DOSSIER With you in mind
Focus wheel
Use this technique, based on the classic coaching tool, the wheel of life, to identify time spent on tasks that don’t light you up, and create more space for things that energise you
WORDS: AUDREY TANG
We can end up focusing too much on our competencies – the things we’re good at but don’t love doing, as opposed to our strengths – the activities during which we’re happiest and most effective. Say you’re good at baking cakes or figuring out tech, so people always ask for your help in those areas. You might be great at them, but perhaps those tasks exhaust you. However, because you are praised for your ability, you’ve lost sight of what you truly enjoy doing.