Improving Your Quality of Life at Work: Stop Being Overwhelmed

Efficiency & Time ManagementWell-being & BalanceAll employees≈ 25 min

Key skill: Time management & prioritisation

Summary

Feeling overwhelmed often has less to do with a lack of time than with our own conditioning. Identify the limiting drivers weighing on how you organize your work, sort your tasks, delegate, and loosen your relationship with time to avoid overload.

Target audience

Anyone looking to (re)gain control of their time

Learning objectives

Change your view of time and move beyond a linear approach that limits what's possible.
Identify the limiting drivers (5 in total) that shape how you manage time.
Manage work overload to avoid burnout.
Dare to say no to others' requests, to focus on your own goals first.

Module outline

ArticlesThe drivers questionnaire · The 5 drivers (limiting messages) and their antidotes · Burnout and work overload
Expert videoExplores how our worldview and conditioning shape our relationship with time and our feeling of being overwhelmed
AnchoringQuiz and True/False questions to dig deeper into the topic and anchor what you've learned
Memo cardDownloadable memo card: the key points from the expert video
CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
BonusA selection of videos to go further (TED, YouTube)

Models & methods

The 5 drivers of Transactional Analysis; the Eisenhower matrix; the Pomodoro technique; Parkinson's law; time-boxing.

Research-based

The 5 drivers identified by Dr. Taibi Kahler (Transactional Analysis); Parkinson's law on work time.