Someone asked me recently, "Jason, what do you think about ________?" The topic was a new "organizing tool" that this client had heard of. She was wondering if it would help her in the constant battle of having too much to do, and not enough time to do it all in...
As you read the following (part of an article I'm submitting for publication to a magazine), consider something you're thinking about doing, but have not started working on as of yet.
When you are thinking of making a change, what does that mean? In your quest to get organized, and manage your time more effectively: What seminars have you attended? What binders, programs, books have you bought? What coaching programs have you tried?
Working one-on-one as an executive coach to senior managers and directors, I have heard many stories of what people have tried. I regularly visit office supply stores to see what new "gadgets" they sell promising organization and easier ways to work. I continually scour the Internet and read books and magazine articles looking for information to test...information promising ways to achieve a work-life balance and more productivity.
It’s still interesting to hear about what sticks, and what doesn’t. Some programs, methodologies and technologies stay around, while other people move from idea to idea, from program to program.
One of the most significant learning experiences I ever had as a mentor in a public school teaching environment over a decade ago was this: Ideas, methods, tools and programs will change; the fundamentals will be around for a long, long time. I need to understand the fundamentals.
One of the fundamentals to workplace performance is: Stop thinking and Start doing. Take that idea that has been on your mind, identify a next action and test it out to see how it can work (or not) for you. If you try and you like it, you get to stop wondering if it can work. If you try it and you don’t, you get to start using valuable thinking, planning and development time for the next idea!
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