Do You Have Energy Vampires In Your Life?

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Halloween is just around the corner and is a fun time of the year to get dressed up in costumes to take on an alternate persona. The ghosts, goblins and vampire trick or treaters will be out to see how much candy they can grab to put into their baskets. In our business there are so many things to distract us from doing what we love with excellence like busy messaging systems like Slack pinging all the time to incessant Zoom meetings that seem to come one after another. The tools we use to do business like Gmail or online apps can be the source of draining our energy little by little.

What Can We Do?

I don’t have all the answers to that question but I do have a few tips below that I have implemented that seem to be working:

Email - I respond to emails within 24 hours at a set time three times per day at 8 am, 12 pm & 3 pm. This system keeps me organized and focused on the work at hand.

Cell Phone Distractions - I disabled the email notifications and all work-related notifications on my phone so that when I am done working for the day I can truly be done. I also move my phone away from my work desk during the day when I am working and make a point to check it during a set time so that I don’t miss any important phone calls.

Social Media - I check my social media during the same timeframe that I check my email so that I can stay on top of what is going on.

Meetings - I am not a fan of meetings just to have a meeting. I make a point to schedule all meetings in advance and to create a meeting agenda to stay organized.

Quitting Time - I do my best to stick to a set time every day that I stop working and put it on my calendar as a reminder.

These are a few of my daily activities that I do to keep those pesky energy vampires away from me so that I can remain refreshed and energized to take care of my clients. What are some tips that you can share to keep the energy vampires at bay?

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