From the course: Time Management for Managers
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Shift priorities when needed
From the course: Time Management for Managers
Shift priorities when needed
- What if emergencies happen, and despite your best planning, there just doesn't seem to be room to solve it. Let me say up front, that working longer hours should be the last resort. As a general rule, you should establish your work schedule and stick to it. This leads to better long run performance and decreased burn out. Working as long as it takes, is actually counter productive. It leads to inefficient decision making. And misses opportunities to improve work flow. I'm not saying there are never times when it's necessary. I'm just saying that this is the last place you should look until all other options have been exhausted. So, what are the other options we should be exploring? First, hopefully you've been following what I've taught about positive procrastination. If you've been consistently pushing off lowest priority items far away in your calendar, you will have naturally built pockets of time, usually within one to two weeks out in the future, that are still available to…
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