Very positive stuff and IMO exactly the change of attitude needed in situations like yours. Nice
K57, that's quite inspirational to me. Good on ya. Particularly liked the "chose melon instead of cake" - reverts the cake to treat status.
I'm off to wonder round the garden before the rain comes, instead of checking my emails...
Why choose the melon... the rest i can get my head round...
The cake... Mmmmmmmmm cake !
I’ve just had another interesting experience and I think universal law is happening to me.
Just meeting with a client and at the end “life changes” came up in discussion. He talked me through he’d already addressed this several years ago and his outcome was “my life is significantly happier, my home life massively improved, I work in just as focused manner but less hours and with less stress yet my employer never even noticed a difference”
Bit of a revelation that. Anyway I’m loving the fact that I typed this in the 90 minute lunch break I scheduled myself between two meetings. As I’m in a customer corporate cafe, no one will notice and I cannot be disturbed by demanding colleagues, especially as I left my phone on do not disturb...
Makes a change to sit and eat a Prawn and Avocado sandwich at a table rather than juggle a snack in the car.
Good stuff Kryters.
The advice I give out....
1. Have a plan B. This could be a hobby you could monetise. Savings. Business idea (with money to back it). Having an escape route lifts a weight off your shoulders and allows you approach work with a "it doesn't really matter" attitude.
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2. This links to having a plan B. Have defined skill set... lots of jobs are wishy washy i.e. management, sales, consulting. Lots of people in these roles do not have a defined skill they can approach new employers with. Think of a defined skill as a trade. One which you can pick up a job with easily such as coding, teaching, accountancy. You never see a plumber / plaster out of work. Knowing your skills have real world value and your not relying on blagging or reputation can really take the strain off. As in... "bye Mr boss man I'm taking my skills else where".
Sounds like you're making some really good progress Kryton!
The big thing to remember is the phone/email etc is YOUR tool, to assist YOU to do YOUR job, not a hotline for all and sundry to make their "emergencies" yours. Turn off the phone outside of work hours, don't touch emails outside work hours, and make sure you schedule time in the day to ensure you are working effectively. Look up the Pomodoro Technique which is really good, and if you'd like to PM me your email address, I'll share some resources with you that I got from a training day last month with one of the UK's top workplace performance consultancies.
Sounds like you’re making some really good progress Kryton!
One of the points in that book is.... start now. 🙂 I just drove for an hour from client to home with the radio off - yet another revelation, you'd be surprised at how much you notice!
1. Have a plan B. This could be a hobby you could monetise. Savings. Business idea (with money to back it). Having an escape route lifts a weight off your shoulders and allows you approach work with a “it doesn’t really matter” attitude.
Having to make a plan B sounds like a hell of a stress load to me! I have my trade, and I'm carving out a niche in it which so far is working out. I want to devote the minimum mental effort to it outside the parts I enjoy, so having to plan out business ideas and all the risks that entails, that would be awful.
