Energy Audit
Track your day in half-hours and find what fuels you versus drains you.
Jump to the worksheet ↓If you can spend 75–80% of your time doing things that energize you, magic will occur.
-- adapted from The Great CEO Within
Audit your time: how much goes to activities that energize you, and what drains you? Outsource or delegate the draining things as much as you can.
The four zones
01
Zone of incompetence
Other people do this better than you.
02
Zone of competence
You do it fine, but others are just as good.
03
Zone of excellence
You're better than most -- tempting to stay here, but it's a trap.
04
Zone of genius
Uniquely good at it and you love it. Drive toward spending most of your time here.
The exercise
- For each half hour of your day, note what you did.
- Mark it energizing (+), neutral (=), or draining (−).
- Do it for a few days, then look for patterns. Which tasks -- and which roles -- keep you in the green?
Prefer a spreadsheet? Use the Time Tracker template.
Today, in half-hours
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