Aug 10, 2021
Have you ever felt like you are trying to juggle everything in life and it’s become stressful and overwhelming?
If you desire to have less stress, more peace, and more fulfillment…today I’m going to discuss the right order of life’s priorities in order to perform at a higher level with less stress
THE CHALLENGE:
We are stressed and overwhelmed. Work and life are disorganized.
With the juggling of work and life it feels like a ball is always dropping or we are scrambling to try and prevent it from dropping.
It seems like we can’t catch up with life.
Stress is a killer! Stress causes us to live in a ‘survival mode’ as opposed to ‘thriving mode’. This stressful survival mode expends a lot of energy to maintain, and unfortunately, it doesn’t leave enough energy for recovery and sustaining life. Ultimately, this stress can influence issues such as…
Just to name a few physical characteristics of stress.
THE PROBLEM:
We have poor ways of managing stress and lack a framework or ‘order of living’ that can ultimately help us prevent stress…instead of reacting to it.
There was a time in my life when I was very stressed and overwhelmed and it seemed like no matter how much daily work I did…it seemed like not a whole lot got done. I had no order…no structure to my work and life. Life was very reactive instead of prepared and organized.
However, I eventually learned that much of my stress was because of a lack of a framework or structured order for how to prioritize all the aspects of my life that matter. Once I learned the combination of “STRUCTURE & SPACE” in my life…I began to get more done daily, weekly, and monthly in every area of my life. My faith, fatherhood, marriage, work, health,…everything improved.
THE SOLUTION:
Non-negotiable Order of life’s Priorities: 1. God, 2. Marriage, 3. Children, 4. Work (Others),
Once I began to place God as the #1 priority in my life…EVERYTHING got better! However, it took me surrendering to his will and not my own.
Once I began to invest quality time toward my spouse and marriage…I noticed my work life was better, because I didn’t have personal stress distracting my focus on my work and business
I once thought that time with my children was drawing me away from work and preventing me from work tasks. However, once I created a routine of quality time invested in this relationship…my entire life got better!
The Reason this works:
We can NEVER see or measure the magnitude of neglect of our personal life!! We are BLIND to the magnitude of neglect on both our personal and professional lives!
This way of thinking prevents neglect
Neglect = Eventual Disaster
It reinforces and FEEDS the things that matter
Prioritizing my faith and personal life made all of life better
It may give you less time to do work, but we typically give ourselves too much time to do work that actually takes less time. Give yourself 6 hours to do an 8 hour task and you’ll find you can do it in 6 hours.
RESULTS?
Go from stressful to stress less.
Go from no peace to peaceful.
Go from empty to fulfilled…and more results in work and life!
If you need help, book a 1:1 Discovery Call with me at https://drbradmd.com
Talk to you soon,
Dr. Brad