My main job is mentoring. A mentor provides specific recommendations based on disproportionately greater experience in a particular area. However, sometimes during mentoring sessions, I encounter a "coaching" request (a question whose answer the person finds using their intellect, but under my guidance).
One of the classic requests to a coach is finding energy for a breakthrough at work.
The story begins like this: The client's day hasn't started yet, and they're already tired. Or the weekend passed, but they didn't manage to rest. This is especially problematic when you're running a business, and the "organizational pyramid" beneath you depends on your productivity.
A popular method of "boosting energy" is bringing oneself into a prime state (increasing adrenaline, leading to determination and other super effects). This is what Tony Robbins does at his events.
However, when there's an opportunity to delve individually, another method can be employed.
One reason for the lack of energy is unfinished activities. Unmade decisions, projects that are not fully completed, and even items that need to be put away, but you don't yet know where.
Even when you think you're not considering a specific task, the brain's "operational memory" consumption grows to process these tasks. The more there are, the less energy is left for new tasks. Your head buzzes, and things barely move forward.
The solution seems simple - close tasks and remove all unnecessary things... The problem is that sometimes it's unclear how exactly to handle a particular issue. That's why they remain open for weeks.
With one of my clients, we identified a pattern. In many of his tasks, he was stalled at the stage of making a call to gather information. As a result, a mountain of tasks accumulated. He spent a lot of energy completing 90% of the work in several tasks but gained no benefit from closed tasks because each lacked that final 10%.
For such tasks, some ToDo tools (like Things3) have a wonderful feature to convert a "task" into a "project." This allows for identifying intermediate steps that can move the task forward, close part of the task, or cancel the second part of the task.
I described a simple situation, but seeing the pattern and tracking the sequence: 10% not done in 5 tasks → revenue is 40% less → can't go on vacation → no motivation → everything hurts, is sometimes easier from the outside. This is, among other things, the benefit of coaches.
Below is a simple plan for self-work:
List absolutely all tasks (even small ones)
Look at those that haven't been resolved for weeks
Dedicate 1 hour each day to working on stalled tasks
Observe how your satisfaction and overall tone grow!
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