06. How to Overcome Feeling Overwhelmed, Part 2 of 2

Leading Better Teams

Leaders report being overwhelmed at an alarming rate. 01:02

1️⃣ Thinking versus feeling. 03:28

🤩 Name it to tame it. 05:05

🪜 The tool of using a scale from 1 to 10 to assess emotions. 06:07

✍️ Write it down! 07:11

🧠 LBT Trivia Question: How many pieces of information can we hold in our minds at one time? 08:27

2️⃣ The chunking technique. 09:09

🙋 Ask your team about their progress each day. 13:27

3️⃣ Four different ways to prioritize. 13:54

⚖️ Eisenhower Matrix or the urgent importance scale. 15:28

🔤 ABC 123 method. 16:03

🐸 Do we do the quick ones first? versus “Eating the frog” 17:26

🤔 Pick your top three things for the week, month, quarter, year. 19:14

4️⃣ Schedule it in technique. 20:25

💐 Batching work. 23:03

🚩 Leading Better Teams Challenge. 24:55

Links

Dan Siegel, Name It To Tame It YouTube Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcDLzppD4Jc

Psychology Today Scale of 1 to 10 Stress Reduction

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/joyful-parenting/201602/how-the-scaling-question-can-help-you-reduce-stress-20

UK Study on Stress

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/statistics/mental-health-statistics-stress#:~:text=Results%20of%20the%20Mental%20Health%20Foundation's%202018%20study&text=In%20the%20past%20year%2C%2074,overwhelmed%20or%20unable%20to%20cope.

Forbes Study of Feeling Overwhelmed https://www.forbes.com/sites/joefolkman/2015/07/23/feeling-overwhelmed-you-are-far-from-alone/?sh=222653ce19a4

LBT Trivia question - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2864034/

Writing it down - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/memory-catcher/201710/is-it-better-write-hand-or-computer

Minds hold 3 - 5 pieces of information (This is the trivia question - you have the link above)

Eisenhower Matrix -https://www.eisenhower.me/eisenhower-matrix/

ABC123 Method - no reference for this

Michael Hyatt book: Free to Focus, Michael Hyatt

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