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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Slow Down to Get More Done -- Jeffery Phillips writes about "busyness":
"It's the 17th of January and I am already officially at my limit of tolerance for 'how fast' everything is moving. Everyone I know talks about how fast things are moving - their lives, their work, their commitments. Yep, I know everyone is busy and we are expected to be very busy. In fact I think we often look askance at people who don't appear to be busy.
But amidst all of this busyness, I don't notice that much gets done. In fact with all of the busyness, much gets left out."
Sounds familiar. One of my compatriots complained recently "I didn't have time to plan." Of course, she was complaining about that a bit too late -- when the effects of things getting dropped were being felt. Even I this week felt the pressure to fast track a piece of a project before I had a chance to get the whole thing worked out to a reasonable extent. Succumbed to it. Felt totally out of control as another unrelated emergency reared it's ugly head in the midst of fast-tracking.
Time to step back, and as Phillips goes on to prescribe, prioritize, plan, and communicate.
Slow done and get something done...Frank.
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