Wait, don’t get tangled. I will explain what I meant by the term “TEAM”,
Its,
- T – Team
- E – Energy
- A – Attention
- M – Money
In this blog, post-Iam going to explain what is self TEAM management means and how it has a connection with four burners theory
“TEAM” – These are the factors where the majority of the people struggle to manage. And if you are capable of balancing these four factors in day-to-day life, trust me you will be living a life that you would have already dreamt about.
Before explaining each of these factors I would like to explain to you the four burners theory.
The Four Burners Theory,
According to four burners theory, our life runs under these four factors,
- Health
- Work
- Family
- Friends
In which you have the limited amount of time, energy, attention, and money to make all these burners running up. The fact about these burners are, if you turn one of the burners high – then others will run at low flame (Because you have a limited amount of time energy, attention, and money)
Health – It is one of the burners that should be always turned on. What it means is, you should always take care of your health or else it will end up shortening your lifespan by making yourself weak.
Work – The more you work, the more you will get money to maintain your health and also to feed your family.
You have to dedicate more amount of time, energy, and attention to bring a larger income from work But this might end up reducing your time that you spend with your family and friends.
Unfortunately, that’s how life works.
Family – First, we can’t let this burner turn off. This is what we care about more than ourselves. We have to balance our time, attention, energy, and money to keep a healthy relationship with the family.
Friends – The rules to this burner are as same for the family. But keeping your friend circle low but valuable may help you in spending that amount of time and energy on other burners.
How to balance all four burners?
I am sure no one will be able to manage their life helpfully by turning off any of these burners.
But you can balance all four if you are capable of managing your time, energy, attention, and money.
Let me explain, how the self – TEAM Management is relatable to four burners theory
Time – The amount of time you give to your mind and body will help you in improving the health.
The amount of time you spend with your family and friends will help you in maintaining a good relationship with them
And it goes the same for your work, the time you give yourself to improve your skills at work will make your work profile look strong
Energy, attention, and money – All these factors have similar requirements like managing time. But you can have more control over these things than time.
Let’s see some productivity hack to manage time, energy, attention, and money to maintain a great balance between health, work, family, and friends.
Tips on managing Time:
Have a Schedule
Most of the time, our brain consumes so much time to make decisions about what to do next. If you have already decided on what to do for a specific period – it will help you in managing your time effectively.
Use Pomodoro technique
There are two most famous techniques of Pomodoro and they are,
- 25/5
- 52/17
This may seem obvious to you and it also looked obvious to me. This technique of 25/5 seems so short to get into the flow of the work we are doing. And hence I suggest you to use 50/10 so that you can do your work with the flow.
The time ratio between work to rest should be set according to your capability of focusing on the work for a long period.
If your capability to focus is long, then set the long duration of work-rest ratio into the Pomodoro timer and vice versa.
Tips on managing Energy:
Pomodoro technique
Yes, the Pomodoro technique is not only used for time management. It is also used for managing energy throughout time. It will help you in keeping your energy at its peak all over time.
Good Habits
And habits like having a good sleep, eating healthy foods and exercising may sound boring to you. But it gives so much energy that it will be your source for your productivity.
And reduce your bad habit as much as you can, because they will suck the energy out of you like leeches.
And when I talk about energy, consider all types of energy into account,
The types of energy we have are,
- Mental
- Physical
- Emotional
- Spiritual
If you can balance all this form of energy, then you will be able to maintain a good mood with a great smile all around the day.
Tips to manage Attention:
According to a study, it’s considered that the attention span of an average person is decreased to 8 seconds. And this is due to the habit of consuming a short form of content for a long period.
This habit of getting a dopamine hit within a short time has made you vulnerable in focusing on a specific task for a long time.
To solve this start consuming long forms of content or avoid consuming content that gives you instant gratification.
Tips to manage Money:
Learn about personal finance and make decisions with a sense of financial literacy.
The easiest tip to manage money is,
- Track your income and expense
If you are too lethargic in terms of your money, the first step that I would insist you is to track your money.
I am not asking you to stop buying expensive things, am just asking you to track your income and expenditure- so that you will become self-aware about it. And being self-aware will teach you to make decisions on what you should do.
Conclusion
Be self-aware about where you spend your time, energy, attention, and money. It will help you in improving both your personal and professional life
Track as much as you can – the time, energy, attention, and money, to be self-aware.
Self- awareness is the key to who you want to be
Akash Jagdhale