...Turning Point
The next chapter
HI! 👋 One of my goals for 2023 is to establish and continue a rhythm when it comes to writing. Instead of starting in 2023, I decided to start now lol. So here it is.
Shift in Mentality
There’s a real sense of confidence when you can definitively say “Yes.” towards something you want and “No.” towards something you don’t want. It’s not an “Ehh, I guess that’ll work” or “I think I’m comfortable with this” — none of that.
From a career perspective, I’ve always known what I wanted. I also knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I knew I’d always wanted to build great products. I knew I always wanted to become a better leader. My actions always reflected that and I’ve doubled down and become aggressive on those fronts. But there were other areas in my life where I wasn’t. Part of that was not having that conversation earlier on with myself to say “I’m fully committed to this”. Towards the tail end of 2022, that’s where I shifted that mentality and have become more adamant about what I want and fully committed to. In 2023, it’s doubling, even tripling down on that.
Productivity System
Being productive with the least amount of effort yet doing good quality work is my happy place. There’s one system that I’ve implemented to determine how what I do in a day. I rely on this system. It’s the following:
Where P = Priority and U = Urgency.
Given the matrix, each quadrant represents the following:
Top-right: High Priority, High Urgency
Top-left: Low Priority, High Urgency
Bottom-right: High Priority, Low Urgency
Bottom-left: Low Priority, Low Urgency.
With this model, I’d take some time before work started to plan out what I needed to do for the day or even the week. What I think this helped me really think through was “do I really need to do this today?” or “does this truly deserve my energy and time?”. I found that the more disciplined you are with this, the more accomplished and relieved you feel at the end of the day. I can safely say I can close my laptop at the end of the day without having to say to myself “I just need to do this other thing”.
Well, this is all I can muster today lol just came back from a buffet and so I’m ready for a nap 😴 Happy Thanksgiving y’all!