#0564 Get It Done Now
How urgent is it really. Leaving it to the last minute will always increase the stress and urgency of any task. Chasing the ball is exhausting, yet anticipating where it will be makes it look…
Tag: Process Improvement
#0556 Keep Tweaking
Rarely does it work first time. Whenever you build, modify, fix something, chances are it will not be as perfect as you imagined. Out of the gate there will be something that is just not…
#0545 Painfully Slow
Bogged down in red tape? As an enterprise gets bigger it is natural to place additional checks and balances to ensure continuity. Many do so at the expense of what got them there, speed and…
#0534 Commendable Effort
Having DIY’d a ton of my own video over the years and I have come leaps and bounds, or so I thought until I recently worked with a professional videographer. My efforts pale when compared….
#0533 ABC
Try singing the alphabet song out aloud skipping every second letter… a, c, e… I wager two things, it sounded clunky and disjointed, and you silently sang the in-between letters in your head anyway. Now…
#0529 Lower Priorities
What about the rest of the list? If you are always ticking off the top three on your priority list, you will end up with a really long list of other things that never get…
#0520 Small Wins
I bet you have a few well intentioned jobs on your to-do list you are reluctant to begin. I wanted to build some shelves for my storage room but before that I needed to paint…
#0518 Simplifying
Is it fear or a lack of understanding? It astounds me how complicated people make things that have little upside. Cobbled together to get something done when a much simpler version is available. Many of…
#0513 Shoeboxing
The list never gets shorter. Whenever I find myself ticking a few things off the to-do list I will invariably add a few more while I am there. To manage the never ending lists (business…
#0507 Yeahbuts
How many ‘yeahbuts’ do you have in yours? Whenever I get invited in to help organisations streamline their communication I generally find a combination of two extremes. In some areas they neglect to communicate at…
#0498 Dear Diary
Weirdly I love Mondays. The house goes quiet again after the bustle of the weekend and routine kicks back in. I am habitual by nature and a schedule gives me a sense of comfort. When…
#0495 Leading with a Story
It was pitch black as we dangled upside down in a car held in only by our seatbelts, contemplating for a moment if this was the end for me or my buddies. Were they all…
#0481 Frustrating at First
You must let them do it, even if it is terrible in the beginning. There are three distinct phases I have gone though as I have taught my kids how to drive. The first two…
#0479 Choose
You will not get more time, make better choices.
#0478 Respecting Time
If you are doing this to others you are are doing it to yourself too. One of my pet hates is people not respecting time. Not bothered by a few minutes or the occasional bump,…
#0473 Growing Pains
It is easy to ignore this when you are busy growing a business but at some point it comes back to bite. When reviewing systems and processes I look for the desired outcome first, then…
#0471 For Meetings Sake
It is excruciating and mostly a waste of time except for the part I came for. My daughters have been dancing for most of their lives and for more times than I can count I…
#0458 Controlled Chaos
Every two weeks or so one of my daughters gives her room a good clean. Puts everything in its place again and it drive me insane. Not the cleaning part, that I applaud. The 13…
#0448 Micro Actions
“If it wasn’t for the last minute, nothing would get done” Are you one of those people? There is probably not a person on the planet who has not left a task until the very…
#0444 Time Flies
What exactly are you busy doing? Can you reflect back on the week and detail with any confidence what you achieved? Not just emails, meetings and presentations but proper detail. Unlikely in my experience. Pretty…