Episode #64
Keeping The Promises You Make to Yourself
You put it on the calendar because it matters. Prospecting. Making the calls. Writing the notes. Doing the important work that matters. But then, something more urgent comes along. So you move that block. Then you move it again. You break the promise you made to yourself to get it done. In this episode of Purpose Under Pressure, host Bryan Lefelhoc, founder of Bryan Media Strategies , asks which promises are we ok not keeping. Turns out, the promises we make to ourselves don’t seem to stand up to the pressures that come each day to knock us off of our path. Your calendar may reveal more than how you spend your time. It may reveal which promises you consider breakable. Let’s learn to respect ourselves enough to do what we say we’re going to do. Because doing the behavior isn’t the hard part. Keeping your promise to yourself is. Purpose Under Pressure is brought to you in partnership with Sandler by the Ruby Group , serving sales professionals and sales organizations nationwide from their locations in Akron and Columbus, Ohio, in Capital Region, New York, and in Jacksonville, Florida Key Takeaways: — Putting an important behavior on your calendar is a promise to yourself. Keep it. — Schedule the behaviors that create results, then do the behaviors on schedule. — Important work is easy to postpone because it often doesn’t feel urgent today. — Continually moving calendar blocks teaches you to ignore your own commitments. — The important eventually becomes urgent when you repeatedly fail to do the work that matters. — Time-management tools only work when you actually honor the time you’ve scheduled. — Treat appointments with yourself with the same respect you would give an important client. ——————- Helpful Links: Sandler by the Ruby Group: https://go.sandler.com/therubygroup/ Bryan Lefelhoc, Owner, Bryan Media Strategies: https://www.bryanmediastrategies.com/
