I have this thing about getting busy and accomplishing something - I am bothered when people sit around with apparently nothing to do (and expect to get paid for it) ....with that said I also feel strongly that we need to learn how to work smarter and not harder. It's easy to keep busy shuffling papers here and there and making phone calls, checking e-mails, etc. - looking busy but what are we accomplishing? Where are your goal posts? Where is your field of play - are you even in the game? What is your score?
"Score?" you say...YES, how do you know if you are winning if you aren't keeping score!?! Start one day at a time. It's all about numbers...the bottom line is how much time or money do you need to accomplish today's task. Write it down and track it. When you realize you have just met your goal and you still have time or used less money or made more money that you had planned - that is awesome. On the other hand, when you realize you are behind the gun, then you have to ask yourself - how can I improve, what change do I need to make, what went wrong that I can avoid next time.
It's either WOW or HOW - "Wow, great job" or "How do I fix this?" Keep it simple, start tomorrow, but only with tomorrow - one day at a time. Don't over think it, just do it! When you mess up, smile or laugh out loud and start over - now. Don't put it off - fix it now. Would you continue to drive your car with a flat tire? No, you would fix it. Although things don't always appear as cut and dried as a flat tire, they are never the less just as detrimental to the flow of accomplishing things. Fix it now and move on. Keep moving, with movement comes a feeling of accomplishment, with that feeling of accomplishment comes the reality that you are accomplishing things and the confidence to continue on to the next thing and the next and the next. And yes, it is another great day in paradise!
With that said, I graded papers for four hours after Roy's bedtime. Traveling on weekends, taking days off to go to meetings, puts me behind on grading! Thanks goodness students didn't turn in all of their work. . .whoa, that isn't good!
ReplyDeleteMorning classes covered; will grade big time tomorrow evening afternoon classes. . .Sounds like a plan!
Bedtime for now!
It's also important to remember that we don't always have to have the perfect fix for what is slowing us down. There is no perfect fix; sure some are better than others, but a correction of any kind will be better than sitting by the side of the road waiting for someone to fix your tire. Don't have a spare? Start walking!
ReplyDeleteVery true, Doc. Thanks for adding that. Bevi, you are one of the hardest working people I know. Thanks for just being you.
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