How to Gain Control Over Your Time - Part One

Aid for Aid Workers Leadership Podcast

"Every action you take is a vote for the person you wish to become." - James Clear, Atomic Habits

This quote captures the topic of today perfectly. That is, if you compound your actions on a daily or weekly basis, where will they lead you in a year, or even three?

Are you going in the direction you hope to go, or are you going in a direction someone else wants you to go?

Will you achieve your goals as a leader, or even the impact you hope to make?

Part of being able to answer this question is first becoming aware of how we are currently spending our time. We can go through our day and by the end of it not recall how we used our time.

This is why building awareness is the first step to gaining control over our time. In this episode I review how you can build awareness through a Time Audit 2.0, which also includes how your energy levels are impacted by the tasks you do. After you become aware of how you spend your time, then next week we will look at how you WANT to use it.

It's the difference between achieving your goals - or someone else's.