Every business owner or manager has far more to do than
anyone can accomplish in the time available. We all have
marketing and research to do, meetings to attend, people to
supervise or a website to build. It’s easy to feel over-
whelmed.
What’s a leader to do?
Failures succumb. They let themselves get over-whelmed and
have the feeling that it’s “too much,” or that they “can’t
do it all.”
Winners, on the other hand, accept reality. Of course you
can’t do it all! No one could! That’s the way life, and
business, is. You can’t fight it.
Winners employ three simple steps, and I highly recommend
them.
1. They say, No! They understand that some of the have-to’s
are simply unrealistic and they say no, even if it would be
"nice" if they could do them. Some of the things on any
manager’s list simply won’t get done, at least not today.
Delegate or out-source as many things as you can. When
necessary, just say No.
2. They Sequence. This is another word for prioritizing. A
few things must be done now, or soon. Others must be done,
but can wait until tomorrow or next week, perhaps even until
next year. Do the things of most importance, leave
everything else until it’s turn.
3. They Focus. Successful leaders do one thing at a time
and each individual item, at that critical moment, gets
their full attention. When you’re in a meeting that you've
decided is the most important thing at the moment, BE THERE!
Pay attention. Be alert. Stay focused.
Quotes of the Week
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of
choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing
to be achieved." -- Jeremy Kitson
"If you can DREAM it, you can DO it." -- Walt Disney
"In each of us are places where we have never gone. Only by
pressing the limits do you ever find them." -- Dr. Joyce Brothers
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the
things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So
throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain
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