PowerPoint Time Surfing, The Zen Approach to Keeping Time on Your Side

Stress
produced by
• the faster pace of life
• your job
• yourself

A faster pace and
digitalization.
• A faster pace means more smaller units
> many small tasks
> many temptations
Email, WhatsApp, intranet, news, facebook
• <strong>The</strong> need <strong>to</strong> verify and <strong>to</strong> register
> bureaucracy

Stress at work
• Open-plan offices
• No possibilities <strong>to</strong> work quietly on
your own
• Many interruptions
• Many deadlines
• Few chances <strong>to</strong> take breaks
• High level of responsibility
• Many risks

<strong>Surfing</strong> over the waves of time

<strong>Time</strong> <strong>Surfing</strong>
<strong>Time</strong> <strong>Surfing</strong> consists of seven instructions
that feel natural. <strong>The</strong>se instructions enable
you <strong>to</strong> operate from a place of calm and <strong>to</strong>
surf the waves of time.

Multitasking causes stress

Do one thing at a time, and
finish what you’re doing
Do one thing at a time and finish this
task before you start another one

<strong>The</strong> day’s activities are like a string of beads.
Do one thing after another instead of several things at
once!
• More efficient!
• More focused
• Less stressfull

What does ‘fulfilment’ mean <strong>to</strong> you?

Doing something fully brings fulfillment
If you’re in a rush or doing something reluctantly: name
what you are doing

Create breathers between activities
- without phones
- without magazines
During a breather you release the focus and let your
mind roam free

During a breather
• you unwind
• you evaluate what you’ve just done
• you get good ideas
• you prepare for the future
• you get an overview!

Good breathers are
• taking a walk around the block
• tidying up
• going <strong>to</strong> the bathroom
• dropping something off
• doing the washing up

How do you stay calm when you’re
interrupted?

Give your full attention <strong>to</strong> drop-ins

Limit the number of potential 'drop-ins’

Limit the number of potential 'drop-ins’
• Make agreements with those around you
• Make it clear you don’t want <strong>to</strong> be disturbed
• Turn off your phone
• Find a quiet place <strong>to</strong> work or work from home
• Turn off notifications and pop-ups
and
• Create islands of calm in advance

Your intuition is a better time manager
than your mind

Your intuition is a better time manager than your
mind
• It chooses immediately, without having <strong>to</strong> ponder things deeply
• It’s flexible. If something unexpected happens, it adapts effortlessly
• Your intuition chooses the actions you’re passionate about
• You’ll feel like you’re doing what want <strong>to</strong> do more often
• Your intuition can also handle appointments and deadlines.
It causes less stress!

Where does the intuition get its information
from?

<strong>The</strong> subconscious?

<strong>The</strong> subconscious!

How does information arrive in the
subconscious?

Create a relationship with everything
you want <strong>to</strong> do in the future
• Less stress
• Your subconscious will help you
• You transform ‘have <strong>to</strong>’s' in<strong>to</strong> 'want <strong>to</strong>’s'

Create a connection with
• New plans and goals
• Small tasks and big projects
• Tasks you keep postponing

Befriend your gnawing rats

• What do I already know?
• What don’t I know?
• What do I need help with?
• What am I apprehensive about?
And also:
• Do I have any 'limiting beliefs'?

Let it “ripen” in the subconscious
(painting by Aielle Erens)

When do you make contact with your intuition
and with your subconscious?
When do you have good ideas?

During a breather you release the focus and
let your mind roam free
<strong>The</strong>n you make contact with your intuition and
with your subconscious

Calming down emotional tensions

Don’t oppose emotional reactions
Observe background programs

<strong>Time</strong> <strong>Surfing</strong>
1. Do one thing at a time, and finish what you’re doing
2. Be aware of what you’re doing and accept it
3. Create breathers between activities
4. Give your full attention <strong>to</strong> drop-ins
4. Create a relationship with everything you want <strong>to</strong> do in the future
5. Become aware of gnawing rats and transform them in<strong>to</strong> white sheep
6. Observe background programs
7. When choosing what <strong>to</strong> do, be spontaneous
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Conditions <strong>to</strong> pay attention <strong>to</strong>

Prioritization
• Important/ Not important
• Urgent/ Not urgent

Stephen Covey First things first

Urgent
Not urgent
Important I II
Not important III IV
<strong>Time</strong> matrix (Eisenhower)
Which items fall in<strong>to</strong> which quadrants?
What % of your time do you spend in each quadrant?

Urgent
Not urgent
Important
Not important
I
• Crisis
• Urgent problems
• Projects with a deadline
• Complaints
• Specific reports
III
• Other people’s crises
• Interruptions and questions
from others
• Some meetings
• Some phone calls
• Some reports
II
• Planning and
preparation
• Prevention
• Research
• Study, professional
development
• Relaxation
IV
• Constantly checking
your email
• “Runaway”-activities
• <strong>Time</strong>-wasters
• Newsletters
• Facebook
• Some WhatsApp
messages

Important
Not important
Urgent
I
25%
25%
III
10%
55%
Not urgent
II
65%
15%
IV
Less than 1%
5%

<strong>The</strong>mes that can cause stress and tensions
and make works less fluently
• Multitasking
• Not taking care of the balance in your energy level
• Interruptions and temptations
• Working with an attitude of have <strong>to</strong> in stead of want <strong>to</strong>
• Postponing
• Ignoring emotional balance
• Using your rational mind above your intuition
• Creating deadlines in stead of project with a space of time

Alternate between paying attention and letting go
of focus
Create breathers between activities
- without phones
- without magazines
During a breather you release the focus and let your
mind roam free