You are right, "managing opportunities" may not be the clearest term for what I mean. There are two parts to this concept -- parts A and B.
Part A: Before we can decide which opportunities to focus on, we should have habits and processes in place that let us:
notice new and desirable opportunities and
have enough resources (time, energy, etc.) to seize one or more of these opportunities.
Part B: Then once we have decided to work on a given new opportunity, we would, of course, need our current habits and processes to let us maintain an ongoing commitment to work with that opportunity. And we would also need a way to prioritize our time between multiple opportunities.
So what you understand as managing opportunities is part B. And what my write-up wanted to point are the points from part A.
Time management does not have to be only about dedicating appropriate time to each of our preset tasks, but should also be about:
having enough spare time to notice and seize new, higher valued opportunities and
questioning our tasks and being able to say "no" to the ones that are no longer serving us.
Thank you for the comment and question.
You are right, "managing opportunities" may not be the clearest term for what I mean. There are two parts to this concept -- parts A and B.
Part A: Before we can decide which opportunities to focus on, we should have habits and processes in place that let us:
Part B: Then once we have decided to work on a given new opportunity, we would, of course, need our current habits and processes to let us maintain an ongoing commitment to work with that opportunity. And we would also need a way to prioritize our time between multiple opportunities.
So what you understand as managing opportunities is part B. And what my write-up wanted to point are the points from part A.
Time management does not have to be only about dedicating appropriate time to each of our preset tasks, but should also be about:
Please let me know if this clarifies things.