Keep your head clear. (No AI required.)
Predict, Check, Reflect is one way to do it.
List your predictions: What did you think would happen today?
I thought I would write and send the email for this list at 8am.
I thought I would finish designing a client’s org alignment assessment.
I thought I would get some advice from my coach on managing my time.
Check your predictions: For each item in the list, what actually happened?
It’s 4pm, and I’m just now sitting down to write the email.
The client had a more urgent challenge today. No time for the assessment!
My coach critiqued my priorities (plural), not my time. Ironic, given yesterday!
Reflect to learn: What does it mean?
I wrote the email once inspiration struck. I followed through!
NOT: “I’m a failure for being late.”Unplanned work steals time. We accepted that trade-off.
NOT: “Now I have to still make it all happen today.”Some things aren’t important right now. I should let them go, focus on less.
NOT: “I should have spread myself thin.”
Predict, Check, Reflect.
Do this, and you’ll stay clear and learn from yourself daily.
Ben and David
StrategyTeaming.com
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