EP368: The Battles That Build You… and the Battles That Bleed You

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Eric discusses the crucial concept of picking your battles for personal and professional success, especially as an entrepreneur or contractor. He uses a quadrant system to categorize tasks as urgent, not urgent, important, and not important, advising listeners to focus primarily on urgent and important tasks while delegating or ignoring those that are not urgent and not important. The core message emphasizes that being overwhelmed comes from engaging in the wrong fights, stressing the need to prioritize vital areas like health, relationships, and business systems by dedicating quality time, often in the mornings, to these important tasks to control chaos and anxiety.

Key Takeaways:

Focus on the important and urgent tasks and ignore or delegate the non-important matters.
Be selective with your battles, recognizing that saying yes to one means saying no to something else.
Create specific time blocks, ideally in the morning, to execute important work before the day's chaos begins.
Ask yourself constantly whether your current activity is moving you forward toward your desired goals.
Prioritize "big rocks" such as your health, relationships, and big vision planning to prevent them from turning into urgent crises.

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