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Your To-Do List Is Sabotaging Your Success
Yash from Authentic Austin
October 04, 2024
This week, we’re continuing our discussion on how to win the rest of 2024.
If you didn’t see it last week:
I have some good news and even better news.
Good news: We’re past the hottest part of Summer. Yay!!!
Even better news: As of today, there are 100 days left in 2024 (actually, 98). After weekends and holidays, that’s about 70 days left of “get shit done” days.
Take a moment to let that sink in. You’ve got ~10 weeks of working time left to hit those 2024 goals. If that’s a sobering realization for you, join the club 🤯🫡
Last week we covered how to drive actions from intention. But what if you feel like you’re drowning in potential actions? Let’s talk about how to streamline your actions and focus on what really matters.
The group at our recent event
🎯 What’s Included
Skill Spotlight: The 4 Ds
Try This: Clearing the Deck
From the Community: (Repeat) S shift in how we’re describing A²
Resource Corner: Tools for intentional action
Join us IRL: A²’s next Conscious Connection for founders, leaders, and curious people is on October 16 at 6:30pm. We'll practice centering, reflecting, and catalyzing conscious connections from the heart together. It's a great laboratory to test living more authentically and to make authentic connections in an intimate setting.
📫 Our calendar is the hub for A² IRL gatherings. Subscribing is the easiest way to get notified of these!
💡 Skill Spotlight
The 4 Ds is a simple framework to clear up overwhelming to-do lists:
Do: Tasks that are urgent and important
Defer: Important but not urgent tasks; include a date
Delegate: Tasks that can be handled by someone else; include who they’ll be delegated to
Drop: Tasks that aren't necessary or aligned with your goals
Ever look at your to-do list and feel overwhelmed by how large it is? That creates mental clutter, which destroys focus. By applying the 4 Ds, you can focus on what truly matters.
🏃🏾♂️Try This
Are you interested in putting this into action?
🧑🤝🧑 From The Community
Meditating
Shawn in a share
A shift in how we’re describing A²
We're building Conscious Connection by inviting both the market-focused leader AND the spiritual seeker within you to the table. Basically this graphic:
Know anyone that’s looking for more of that in their life? I’d appreciate if you invite them to our next event!
📚 Resource Corner
Article: Learn When to Say No by Bruce Tulgan - Helps with the “Drop” aspect of the 4 Ds
App: Todoist - A task manager with priority levels that support the 4 Ds
📆 Join Us IRL
A²’s next Conscious Connection for founders, leaders, and curious people is on October 16 at 6:30pm. We'll practice centering, reflecting, and catalyzing conscious connections from the heart together. It's a great laboratory to test living more authentically and to make authentic connections in an intimate setting.
📫 Our calendar is the hub for A² IRL gatherings. Subscribing is the easiest way to get notified of these!
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