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The biggest mistake I made building my career: Not consistently making first things first - exercise, sleep, vacations, time away from work, social interactions, hobbies. Maybe you can relate… 📌 When what you do for a living is part of your identity. 📌 When you have a mission or high interest in the subject matter. 📌 When saying yes is easier than saying no and you like to please people. 📌 When you’re open to new things, curious, full of ideas, and starting projects is a strength. Lessons have been hard-won. And ironically, all that extra time didn’t always equal greater output. Now I’m working on: ☑ A shorter daily to-do list (so difficult!) ☑ Daily hard stops (work shut down at 5 pm) ☑ Finding ways to move from Complex ==> Simple and Ad-hoc ==> Systems ☑ More outcome-focused work (tied to carefully selected objectives) ☑ Scheduling daily / weekly personal time and activities to strengthen and enrich my life ☑ And perhaps most difficult of all for me - remembering that ... I can do anything; I can’t do everything 🤔 Putting those things first actually makes me better at what I do. What’s been your experience - either wins or lessons learnt - in managing the work / non-work sides of your life? #success #getahead #careers

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My experience? Uhm... These are some lessons: - Schedule the next week on Saturday or Sunday - Prioritize your wellbeing (workout every day, for my energy and focus) - Work in sprints! - Take some time every day to extrapolate lessons (through aloud conversations with yourself) Happy Sunday, Ian Christie 😊

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