Comments on: Hot Spots for Life http://sourcesofinsight.com/hot-spots-for-life/ "Stand on the Shoulders of Giants" ... Insight and Action for Work and Life. Sat, 25 May 2013 09:14:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: JD http://sourcesofinsight.com/hot-spots-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-15211 JD Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:25:29 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/06/11/hot-spots-for-life/#comment-15211 @ Vi

That’s the beauty when your hot spoarts are working in concert. For me, when work’s going well my mind’s getting a good workout.

@ Alik

A little tweak can go a long way.

@ Positively Present

A heat map is a great way to prioritize. I think it helps to appreciate the positive hot spots (growth/opportunity), along with the ones that need improvement.

@ Vered

So far, this is the best approach I’ve found for work life balance. I’m a fan of putting enough systems in place to set myself up for success. I take weekends off, so I don’t mind a little more rigor during the week.

@ Patricia

I use Hot Spots as a way to take overwhelming things, and boil them down to actionable things.

]]> By: Patricia http://sourcesofinsight.com/hot-spots-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-15178 Patricia Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:09:38 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/06/11/hot-spots-for-life/#comment-15178 I tried to do this with three small children and I found I could achieve only so much chart like organization. I used the children in the career hot spot. But then one child needed so much more than the others and then all the resentments and jealousies and the unspoken…then it was all so much money…
So Dad became a workaholic and avid bike rider and I went walking in the wee hours of the morning for my body hot spot…and wrote and wrote in the car and in Dr.s offices and helped with homework…and and…
I made myself very ill…

I think I kept from going crazy and then I think I made it…I did the best I could with the time I was given…I regret a few too many m&ms and a few blow out upsets…but not much else…

Maybe this will work as I think about retirement…nope the word poverty (of funds) pops up….hmmm…guess I really do need a graphic

Savory idea…percolating

]]> By: Vered - MomGrind http://sourcesofinsight.com/hot-spots-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-15159 Vered - MomGrind Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:11:52 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/06/11/hot-spots-for-life/#comment-15159 “For example, I set a max on career and a min on relationships, body, and fun.”

This is very wise.

Such a Methodical approach to life. Part of me thinks “this is insane!” while another part thinks this is exactly how one avoids going through life super-stressed, never realizing how to make it better.

]]> By: Positively Present http://sourcesofinsight.com/hot-spots-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-15147 Positively Present Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:40:57 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/06/11/hot-spots-for-life/#comment-15147 Thanks for writing more about hot spots! I think this concept is so interesting and I’m looking forward to focusing my attention on some of my own hot spots.

]]> By: Alik Levin | PracticeThis.com http://sourcesofinsight.com/hot-spots-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-15146 Alik Levin | PracticeThis.com Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:38:15 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/06/11/hot-spots-for-life/#comment-15146 Whoa! What a kick!!
Going to check my hot spots and tweak it

]]> By: Vi | Maximizing Utility http://sourcesofinsight.com/hot-spots-for-life/comment-page-1/#comment-15130 Vi | Maximizing Utility Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:16:54 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/2009/06/11/hot-spots-for-life/#comment-15130 Interesting & practical. I suppose that everyone’s map will look a little different, but you provide a nice framework for us to think about how ours might look.

For me, mind & career overlap quite a bit, as there’s a lot of thinking involved at my job. I hardly spend any time on financial, though I don’t think I need to. And I liked how you put relationships into its own category. It deserves that.

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