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Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time (HBR)
Mar. 28th, 2012 08:04 amThe Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time - Tony Schwartz - Harvard Business Review
Good points in this article. How many times do we get overwhelmed by our work, technology, and interests that we lose sight of the big picture or get bogged down in the details.
Oh, and BTW, HAPPY HUMP DAY!!
I've extracted some highlights from the article. If you're a manager, here are 3 policies worth promoting (which you can still emulate in your own professional life, even if you're not a manager, but that others will notice and possibly imitate):
1. Maintain meeting discipline.
Good points in this article. How many times do we get overwhelmed by our work, technology, and interests that we lose sight of the big picture or get bogged down in the details.
Oh, and BTW, HAPPY HUMP DAY!!
I've extracted some highlights from the article. If you're a manager, here are 3 policies worth promoting (which you can still emulate in your own professional life, even if you're not a manager, but that others will notice and possibly imitate):
1. Maintain meeting discipline.
2. Stop demanding or expecting instant responsiveness at every moment of the day.
3. Encourage renewal.
Consider these 3 individual, boundary-setting behaviors for yourself:
1. Do the most important thing first in the morning, preferably without interruption, for 60 to 90 minutes, with a clear start and stop time.
2. Establish regular, scheduled times to think more long term, creatively, or strategically.
3. Take real and regular vacations.
