Understanding Alison Edgar's Big Balls®

Usually when I ask someone what they think holds them back from getting what they want, one of the most common answers I get is TIME. Time eludes them. There are never enough hours in the day. Time just flies…

They tell me that they are too busy ‘just doin’ life’ - let alone all the things they actually want to do and I understand this feeling. Time is like a thief in the night and sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you always feel like you are chasing your tail.

We all experience this at some point, I hate to break it to you though, but there has been - and always will - be 24 hours in a day. That's never going to change. You can't magic up hours, days or months but what you can change is how you manage your time.

That is where Alison Edgar’s Big Balls come into play! It is a simple time management technique that is based on the Eisenhowers Matrix - a method that you may have seen Stephen Covey use in his rocks, pebbles and sand in a jar video.

The Eisenhower Matrix uses two factors to organise time, ‘important’ and ‘urgent’ and this is a great technique to organise your daily life, but Alison Edgar’s Big balls take this one step further and adds an extra ball to the mix.

The Basketballs - Important and Urgent

There are tasks that are both important and urgent. Have you ever had a basketball to the face? Yep, that's how it feels when you forget about one of these tasks. They are important to you and time precious, therefore they are your priority and come before anything else. Drop the ball on this one and it will take you a while to recover.

The Tennis Balls - Urgent

These are things that might not necessarily be of the most importance but need to be done sooner rather than later. You’ll think you can ignore them but they soon build up and before you know it you're trying to juggle 11 tennis balls like you're a clown act at the circus. Don’t let them build up as this will only result in you feeling overwhelmed and overworked.

The Ping Pong Balls - Important

These are the things that are important to you but are not urgent. They will happily bounce around in the background while you focus on more urgent tasks. However, you do have to be careful not to fall into the trap of letting them bounce around forever. Careful though, they have the ability to multiply at rapid rates.

The Neither's - Not important or urgent

This is the final category, these tasks do not get assigned a ball. If something is neither important nor urgent to you, then you should be questioning why it is even in your life. Anything that falls into this category can be crossed off or tossed into the trash immediately. They are not adding anything to your life and are probably stopping you from getting what YOU want.

Now, when it comes to organising your day, week, or year (I bet you thought I was going to break out into the friends theme tune) most people use a linear to-do list. This doesn't allow us to prioritise the most important things, in fact, we usually end up doing the things we enjoy or the things that take the least amount of time first, leaving the laborious tasks that we don't like until the end - resulting in us dropping the ball.

This is why Alison Edgars Big Balls work for so many people! It allows you to visualise your tasks in a way in which you can see the value of their importance.

Here are a few examples of the big balls in action!

Tilly, who is her mum's basketball.

'Mum is doing great and needs to keep going, I AM the basketball'

Last week I spoke for the 'Cambridge Weight Plan - 1:1 Diet' at the RCC event, which, may I just add, was brilliant. When it came to asking everyone what their balls were, Niccy told me that her daughter was in fact her basketball.

Yesterday, she tagged me in this post on Instagram and I thought it was too brilliant not to share!

Sue Reed, who swears by the Big Balls.

Sue is a consultant and is licensed to deliver Alison Edgar's big balls in her training sessions, and she swears by them! She uses them to help her clients understand the disparity of balls. Talking in balls can help you to improve your communication when talking to team members.

Something that is a basketball to you may be a pingpong ball to someone else, so it is great way to establish what's what!

And some extra comments!

This is only a few examples of the impact of Alison Edgar's Big Balls, the opportunities are endless. If you use Alison Edgar's Big Balls then you are one step closer to getting what YOU want.

I’ll be covering all of this and MORE at my upcoming event (shhh 🤫 it’s still under wraps). You can sign up to the waitlist below and be the first to hear about it’s launch.