Goals are helpful. We get things done when we have them. And the side effect? By having a “to-do”, we automatically have a million “not do”s. Goals provide focus. Instead of starting a new project every time I walk into my craft room, my goals last year helped me finish the ones I’d started. This [...]
Categories: Small Change
I’m relatively undisciplined. That’s not to say I don’t have a kick-butt work ethic. Just that I am by nature rather random and easily pulled off course. Not to mention extremely focused to where I lose track of time and just how could I have spent the past three hours on that? Since I’m trying [...]
Categories: Idea Hamsters Anonymous
Tagged: experiment, focus, goals, how I work, schedule, small change, work
Oh, like I’m really one to talk about this subject. I have yet to actually learn how to avoid the “ooh – shiny” syndrome. New projects, topics, issues all spark that engine that runs my hamster wheel. And we’re off and running, leaving whatever I was working on behind. Now, I get things done. I [...]
Categories: Small Change
Tagged: execution, focus, idea hamster, small change
I’m the queen of distraction lately. Got promoted from princess, actually. I’ve always been one to chase the shiny and new. I love ideas, I love brainstorming, I love pondering possibility. So how I became known for getting things done … . Let’s just say I leave a lot more undone than I do done. [...]
Categories: Crap I Refuse to Put Up With,Small Change
Tagged: distraction, focus
on November experiment: Scheduling myself for strategic success
