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Hello, and welcome to episode 371 of the Your Time, Your Way Podcast. A podcast to answer all your questions about productivity, time management, self-development, and goal planning. My name is Carl Pullein, and I am your host of this show.

Why spend time working on your areas of focus when there’s already a ton of stuff to do and not enough time to do it?

While very few people ever overtly ask that question, I recall asking myself that question when I was starting out on my productivity and time management journey in my twenties. It seemed such a waste of time when I had people to call, work to do and a multitude of other commitments waiting for me to deal with.

The trouble was that while I was running around dealing with all the so-called urgent things, I was neglecting what was genuinely important to me. You know things like spending time with my family, reading books, and knowing what I wanted to do with my career. Those things felt like a luxury I just didn’t have time for.

But what was I really doing? I was prioritising the unimportant over the important because I was addicted to being busy. And that’s not healthy.

It destroys relationships, damages your health (mentally and physically) and just leaves you feeling empty and exhausted at the end of the day.

So, with that said, let me now hand you over to the Mystery Podcast Voice for this week’s question.

This week’s question comes from Ben. Ben asks, Hi Carl, I hear you talk a lot about Areas of Focus. What advice would you give to someone who hasn’t got time to write out their areas of focus? To me, that doesn’t honestly seem like a good use of my time.

Thank you Ben for your question.

Let me briefly explain what your Areas of Focus are.

We all share eight areas of life. These are:

Family and relationships

Career or business

Health and fitness

Lifestyle and life experiences

Finances

Personal deve

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