Extra coffee time
It’s natural to find yourself on one side of an argument. Not the right side or the wrong side, but your own side - whether you…
We imagine that as soon as our email hits their Inbox they’ll spring into action and get on with whatever it is we want them to get on with, and that before we can say lickety-split the job will be done and they’ll be jumping on the next thing. A picture of efficiency and effectiveness.
It’s a two time fantasy.
The first is that getting something into your Sent Items simultaneously gets it off your To-Do list and extra coffee time. It doesn’t. It just hides it for a while, right up until it bounces back – which costs you time and guilt, and you still have to get things done.
The second is that anyone will jump into action at the hint of your ding. They won’t. That’s not how things get done. Email isn’t management. It’s email.
Skippy strategy: The way to get things done – follow through or follow up.
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Focus
It’s a guess, but there are probably things you have to do that you don’t like doing.