Brilliant Stress Management

80 brilliant stress management

Elephants, sheep and mice

Divide your activities into ‘elephants’, ‘sheep’ and ‘mice’. Elephants

are the biggest, most complex and demanding activities; sheep are

of signicant size, while mice are small, quick, easy tasks.

Start with the elephants. Schedule these into times of your day

when you can give them your best and most focused attention.

Choose times when you are at your best and are least likely to

be disturbed. For me, writing this book is an elephant task, and I

schedule it into the start of the morning, when I feel fresh, alert and

am able to get things done before emails arrive and phones ring.

Then ...