[Audio] [Q&A] Of Course Timeboxing and Radical Prioritization Matters But What About Balance and Breadth?
Added 2020-06-24 14:14:48 +0000 UTCIn response to my grand audio masterpiece, "The Real Meaning of "Get Your Priorities Straight", thus said Tyler:
"This [radical prioritization] is a very important concept, but personally I have trouble keeping that discipline up and going. Sometimes I get the most important thing done and then have no energy/discipline to follow up on all the other things that are just as important. My intuition is to timebox for 5 minutes on each item to build momentum, so say 5 minutes of intentfully learning coding here, 5 minutes of updating resume there, and hope that 5 minutes stretches or at the very least I did SOMETHING. Any thoughts about this?”
* It's normal to run out of energy and discipline. That's why prioritization matters. Spend your energy and discipline on what matters most and damn everything else. OK, don't damn it. But be more than willing to let it slide.
* Is this imbalanced? Yes. But so is procrastination and escapism.
* The choice isn't between (a) doing only the most important thing and (b) doing many important things.
* The choice is between (a) doing only the most important thing, (b) doing many important things and (c) doing nothing at all. So (a) is actually the middle ground.
* Having said that, life does sometimes require more balance and more breadth (rather than depth) in action. So timeboxing across a wide variety of activities is a great idea and a valid, healthy and maybe even awesome way of attempting to reach that balance.
[Audio] The Real Meaning of "Get Your Priorities Straight"
https://www.patreon.com/posts/37951597
Comments
My issue with time boxing was since I switched so often the time spent starting another task would add up ruining any gains I'd get
Will Sellers
2020-09-25 23:05:19 +0000 UTCThank you for the answer! I've been reading a lot of Jim Rohn, Earl Schoaff, Tony Robbins, and Marie Forleo and I'm hopped up on having a purpose, believing in myself and that everything is figureoutable, so I try to do more things to push myself past my comfort zone and develop discipline, but more often than not I have little energy left after the Big important thing. I think doing that thing is enough especially if you define it as the ONE thing, i.e. makes everything else easier or unnecessary, but perhaps having specific objectives in those 5-10 minute timeblocks might be useful. Going to keep testing. Thanks again!
Tyler • 5.1 Emotional Projector
2020-06-24 21:03:22 +0000 UTC
