Daily Gratitude: it’s so easy to get hung up on the skills we don’t have. Then we repeat that the harder we try to overcompensate

This is not to say we shouldn’t continue to try to improve but there may be a point when you realize that “this” (whatever “this” is for you), is not something that’s doing to be your forte.

We all need to take an inventory of what we are good at, what we aren’t that great at, or what we really stink at.

We will have greater success if we then take the things we’re good at and concentrate on getting better at them.

Take leadership for example. You should concentrate on what you’re good at such as getting people on your staff motivated and wanting to do their best for you. But let’s say math or budgeting is not your strong point. You need to know the basics but you can delegate that job to someone who enjoys it and is good at it. Once you know enough to make sure you can oversee that persons work, then you can focus on your strengths.

That will decrease your stress and it will also help the others on your staff feel as if you recognize their talents and you trust them. There’s plenty of good that comes from that.

What are your strengths?

Daily Gratitude: William James was a very wise man and this quote reflects that wholeheartedly.

Have you ever gotten bogged down in all the details of a project ? I have. Once you’re buried, it’s hard to dig yourself out.

If you can stand back and look at the entire situation from afar, you Have a better chance of staying afloat and not letting that rip tide pull you under.

You must know what the true purpose of this endeavor is so that you can examine each aspect closely. Why do you need to do that? So that you can determine what is needed for each component – is it something only you can handle or is it something that can be delegated to another member of you “team” (here team means any group of people with a common desire or purpose). Maybe you can even identify things that don’t need to be handled right now or perhaps not at all.

You have to have the necessary knowledge in order to make the proper assessments but with practice and discipline it can be done before you get swept into the quicksand of overload.

In the beginning it helps to get people to help you make that determination. Group efforts benefit not only from more ideas but also from the increased energy of having multiple minds working in concert.

Daily Gratitude: Does this ring true for you? It does me. This is also an issue with a never ending to do list.

It’s so hard to get everything done on that darn list. I don’t know about you but I have always just put them on the next day’s list. And inevitably, the same happens tomorrow … and the next and the next.

I begin to feel so overwhelmed and overburdened and then I feel like a failure because “what’s wrong with me that I can’t seem to get anything done?”

What would be more beneficial would me pick a number of days I’m willing to have something on my list. Let’s say I pick 3 days. If at the end of those 3 days it’s not done then i have to re-evaluate its importance. If it’s not vital, then I will put it on a miscellaneous list that is not anywhere prominent in my office space.

Why do I put it on another list? To keep it from cluttering up my brain. But this is not a list that is important. It’s just an idea bank so to speak.

It’s a big relief to have that not hanging over my head any longer. The absence of that weight and resultant fatigue gives me more energy to work on the truly important things on my list.

Why not try this if you keep rolling things over on your lists.