Are you stuck in time management treacle? Why standard time management tips don't work
Loretta Brown - 30 March 2012You know what the treacle is! It is the sticky, messy, muddle of busy, day-to-day expectations and tasks that takes leaders away from the important work. It's the interruptions, endless meetings, and emails. It's treacle that makes heart sink as you approach the office in the morning. Like treacle, the day traps you, holding you in conversations you don't need to have and chores you don't want to do. You start with the best of intentions, but endless demands rise up and snatch the morning. Yet another day flies by with very little to show for such hard w
Ironically the first paragraph of this article has taken more than 3 hours to write, as lots of other demands keep coming up. I am frustrated by the slipping hours and that the year's goals are no further ahead. Surely we are sophisticated and capable people who know all about focus and prioritization? We wouldn't have got where we are without our capacity to get things done. So why do we continue to drown in detail and trivia? What happens to the work we set out in the morning to achieve?
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