How are you prioritizing things in terms of time and energy?
Our great friend Jill Farmer has been asking herself this question over the years. As a time management coach and author, Jill came over to share her insights about how you can actively become an agent of change when it comes to investing time and energy. In a state of tension, our brains shut down and there’s a bigger possibility for errors. Control is also a big topic that comes up in time management. Jill also reflects on how we, as primal animals, process emotions and the relationship with control.
Time management, control management, and emotional processing are all intertwined. Join this wonderful conversation with Jill and you will for sure have food for thought!
About Our Guest
Jill Farmer is the author of There’s Not Enough Time… And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves, which debuted as a bestseller on Amazon. She is currently working on her second book.
Jill is a captivating and dynamic speaker. She doesn’t just entertain her audiences, she changes their lives. Attendees all over the country report “profound shifts” in the way they work and spend their time. She has an extremely effective training program that allows individuals, companies, and organizations to shift from a culture of frenzy, overwhelm, and burn-out to increased productivity, job satisfaction, and innovation.
In addition to being a Master Certified Life Coach, Jill Farmer is a wife and mother. She has held key leadership positions in many amazing charitable organizations. Jill graduated Summa Cum Laude from Drake University’s School of Journalism.
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Key Take-Aways
Sometimes, the pressure of doing things fast will end up with poor quality results.
Time is one thing that we will never be able to control.
Do the circle exercise. Jill often does this with her clients. Draw a circle in the middle of a piece of paper. Inside the circle, write all the things that cause you a lot of stress and you have a little bit of control over them; outside the circle, write all the things that are out of your control.
Think about the things that are in your control and those that are out of your control.
Identify the things that reconnect you with your true self.
Animals can teach humans how to enter and exit stressed states.
Since we were little, humans were taught to live in an activated stress state.
Forgetting why our work matters, contributes to accelerating a burnout process in our bodies.
Dance breaks are usually a good way to re-energize the body.
There are three things to take into account when processing emotions: the why, movement, and connection.
When overwhelmed with a big project, break it down into baby steps.
Resources
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