Step 1 of 7 0% Email Header<p>Thank you for taking the time to complete the self-assessment. You're demonstrating that you're an action taker!</p><p>Your individual report is compiled in the PDF attached. Can't wait for you to process your results and choose the next action to move you forward.</p>Email Footer<p>Many thanks,</p><p>Janet Hudson<br /><a href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com">Tame the Inner Chaos</a></p>Setting & Honoring Priorities How do you feel about your current workload?I feel like I’m overloaded, behind, and disappointing people. My workload feels heavy and stressful. I need to say no, but don’t want to miss out on valuable opportunities.My workload feels heavy at times, but I honestly think if I had a better understanding of my priorities, I could relax and accomplish more.Great! It's manageable. I’ve learned not to overcommit or have too many projects due at the same time.How would you rate yourself today, on a scale of 1-12?Where would you like to be in 12 months time, on a scale of 1-12? Clarifying Your ValuesDo you believe your current projects and commitments are well aligned with your values and ambitions?No, I regret several and have lost sight of what I want to spend my time doing.I don’t think about of my projects in terms of values or ambitions. I simply have way too much to do and don’t know how to change that.They generally are well aligned. My only problem is too much of a good thing.Yes, I love all my projects. Now, I only commit to projects that fit my long-term goals. How would you rate yourself today, on a scale of 1-12?Where would you like to be in 12 months time, on a scale of 1-12? Personal Workflow SystemHow clear are you on what to do and when to do it?This is one of my greatest time wasters, trying to decide what to do when. I quickly get overwhelmed with the possibilities.I’m constantly wondering what’s most efficient but end up stuck, inefficiently trying to decide what to do.Class prep and fixed meeting times are clear, but deciding when to write, deal with email, and grade is more challenging.Very clear! I use a time-saving approach to daily planning that eases the anxiety and frustration around those choices. How would you rate yourself today, on a scale of 1-12?Where would you like to be in 12 months time, on a scale of 1-12? Organization How satisfied are you with the ease of finding needed files and resources to work on your projects?I feel very disorganized. I waste time trying to find stuff. Between emails, student assignments, scattered electronic files and paper in disarray, I’m constantly stressed.I feel I am generally organized with the files I use most frequently, but I become quickly frustrated trying to find older files and sorting through past emails.Some parts of my system work great, but the coordination between email, electronic files and paper documents creates holes that eat up time searching for them. Very satisfied! I have an electronic and paper filing system that’s easy to use and saves me time.How would you rate yourself today, on a scale of 1-12?Where would you like to be in 12 months time, on a scale of 1-12? Attention ManagementCan you regularly create the focused attention needed to complete your work?I can only dream of it. I feel distracted and overwhelmed, constantly trying to remember or get back to what I was just doing.I’ve started practicing turning my phone on silent, but I’m still distracted by people and email. I don’t want to be rude!I am fully focused and ignore distractions several hours a week. However, I’m still too frequently fending off the feeling of overwhelm.One of my greatest accomplishments! I’m so much better at setting intentional times to work with focused attention, protected from enticing distractions.How would you rate yourself today, on a scale of 1-12?Where would you like to be in 12 months time, on a scale of 1-12? Challenge & Growth (Mindset)How satisfied are you with your approach to dealing with challenging work (grading, writing, finishing projects, delivering high quality work)?Very dissatisfied. Yes, I’m a serial procrastinator. I don’t like to admit it, but I’m afraid I CAN’T deliver the high quality expected so why waste time trying.I have more daily must-dos than I can manage! But when enough pressure builds, I drop everything, work constantly, and get it done. Yet the pressure and intense work exhaust me.I’ve learned to roll with the punches and let some things slide. My research is important to me, so I don’t ignore it. Although, I often get it done at the detriment of my personal life.Very satisfied. I’ve finally developed a regular writing practice that keeps me engaged with my work. Plus, I have learned to reframe how I think about and approach less-desirable tasks like grading.How would you rate yourself today, on a scale of 1-12?Where would you like to be in 12 months time, on a scale of 1-12? Final Step One final step before we send you your results, which will enable you to understand where you are and where you want to be. Name* First Name Work Email* Email Consent* Yes, I give consent to securely store my details, email me my report along with future relevant tips and tricks supporting my score. Note: We will never share your details with any third party. View our Privacy Policy. Identify the most important numberTopic 1 GapTopic 2 GapTopic 3 GapTopic 4 GapTopic 5 GapTopic 6 GapTopic 1 Yes Most ImportantTopic 2 Yes Most ImportantTopic 3 Yes Most ImportantTopic 4 Yes Most ImportantTopic 5 Yes Most ImportantTopic 6 Yes Most ImportantFeedback if Column 1Feedback if Column 2Feedback if Column 3Feedback if Column 4Q1 or Topic 1 Biggest Gap Feedback<p><strong>Setting & Honoring Priorities </strong></p><p>When your workload is excessive and you recognize you might have a tendency to overcommit, there are generally several reasons for that.