How’s it work
Most times, the decision is between one pretty-good option and another. If we choose green, we’ll make a success of it, if we choose blue,…
How’s it work for you when you start the day with no particular objective, no plan, nothing specific in your diary and only a vague idea of any kind of to-to list?
My guess: a little bit of email, deal with whatever comes through your door, a few conversations, drift into a meeting or two, breath in, breath out, close down your laptop and segue neatly to an unstructured something-else.
Looking back, my next guess is that you’ll find you’ve achieved, erm, not very much.
You’ve used up the day, nudged a couple of things a little way down the road, fought a fire or two, and generally had a pleasant enough but unproductive, unchallenging, uninteresting day.
Nothing wrong with a little if that. Every day maybe.
But not all day, not as a standard MO, not here.
Skippy strategy: Start with at least one good objective, follow through, choose another.
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