So i've been doing a lot of reflecting this past week, more than usual to be
honest and as I was thinking about life I
couldn't ignore how much I've been doing in my own life
and how important the need for change was and
still is. See I'm not perfect nor am I pretending
to be, but because of my humility I'm able to
admit when it's time for a change of pace so
today I want to share some things that I'm
learning in my personal life and as a content creator.
Here's how you prioritize what matters.
Sometimes I feel it's important to take a step back
in order to make a significant stride forward and in this moment
we have an opportunity to regroup; to re-evaluate our priorities
in life. See the first thing I'm learning is recognizing when it's time to hit
pause. To just be right to exist in the moment
and reflect. Thinking about where I can improve in
life and in what areas do I need to completely
rethink. I believe many of us struggle internally with this idea of
FOMO; the fear of missing out, which creates this
self dialogue we feed ourselves around the need
to be everything and do everything all at once
and to be honest that's just not possible right and it's definitely
not healthy either. I mean personally I'm approaching prioritizing in my life as a
daily question that I need to answer and the question I'm asking myself is:
What has my attention? Have I consciously recognized it as
something important to me number? Number two is actually getting
over the fear of missing out. Now this is
easier said than done, I get it, like I said I believe many of
us struggle internally with this idea of FOMO
including myself. However when we have the humility to be honest with ourselves
even when that honesty comes with something we don't necessarily
want to hear, but need to hear. To me that is the key we need in order to manage or
get over our fear of missing out. In other words,
when we can admit that we sometimes feel this way it
allows us to not only be conscious of it but to reject it whenever we find
ourselves starting to prioritize what matters most.
See it's crazy how simple this sounds out loud but
in order to prioritize what matters most we have to be willing to skip
or miss things that are currently not important.
All right number three our values, values and more values.
See before we can prioritize what matters we have to get clear on our core
values because our values dictate the road we
travel in life and that road is paved by the things
that are important to us. But how do we determine what's important
right. See the answer to that question is focus
because whatever we consciously choose to focus on
we're also categorizing that thing as important.
The perfect metaphor for this is driving. Whenever you're driving your car,
you're focused on the road ahead of you and you're aware of the cars and traffic
around you. However the moment you end up distracted
by the radio or the music or your phone, in a split
second things can change and you'll find yourself
off course or in an accident. See focus is another way to think about
prioritizing because focus allows us to ignore what's
not important and devote our attention to
what is. Number four is connect the dots between
values and goals. In other words our priorities
should always align with our core values if we want a sense of purpose and
understanding during this journey we call life right. Which is why I strongly
believe that our values are pivotal to the structural integrity
of our life's foundation. Meaning we should use our core values as
a starting point to help us determine the actions needed
to live them out. Similar to how we do goals and systems
right. So think of prioritizing as the goal and our core values as the
foundation or system that will help us meet the goal. All
right number five is managing commitments.
Now I saved this one for last on purpose because just like our values
we have to get clear on our commitments. What are we committing to
and why are we committing to it. See managing commitments is not the same
thing as multitasking or "trying to multitask" I should say and
over committing kills our ability to prioritize.
Learning how to prioritize what matters means learning
to say no. I hope I said something in this video that resonated with you and
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