From the course: Becoming Indistractable
Join today to access over 25,600 courses taught by industry experts.
Prioritizing time for what matter most
From the course: Becoming Indistractable
Prioritizing time for what matter most
- Oftentimes, people tell me that they give the least time to people they love the most. Why does that happen? When I was in college, I took an economics class, and my professor described this concept that's always stuck with me. The concept is this idea of a residual benefactor. A residual benefactor is the person, the chump, who gets left with whatever's left over after a company has gone bankrupt. Now the residual benefactor doesn't usually make out very well. And that concept always stuck with me because I remember thinking, "Wow, I don't want to make anyone I love into a residual benefactor." What that means is that if people in your life are important to you, they deserve a place on your schedule. And so this is why making time for traction is so important. I like to divide up the way we spend our time into three main spheres. At the center sphere is time for you. Without you being in good shape physically and mentally, it's very hard for you to take care and to love others and…
Practice while you learn with exercise files
Download the files the instructor uses to teach the course. Follow along and learn by watching, listening and practicing.
Download courses and learn on the go
Watch courses on your mobile device without an internet connection. Download courses using your iOS or Android LinkedIn Learning app.