The Rock In My Shoe
Michelle my wife is organized and neat. I claim that my difference from that is creativity. Almost every expert on management or business operation says you need to operate from a clean desk. Never did that, never been there, at least outside the military world.
Upon reflection, it’s clear that my so-called creativity is totally contrary to the way all successful military organizations operate.
This will lead to a new blog posts which I shall write soon. It will be titled: “Cleanup By Finishing Up.”
The central idea is that people who leave things unfinished, also leaves a mess. Why does that happen? For me there two reasons, first: I get bored and second: the task is too big for me to finish in the time available.
Remedy for problem Number 1: Think Bigger, I get bored when the problem is too easy.
Remedy for problem Number 2: Think Smaller, if you’re going to eat an elephant you have to do it in small bites. When you have a big, job divide it into smaller pieces and complete them one at a time.
I’ve begun to apply this technique this week. I’ll let you know how it comes out.