Take time
There’s the first violin. A great interpreter with a keen ear and the respect of their peers, smart, a fantastic technician, a leader of sorts who…
At the bottom of it all, you get paid for two things: to think and to act.
Thing is, everything else takes up so much time. All the meetings and email and phone calls and fire fighting. All the running, running, running just to keep one step ahead of the to-do list. All the stuff that fills your day so if ever you sat down to review it, you couldn’t say you achieved anything of substance – just breathing in, breathing out, and operating in the moment.
So stop.
Stop doing that. Even just for a few minutes. Right now, and every day.
(Don’t worry, you won’t do any less of the running around work – and no one will miss you for a few ticks of the clock … they’re too busy running around themselves to notice.)
Take time to think, then take time to act.
Skippy strategy: Think more, achieve more.
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Focus
If the internal dialogue goes something like this …
“I don’t know what I think. I don’t have enough information or experience to have a clear view.…