I have to find time for too many things. How does one create time?
2 years, 2 months ago.
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i prioritize and do triage on practically everything. 90% of the time those people saying they need something done right now, translates to, they can wait after i finish what's on top of the stack.
Well that's the thing. Sometimes some things have very low priority but take a long time to do. If you leave them until the time that their priority goes up, you'll have little time to do them by then.
it's all about scheduling. i always make sure that i know when a "low" priority task needs to get done, so that it rotates right into my down time or when i'm not up to do a lot heavy mental thing. this is also the part where i say, "it's ok to say, no". when you've got so many things, i turn things down or delegate.
i used to hate delegating--- especially when i first started out as a manager. it used to annoy me to no end that people can't get something done the way i want to, so i do it myself. but there is like you said a finite number of hours in the day, and you know the cliche that you can't save everyone? same thing applies: you can't do everything, you can't be everywhere and on call 24/7. it doesn't annoy me as much, when i can't. i can't. which is part of the reason why, i don't take a job if i know i can't.
i've lost jobs that way--- because i was like oh i can do this, i can do that and i end up rushing the job. the job gets done, but i'm like sssooo tired. i regret taking the job. when you can't, it's ok to say no. i don't care if it annoys people, when i do that.
i learned it from this prayer: "God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other."
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i prioritize and do triage on practically everything. 90% of the time those people saying they need something done right now, translates to, they can wait after i finish what's on top of the stack.
2 years, 2 months ago by cocoy
Well that's the thing. Sometimes some things have very low priority but take a long time to do. If you leave them until the time that their priority goes up, you'll have little time to do them by then.
2 years, 2 months ago by LaTtEX
it's all about scheduling. i always make sure that i know when a "low" priority task needs to get done, so that it rotates right into my down time or when i'm not up to do a lot heavy mental thing. this is also the part where i say, "it's ok to say, no". when you've got so many things, i turn things down or delegate.
i used to hate delegating--- especially when i first started out as a manager. it used to annoy me to no end that people can't get something done the way i want to, so i do it myself. but there is like you said a finite number of hours in the day, and you know the cliche that you can't save everyone? same thing applies: you can't do everything, you can't be everywhere and on call 24/7. it doesn't annoy me as much, when i can't. i can't. which is part of the reason why, i don't take a job if i know i can't.
i've lost jobs that way--- because i was like oh i can do this, i can do that and i end up rushing the job. the job gets done, but i'm like sssooo tired. i regret taking the job. when you can't, it's ok to say no. i don't care if it annoys people, when i do that.
i learned it from this prayer: "God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other."
hope it helps, bro.
2 years, 2 months ago by cocoy