Today someone asked me what are the 90 – 95% of my essentials in life? In another word, what are the 90-95% most important things in my life?
I as stumbled for a while before I can get some items out on a piece of paper.
He asked me another question, “What are the 5-10% nonessentials in your life?”
This took me a few minutes to get the answer.
These two questions are insightful.
By writing down the essentials and nonessentials, I have realized that I really need take time to recheck these periodically.
The most important things in my life are my essentials. How much attention and energy have I given to them? Do I also use 90-95% of my time and focus on them? How do I improve?
Realizing those nonessentials has made me realized that I have used too much of my time on them, way above 5-10% of my focus. I will need cut down my attention for those nonessentials.
Action for you:
- Check your essentials and nonessentials in your life
- Check how much time and energy you spent on each category
- Put your 90-95% of your effort on your essentials and 5-10% of your effort on nonessentials
- Come up with a action plan: what one thing can you do each day to increase your attention to your essentials by 1%? How long will you get to the point that you spend 90-95% of your energy on essentials?
By follow this action plan, I will invite you with me to begin the New Year – the New Century’s journey together!
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