</p><p>1. You might be very dedicated and love to jump in wherever your skills are needed. But it turns out you have the <strong>ability </strong>to do far more things than you can <strong>actually </strong>do in 1 or 2 lifetimes.</p><p>2. You might feel uncomfortable saying no to opportunities because you don’t want to close a door that could be leading to a pot of gold, or more realistically something like recognition, collaborations, publications, a better job, etc. </p><p>3. You might not have an effective system for tracking your commitments and end up relying on your memory or your stored emails to keep track of them. And you might be discovering that your memory fails you and email is a bottomless pit that hides things.</p><p>4. You might have a well-practiced habit of meeting others’ expectations and receiving the reward of feeling great! So, when your workload becomes impossible, meeting others’ expectations becomes harder and harder. Then you begin feeling worse and worse.</p><p><strong>THREE Quick Recommendations</strong> to get you started moving in the direction you desire. </p><p>A. Consider the value in setting priorities, especially the kind of priorities you can honor. This guide, <em><a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/abcsofprioritizing/">Learn the ABC’s of PRIORITIZING: WHY Prioritizing Feels So Challenging! HOW You Can Develop This Most Essential Skill</a></em> will give you some ideas of where to start. This will be valuable for addressing challenges #1, #2, and #3 above.</p><p>B. Consider the possibility of becoming more selective in what you commit to. Check out <a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/yes-no">When Saying NO Makes YES Possible</a> for ideas to get started with this possibility. Especially helpful if #2 or #4 above is your challenge. </p><p>C. Sometimes you simply need to develop a new habit to support you. Check out <a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/small-habit">Small Habit Eliminates Big Frustration</a> for a very practical strategy for coping with challenge #3. </p>Q2 or Topic 2 Biggest Gap Feedback<p><strong>Clarifying Your Values</strong></p><p>When your workload is both overwhelming and filled with undesired commitments, everything about work is more difficult. </p><p>Perhaps you feel trapped in a position that falls very short of what you imagined having. Could be your disappointment in not having your ideal job. Thus, the daily work of your current position lives under the weight of that disappointment.</p><p>Perhaps much about your work continues to be very engaging and rewarding, but other responsibilities have intruded, and you don’t feel free to let go of those obligations. Gradually the burden of those extra commitments has eroded your joy overall.</p><p>Perhaps you’re well into your career and haven’t been able to replicate the kind of success you experienced earlier in your career. Somewhere along the way, you got behind and then something else happened. Before long, reengaging with your work began to feel impossible. </p><p>Whatever your particular circumstances are that have led to such misalignment between your workload and your values and ambitions, the situation can improve. You might need hope. You might need clarity about actions to take. You might need a shift in perspective. I won’t pretend to know exactly what you’re up against. But I absolutely know that when work feels like a grind day in and day out, something needs to change.</p><ol><li>Extend compassion to yourself. Recognize that your frustrations are real. Masking, ignoring, or resisting unpleasant emotions most often perpetuates that stuck feeling. </li><li>You may find it helpful to reexamine with fresh eyes exactly what you value. Here’s a <em><a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/identify-your-personal-values/">Quick Guide for Identifying Your Personal Values </a></em></li><li>If you notice your reaction to many things has been clouded by this misalignment, check out <a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/negativity-bias/">5 Practices to Counteract Your Negativity Bias</a>.</li><li>Sometimes when you’re in a difficult place, you simply need inspiration. And sometimes inspiration comes from surprising places. Check out, <a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/shallow/">Are you All In? Lady Gaga Diving Deep with “Shallow”.</a></li></ol>Q3 or Topic 3 Biggest Gap Feedback<p><strong>Personal Workflow System</strong></p><p>You might be surprised that Personal Workflow System is an area of struggle because you’ve not given much thought to having or needing one. </p><p>When your career is all about knowledge work, one of your greatest challenges is deciding what work you need to do, the sequence for doing the work, and the timing for tackling so many moving parts in each of your many work projects. When someone consumes your work, whether it’s a lecture, syllabus, article, book chapter, grant proposal, carefully crafted assignment instructions, a committee report, or even a detailed email, the clarity and organization of it all will seem logical and easy to understand. But you know that the process of creating that clarity took real work, which fundamentally rests on your hard-won expertise. </p><p>So, no beating yourself up about struggling with sorting out the puzzle of knowledge work. There’s a skill to it. You might not have developed that skill yet, but one invaluable skill you already have is knowing how to learn. So, you’re already well on your way to learning a new skill since you know how to learn one.