I’ve been following Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist blog with much interest. Posts like yesterday’s about “How to figure out which tasks you can ignore” only add up to this.
“If we focus on everything, our job is nothing. I dumped things that are essential to some jobs. But just by virtue of the fact that I dumped a task, I declared it nonessential to my job. When you have too much on your plate, and everything seems essential, decide on a job change. Right there.”
I personally deal with this all the time. If I don’t prioritize, I end up getting involved with so many projects and when I do so, I actually manage to do nothing at all. Our time is limited and so we got to make a choice about what is worthwhile. What is essential to us? The googlization of the world has brought the world at our fingertips and with it brought endless choice and potential. But there is no escape to making choices and doing so will only increase the quality of our life. I’m a strong believer that if we follow our heart, our own path, money will follow.
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Dec 20th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
I will check out the Blog you mentioned in your post. Just today I took a day for prioritizing and reflection. During the dishes I was listening to a Franklin Covey audio presentation. The trainer, Jennifer Colosimo was explaining how we humans are ‘wired’ to focus on one thing at a time. So it’s a biological need to set our priorities and say ‘YES’ only to the things that matter most!
Jan 1st, 2008 at 3:06 am
“I’m a strong believer that if we follow our heart, our own path, money will follow.”
Hey, I followed my path and I don’t have a dime!
Jan 1st, 2008 at 11:56 am
haha you got food right? I didn’t say you would become rich.