Oil Prophets

Summer 2016

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18 Oil Prophets Betsi Bixby Meridian Associates Talk to any petroleum marketer right now for at least 5 minutes and my educated guess is you'll hear a time frustration indicator, something about them feeling pushed, pulled, or prodded. Typical phrases include: • I wish I could be in two places • I meant to do that • I didn't have time for that • I get to the end of the day and still have my list barely half done • I feel like I have to… • If I could just clone myself I'd get it all done This talk has become commonplace. People globally, in all types of positions from laborers to CEOs, are feeling pushed, pulled, prodded and, may I dare say, just a little bit out of control? This leads to undue stress, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and short tempers. As a leader of your petro company, is this the state you want to be in for major or even daily critical decisions? With time complaints so prevalent in today's society, just how does a person go about reclaiming their life? I've become fascinated with the fastest ways to get one's life back. It is something I became passionate about in my executive and team coaching. Hearing a CEO tell me they just took their first totally relaxing, worry-free extended vacation makes everything myself and my team do here at Meridian worthwhile. And through my years of petro consulting with some of the best and brightest, I've noticed that those leaders who mastered their time were the ones achieving record profits and making significant impacts through charitable giving in their communities. From these experiences, I've become quite sure that to lead a life of significance requires mastering your time choices. While we all are given the same 86,400 seconds every day, how we use them is completely our personal choice. That's a hard pill to swallow as it's much easier to blame lack of time for anything not getting done. Through my work with petro families, I've recently created a time formula I'd like to try if you still have time challenges: T = Track. You need total awareness of exactly where your 86,400 seconds is going right now. To do that you need to track. And on those days where you feel you didn't get enough accomplished, you get very detailed with your tracking. I = Intention. This is where you make deliberate decisions about how much of your time you want to spend in each aspect of your life. Family, work, spiritual pursuits, health, recreation, etc. I have a client whose joy is to be in the office about 60 hours per week. He adores work. But most petro owners I meet are working 40-60 and want to work 30! Or they want to take that vacation with their spouse or their grandkids. Once you are perfectly clear you can begin to conquer the gap between Actual and Intention. M= Map. Once you set your intention, next is mapping it out so you know what your week, month and day should look like. You block your calendar (I suggest Outlook as the perfect tool) for the non- urgent but important pieces of your BUSINESS STRATEGIES Push, Pull, Prod – Time to Stop! Serving the P&CMA and its members, with gratitude. www.nowellagency.com Contact the Petroleum Insurance industry leader at 601.992.4444 to prepare a customized insurance quote for you today.

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