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Overwhelmed by the to do list? Get back on track and stay on track
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Loading ...I have to confess that I am a bit of a recovering to do list addict. I’m not sure which bit of me is, but I do know that I used to have a to do list with hundreds of items on it. I almost had a sense of pride in the length of my [...]
What does success look like? Start with the end.
(click and rate it) Loading ...Often the simplest things can be the most transformational; you can get hold of them and implement them. Here is a swift way to deal with procrastination, division and overload in one go. It starts with a question… “What does success look like?” I worked for a leader who started every activity with this question. [...]
Chasing Mice and Eating Elephants
(click and rate it) Loading ...Following on from the discussion about planned abandonment, there was an interesting post over on Ron Martoia’s velocityculture blog, where he talked about hunting elephants rather than mice, with the follow on comment by Ron: “…focused on and how do you align time, energy, creativity and any other resource to the accomplishing of that mission. [...]
Planned Abandonment – Having an end at the beginning
(click and rate it) Loading ...I have to confess, I am not great at saying ‘no’ and I don’t like giving up on things. I have always thought of ‘no’ as an ugly word, but the more I read, the more I am changing my mind. When it comes to doing things, ‘no’ and ‘yes’ go together. If you say [...]
Ready. Aim. Focus. What’s the point?
(click and rate it) Loading ...What is the value of focus? Why have a mission? Should you set goals for yourself? I’ll warn you now, I this is a long one, but you’ll get something good out of it I am sure! In the beginning At the start of my career I was trained as a teacher, a domain where [...]