</p><p>Remember as you design your next steps:</p><ul><li>If you have a flexible schedule with many different responsibilities, then a personal workflow system is the foundation you need for contending with all the distractions that show up to derail your success.</li><li>If you’d like to develop a time-saving approach to daily planning that eases the anxiety and frustration around choosing what to do and when to do it, then realize that a workflow system is the next best thing to a personal assistant.</li><li>I offer a digital course, <em>TAME the Chaos</em>, where I teach you step-by-step how to create and maintain a personal workflow system that will serve you throughout your career. <a target="_blank" href="https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=12666695&appointmentType=8697983">Learn more!</a></li></ul>Q4 or Topic 4 Biggest Gap Feedback<p><strong>Organization </strong></p><p>Looks like you’re struggling with organization, and I bet it’s no surprise to you. Whether organization is your thing or not, please don’t label yourself. What matters is developing a method for saving time and for quickly finding your files so you can get to the business of doing what you intended. To help you fully embrace the need for believing it’s possible, check out <a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/believe/">Let Yourself Believe</a>. </p><p>For some insight into why email is so challenging, check out, <a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/email-lure">Three Ways Email Lures You in Then Undermines You</a>.</p>Q5 or Topic 5 Biggest Gap Feedback<p><strong>Attention Management</strong></p><p>When you’re struggling with attention management, you might as well be saying something very obvious such as, “So what, I’m human and I live in the 21st century.” Our culture has become one associated with constant connectivity. Consequently, a core challenge has become finding ways to protect your very valuable attention. And if you doubt that your attention is valuable, notice the competition underway to get it. </p><p>But the payoff for having the skill to work with focused attention is high. Not only does your work get done, but your energy isn’t completely zapped by the process. This leaves you with energy for life beyond professional accomplishments! </p><p>OK, you get it. You want some of that energy that facilitates working with focused attention. Yet the major obstacle for you is constantly feeling overwhelmed! Sitting still to work on one thing with focused attention feels impossible because the nagging call of all the things you’re not doing scream so loud you can’t focus. Even when you begin searching for background materials or additional information, other tasks come to mind or emerge from the work itself. </p><p>A common reaction to overwhelm is frenzied effort to get stuff done—lots of it and quickly. This defensive reaction can lead to looking for quick and easy wins to feel productive—checking email, completing something quick, running an errand, filing something, printing something, taking a survey. </p><ul><li>If you’re wrestling with overwhelm check out this, <a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/chaos-calm/">Technique to Shift from Chaos to Calm</a>.</li><li>If you’re willing to consider the distinction between overwhelm and overcommitment, check out <a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/overwhelmed">Overwhelmed vs. Overcommitted</a>.</li><li>If your own mind is your greatest source of distraction, check out <a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/non-stop-thinking">Seven Strategies to Combat Non-Stop Thinking</a>.</li></ul><p>Once you successfully shift your energy from frenzy to calm here are a couple of things to know and begin practicing that can enhance your attention management skills.</p><p><strong>Something to Know: </strong>Focused attention requires energy. The more you improve your energy management skills, the more energy you’ll have available for focused work. For a greater understanding of why energy management is so critical for focused attention, check out, <a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/energy-management">Forget Time Management-Instead Notice What Erodes Your MOST Scarce Resource</a>.</p><p><strong>Strategy to get you started: </strong>Notice what time of day you have the highest energy levels. For many people, it’s the morning. Then align your high-energy work with those times. </p><p><strong>Something to Know: </strong>Focused attention also requires minimizing or eliminating distractions. </p><p><strong>Strategy to get you started</strong>: Designate a small amount of time to work with focused, undistracted attention. Consider allotting twenty minutes on a project. Identify specific tasks to work on related to that project. Close all your known distractions on your computer such as email or your web browser. Silence your phone. Set a timer and work on the identified tasks until the timer goes off. As your ability to focus grows, increase the amount of time you set aside! When working with focus a timer might be your most essential tool. Find out more in <a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/timer">The Timer: A Simple Tool for Complex Challenges</a> </p>Q6 or Topic 6 Biggest Gap Feedback<p><strong>Challenge & Growth (Mindset)</strong></p><p>You might be wondering who doesn’t struggle with this. After all, doesn’t “challenging tasks” mean you’re not really experienced with or expecting it? And yes, grading is on most everyone’s list of procrastinated tasks. But when you discover you’re developing new hobbies or taking on big organizing projects or constantly cleaning your house to avoid your challenging work, you need a path forward. Yes, there is a path forward. If you want some great insight into this challenge then get your hands on a copy of Neil Fiore's, <em>The Now Habit</em>. Reading that book helped me believe, for the first time, there was hope for me and that I wasn’t defective. </p><p>Despite the accusations and negative connotation, procrastination is NOT a character flaw! Rather procrastination is a strategic response to a negative thought the brain generates either consciously or unconsciously.