No, I don’t mean Dr. Jeckill and Mr. Hyde! If you’re reading this, you’re probably a manager, a professional or a business owner. Or maybe you’re on your journey to find out what you would like to do professionally. These may be the areas in which you spend most of your time, thoughts and energy. But besides this, who else are you? Are you a husband or a wife? A mother or a father? Are you just yourself, with needs that go beyond your work and being someone’s partner?
Frustration
Whenever we feel out of balance, or stressed or frustrated, what is actually happening is that we are focussing too much on one area in our life, neglecting another one that is equally important but that we consider secondary for some reason.
By doing so, though, we forget that all areas are connected with one another. How can I take the right decisions at work if I spent the whole night quarrelling with my spouse?
In our life we have different roles, such as being for example:
- An individual
- A wife or husband
- A mother or father
- A daughter or son
- A sales manager
- A team leader
- A president
- A volunteer in a non-profit association
- A friend
- A neighbour
- etc.
By looking at this list we may clearly see that there’s much more to our life than being, for example, a sales manager.
Where are you spending most of your time and energy right now?
Are you aware that by focussing so much on one of your roles you are neglecting other roles that are important in your life?
If so, how long will you be neglecting them?
What consequences may this have on each area?
We all have 24 hours in a day. That is equal for each and every human being. What we decide to do with this time is up to us.
How can we make sure that we use this time in a way that serves our REAL purpose? First of all, by discovering what our real purpose is. When we are aware of the ultimate goals that we want to achieve in life, and why, and how our roles fit in, then it becomes much easier for us to set priorities.
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