You’re busy. Taking care of business, living the life you’ve created, traveling forward in time towards whatever comes next.
Are you going where you want to go? Are you doing what you want to do?
If you’re not sure (or, even if you are ), I encourage you to make a list (yes, another list) and find out.
Make a list of everything you do you wouldn’t do if you didn’t have to.
If you didn’t have to have an office, for example, would you? If you didn’t have to write articles, record videos, network, or advertise, would you?
Include big things and small things and everything in between.
Would you practice law if you didn’t have to? Would you do trial work, stay with your practice area, maintain certain expenses (e.g., employees, software, etc.) or take the same types of clients?
Do the same thing with your personal life. Relationships, activities, hobbies, investments, expenses.
Write it all down. And make no assumptions about whether you really do have to do what you’re doing. We all do things on autopilot, because we’ve always done them or because we don’t think we have a choice.
Set aside the list for a while. Come back to it with fresh eyes. And then eliminate, delegate, or modify the things on your list that don’t serve you.
Or, consciously accept them (for now) if you believe there is no alternative or that the price you’re paying is worth it.
This exercise will allow you to make better decisions about what you’re doing. It will help you gain clarity about your goals, priorities, and responsibilities, pare down or eliminate activities you don’t enjoy, and improve both your effectiveness and efficiency.
It will help you become more productive and more prosperous and improve the quality of your life.
So, what’s on your list?
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