Nowadays it is a misconception that if you feel that you are being effecient that you are being effective as well. This simply is not true. When you are being efficient, you are performing a certain or specific task whether it is very important or not. Being effective is doing things that are getting you closer to the goals you set for yourself. Here is where the rubber may meet the road on your journey to success and the lifestyle you desire to live.
Just because you are doing something well does not mean that it is important. Something that requires a bunch of time does not make it any more important either. Those who think that checking email twenty times a day and sets up an amazing system of folders to sort out the various ton of email are not necessarily being effective in reaching their goals. That just means that they keep busy doing things that can be unproductive and wasting time avoiding what really needs to be done to advance them to their goals. Keeping busy does not mean that you are being productive and effective.
if you feel overwhelmed then you are often unproductive an that is almost as ineffective as doing nothing. When you focus on what is important and ignore or outsource the rest you become selective. this allows you to do less and become more productive in what you are doing. When you find that you do not have time, it is usually a sign that you do not have priorities.
Some people should and do utilize the art of journaling to help to keep them on track. The 365 Days of Successes Journal is an innovative tool you can use to not only keep track of you successes but gives you daily inspiration or motivation words to either encourage you on your journey or pick up up when you begin to slide into the realm of ineffectiveness. I personal use this journal and find that my time is better spent and I have more of it to do the tings I want to do instead of the things I have to do due to lack of priorities.
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