I posted this in The Coaching Jungle Facebook group last night, and wanted to share since I suspect that you may be struggling from “priority overload”:
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I’m working hard in 2017 to stay focused on just a few priorities.
In the past, I could have had upwards of 20 “priorities: at any given time.
Unfortunately, as the great Jim Collins said: “If you have more than three priorities, you don’t have any”!
Right now I have my “Big Three” – three main projects/priorities that won’t get bumped for anything.
Nothing can intrude on those three, I’ve built a castle with an impenetrable wall, moat and drawbridge. Intruders will face a fiery stream of arrows raining down upon them should they try to enter.
When I complete one of my priorities, I shift something else in its place. But they always stay in a 1-2-3 order. #1 has the most importance, and the other two are behind it until it’s completed.
I’ve said “no” to some of you recently. It’s not me trying to be a jerk, I’ve just come to the realization that I can’t do it all and not burn out (forgive me, I hope you say “no” more often than you say “yes” too!)
Maybe your magic number is one priority – one of my favourite books is The One Thing, which suggests just one. Maybe your magic number is two, or three like me …
Whatever it may be, don’t cram your mind with tons of things that you want to do. If you have 20 of them, you will only give about 5% for each and you’ll be left frustrated and dejected.
Take out your clippers this weekend and trim those priorities!
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Here’s my #1 priority at the moment (time is ticking away to get it at the Early Bird rate):
