From WeAreTheCity’s Future Leaders Blog
A new decade, a new year, a new month – what better time to have a proper restart?
This is the time to do it, don’t let the autopilot run your life and career, make sure you are in charge of your journey through the year.
As you kick off 2020, stop and think about how you spend your time and how you can work smarter, not harder. What do you need to focus on this year to achieve your goals and ambitions?
If you chase two rabbits, you will catch neither one
Russian proverb
Part of this is about TIME LEADERSHIP (not ‘time management’ as it’s about more than just managing your time). It is all about self-leadership, leading yourself entails planning your time well, blocking time for the important stuff too, so the urgent stuff doesn’t win every time. It’s about thinking short- and long-term.
It could look like something as simple as this for example:
The other part is about HABITS & ACTIVITIES – being outcome focused rather than task focused. Ask yourself:
- What should you STOP doing? (dare to challenge practices that don’t deliver for the overall outcome)
- Is there anything you should START doing instead?
- What should you CONTINUE doing? To celebrate your strengths and success and to ensure you appreciate what you already do well.
And then finally, ask yourself:
How will you stick to your commitments of working smarter, not harder?
Who could support you? Who else could you involve, to help you succeed?
And could there a win-win aspect here too, that helps both parties succeed?
Here’s to a smart 2020!
Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
Peter Drucker