</p><p>When you attempt something new, your energy-conserving, efficient brain generates resistance in some form. Thoughts such as these flood your mind:</p><ul><li>I can’t do this.</li><li>It will never be good enough.</li><li>What's the point?</li><li>I’ve already tried, and it won’t work.</li><li>I’ve never been any good at things like this. </li></ul><p>These negative thoughts immediately (1) produce pain sensations that (2) alert the survival-focused aspect of the brain (3) to AVOID pain and SEEK pleasure.</p><p>All approaches to combating procrastination must contend with the reality that procrastination is serving as a survival strategy, protecting you from perceived danger. Yet take a closer look! Notice that the perceived dangers are fears! They are fears of failing, making mistakes, falling short, revealing inadequacies, embarrassment, public humiliation, etc. These fears are not life-threatening; but ironically, procrastination often ensures your worst fears are realized.</p><ul><li>If you want every edge possible in recognizing and REALIZING your potential, review this guide, <em><a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/combat-procrastination/">Combat Procrastination: 18 Essential Beliefs & Strategies</a></em>. For some practical, next-step exercises, you’ll find them at <a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/procrastination">PROCRASTINATION Is NOT a Character Flaw!</a> </li><li>If you find you often don’t keep the commitments you make to yourself, check out this practical strategy, <a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/deciding">Build Integrity with Yourself: Decide & Do</a>.</li><li>If planning hasn’t worked for you and you still feel guilty about that, check out <a target="_blank" href="https://tametheinnerchaos.com/plans/">Yes, Abandon Your Plans! What?</a></li></ul>Call to Action for EveryoneCall to Action For Column 1<p>Going to the trouble to take this self-assessment says you’re serious about gaining greater mastery over your time & workflow. Even if you’re not currently feeling successful, part of you still believes you can be.</p><p>Ready to take one or more areas from this assessment and identify a few action steps to get you moving in the direction you want?</p><p>Book a FREE Coaching Conversation! The best way to understand coaching is to experience it. </p><p>The goal of this conversation is for you to leave with some new insight and/or greater clarity on the next step you could take in the area you want to explore.</p><p>This is not a sales call! If you’re interested, I’ll let you know what I can offer you, but will email you all the details afterwards so you can make a clear choice if it’s right for you at this time.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=12666695&appointmentType=11932297">Click HERE to schedule your FREE Coaching Conversation!</a></p>Call to Action For Column 2<p>Going to the trouble to take this self-assessment says you’re serious about gaining greater mastery over your time & workflow. Even if you’re not currently where you want to be, you certainly want to give yourself every opportunity to move in a positive direction.</p><p>Ready to take one or more areas from this assessment and identify a few action steps to get you moving in the direction you want?</p><p>Book a FREE Coaching Conversation! The best way to understand coaching is to experience it. </p><p>The goal of this conversation is for you to leave with some new insight and/or greater clarity on the next step you could take in the area you want to explore.</p><p>This is not a sales call! If you’re interested, I’ll let you know what I can offer you, but will email you all the details afterwards so you can make a clear choice if it’s right for you at this time.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=12666695&appointmentType=11932297">Click HERE to schedule your FREE Coaching Conversation!</a></p>Call to Action For Column 3<p>Going to the trouble to take this self-assessment says you’re serious about gaining greater mastery over your time & workflow. So much is working for you already, you might want to keep moving in a positive direction and explore what you’re really capable of doing. </p><p>Ready to take one or more areas from this assessment and identify a few action steps to get you moving in the direction you want?</p><p>Book a FREE Coaching Conversation! The best way to understand coaching is to experience it. </p><p>The goal of this conversation is for you to leave with some new insight and/or greater clarity on the next step you could take in the area you want to explore.</p><p>This is not a sales call! If you’re interested, I’ll let you know what I can offer you, but will email you all the details afterwards so you can make a clear choice if it’s right for you at this time.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=12666695&appointmentType=11932297">Click HERE to schedule your FREE Coaching Conversation!</a></p>Call to Action For Column 4<p>Going to the trouble to take this self-assessment says you’re serious about gaining greater mastery over your time & workflow. Even if you’re only trying to close a small gap, you want to be your best. </p><p>Ready to take one or more areas from this assessment and identify a few action steps to get you moving in the direction you want?</p><p>Book a FREE Coaching Conversation! 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