Even though this article from Youth Specialities was meant for Youth workers but I think the Dilbert-sounding points are relevant to all :-)
I picked out some statements that "struck" me ... OUCH! Oh! Aiyah! ... (but read the whole article to get the context and flow)
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... get organized or go insane
... stop doing the stuff that doesn’t matter and focus like a laser on what does
... The time you allot for a task should be based on how much time it deserves.
... after a certain point, the longer you work on a project the more likely you are to be throwing time away.
... developing a sustainable lifestyle doesn’t require a major revamping of our days; it simply requires that we add one good, focused hour to each day’s work.
... At the end of every day—before you drive home—you need to plan tomorrow. At the end of every week you need to plan the next week. On a quarterly basis you need an extended period of time to look out over the next 12 to 18 months.
... there’s seldom much value in talking about things more than 1,000 days in advance.
... Schedule time in your day to grow.
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Posted by sivinkit at June 17, 2004 03:23 PM