Your schedule is not the blocker

One evening, I had scheduled a personal training session and a phone call starting an hour later. How would I find the time to eat between these commitments? I didn’t know. An hour didn’t seem like enough. However, I figured I would just try it and see what happened. As I left the gym, with an hour to go, it became very obvious to me where I could pick up dinner and even what to order. An hour was plenty, it turns out. It reminds me of a lesson that Claire Butler had written, “When you’re stuck, commit to action. Strategy will follow.” Commit first, plan later. Whenever I heard about someone’s accomplishments, I used to wonder, “How did they find the time?” If only I could figure out their schedule, then I could apply it to my own. A more useful question is, “What am I trying to accomplish?” Commit to it. The question after that is, “Who can I ask for help?” That could include expertise, accountability, and production. The plan comes from that. This could be as simple as finding…