Wishing for an extended day?
I have always wished that I have more than 24 hours a day. Sigh. I don’t. You don’t. But, most people also seem to be unwilling to recognize that there is limit on what they or their organization can accomplish in any given period of time. No wonder most of us find ourselves continually adding new tasks and goals without removing any.New ideas are great. New concepts are exciting. And new opportunities are wonderful, and there are times when we ought to go ahead even though we are not sure we can handle them. I once worked for a man who said, “the way to get ahead was to get yourself in trouble and fight your way out.” Har har har! Really? I don’t think so.
But for most of us this will simply not work in the long run. Hence, we should always ask ourselves when we are about to add a new task in put schedule or charge on a new involvement is, “what am I going to stop doing when I start this new task or take on this new responsibility?" This of course, is a form of priority setting because it forces us to weigh new opportunities against the continuing importance of present ones.
We are told that our body stays alive by some cells dying and new ones taking their place. Life involvements should be that way. We should establish a check mechanism where we weed out the old activities before we take on new ones. This is nt only applicable true for us yuppies or to any individuals but organizations as well. For an organization that cannot abandon former ways of doing things, i.e., old irrelevant policies, ineffective methods, inefficient programs, unreasonable goals and objectives, will soon find itself involved in doing nothing but keeping itself in business and eaten by its competitors alive in the process.
Let us start looking at our calendar of activities and weigh each. Then start deleting those no longer serves our purpose and start listing new ones. You will realize that by doing this, you will be able to regain your composure immediately. Less clutter, hence more time to work on priorities.
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