61. Build Boundary Walls : Identify What Matters Most & Say NO to Everything Else

How many times have you said “yes” to something and regretted it? How many times have you put more time / effort / energy into other people rather than yourself? How many times have you felt anxious / overwhelmed trying to balance everything you’re involved with?

The key to avoiding all this madness is identifying what matters most to US, build routines so that we stay consistent & getting real good at saying NO!

Topics :

• Being a Top 2% Uber Driver taught me to build boundary walls around my time
• • Every ride meant more $$$ in my pocket, I was in control of when / how much I worked
• Without boundaries, it’s impossible to make progress in any bucket of our life
• • We’re going to be pulled in a million different directions
• Tips for Building Boundaries
• • (1) Identify What Matters Most to YOU
  • • When we start to break down where we want to spend our time, we can make better decisions about what to do & when
    • We’re cutting up our Cake of Time and making sure every piece is accounted for
  • (2) Schedule Important Routines
  • • Now that we’ve identified what matters most to US, we can begin to plot when / where we should do something
    • They help us stay disciplined on a day to day, week to week or month to month basis 
    • They help us create the motivation to do “x” because we don’t have ANY energy to debate when to do it
  • (3) Hand Out “NO” Cards Unapologetically
  • • Rule of thumb : If something doesn’t completely excite you & it’s NOT an immediate yes… say no
    • The secret to saying no is how you communicate it
    • Saying no creates more space for us to say yes to the things that do matter
  • (4) Reevaluate The Walls When Needed
  • • Our priorities / goals change with time just as we do
    • I’m constantly evaluating the walls that I’ve built around myself to see if
    • • They’re standing strong
      • If they need some patching up
      • Or if they need to be completely torn down
• Challenge for the listeners 
• • Take 10 minute today to identify what matters the most to YOU
  • Once you have that list, ask yourself if you have these tasks committed on your calendar & if not - start today
• Questions from the BMC
• • Eric D : Talk about Essentialism 

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