and second groups in order to save as many lives as possible. Triage can also help y o u build your authority by focusing your attention on the most significant actions. In this case y o u divide your tasks, projects, and activities into three groups: 1. Projects that will fail to have a significant impact, whether y o u do t h e m or not 2. Projects that will succeed anyway, whether y o u do t h e m or not 3. Projects that will have a significant impact only if y o u complete t h e m in a timely manner 96 Authority If y o u focus your attention on the first group, y o u ' r e just spinning your wheels while more important tasks remain undone. If y o u focus your attention on the second group, y o u ' r e wasting your energy for no meaningful return. But if y o u attend to the third group, you'll put your time and energy to the best possible use. In order to focus on the most significant actions, y o u must withdraw your attention from the first t w o groups. Practicing triage is extremely challenging because it requires re- peatedly saying no to w h a t y o u may instinctively feel are g o o d choices. It's the t i m e - m a n a g e m e n t equivalent of saying no to w o u n d e d people calling for help. But if y o u fail to master the art of triage, many w o r t h - while projects will die needlessly. This process is a challenge of consciousness. It's easy to lose sight of the big picture w h e n y o u ' r e staring at a project screaming for your attention. But y o u still need to muster the awareness to ask yourself: Is this the most important thing for me to be doing right now? M a k e a list of your group-three projects and activities, and keep it handy at all times. M a y b e it's a list of your key goals, but it could also be a list of the life areas y o u w a n t to attend to, such as your health, relationships, and spiritual practice. Review that list every day to keep refreshing its presence in your mind. This will help y o u make the tough triage decisions w h e n the need arises. It's easier to say no to groups one and t w o w h e n y o u can see the w h o l e battlefield. W h a t are the group-three projects that are dying in the trenches but that can still be saved if y o u reach t h e m in time? Your health? Your relationship? Your career? Your spiritual connection? In order to make time to save t h e m , w h a t ones and twos are y o u willing to pass u p ? Download 1.6 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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