And that time
A day at the beginning of the project is worth twenty-four hours. And at the end? Pretty much the same.
You wouldn’t think of wasting a…
Sometimes a delay is exactly what the doctor should order.
Delays mean waiting around – for the component, the commitment, the code, the customer – and having to wait means filling your time with something else.
And that time … that’s a gift.
Delay as opportunity.
Defined less by what’s not happening and more by what you do with that delay-bonus of the rarest commodity, time.
What will you do with it?
Go back and fix some technical debts, take another swing at that thing, apply some polish, move over to that other thing, chow down on your one-day-maybe to-do list, start something new, finish something old, spend some quality time with your team, plan for what happens next, set out a vision for what comes after next?
Forced delays are about so much more than the delay or the force.
Skippy strategy: Use the delay and take control.
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