How to deal with "drainers"

Interesting reflection exercise this week. We all know that there are drains on us that allow us to get bogged down and sometimes not accomplish what we had hoped - short or long term. This week we were asked to identify some energy drainers that stand in our way of accomplishing our mission and/or vision. Once identified we needed to choose to do one of four things: eliminate them, neutralize them, see them as opportunity, let them go. I encourage anyone who reads this to undertake this task - for work or personal. Here is what it did for me.

I was able to identify the things that really tire me out. I realized the things that do are not the reasons I went into the profession in the first place. When forced to think about it I came up with some possible ideas to use to try to create more balance between administrivia/leadership and between work/home. I think the biggest realization for me is that there are some things we really have no control over so we have to choose to just let them go and sometimes those are the things we get too hung up on. Another eye opener was that sometimes those frustrations, if we slant the way we look at them as opportunities and put the positive twist on them, we might find the energy to push through to the end.

A great exercise from Dr. Kirk. Now I hope I can follow through on the plan.

Talk soon

Krista