What time is it everyday when you’re done doing the stuff you ‘have to do’?
- the monotonous stuff
- the stuff your boss wants you to do
- the stuff your spouse / partner asks you to do
- the stuff you do to distract yourself (like surfing the Internet)
- the ‘deliverables’
- taxes
- payroll
- meetings
When you’re done with all that, what does the clock say? How much time do you have for the stuff you ‘want to do’?
- creating a new product
- testing a new market
- identifying and rewarding your best customers
- thanking and inspiring your employees
- taking your spouse / partner on a date
- reading to your kids
- starting that blog
You have a few options to change this.
1) It’s easier than ever to re-prioritize or delegate parts of the ‘have to do’ list.
2) You can mentally approach the ‘have to do’ stuff more like the ‘want to do’ stuff. Change your perception. How much effort does it take to transform running an errand for your spouse from ‘have to’ into ‘get to’?
I would argue that the people that are most productive and most happy do both.