How to Spend Your Workday

You = running your company.
"What should I work on today?!" you ask yourself.
You form your to-do list.

Your to-do sheet lists these items:

Help Client A.
Respond to Customer B.
Sell to Customer C.

Sure, that might look super-efficient -- but ask yourself:

Will the stuff I do today also matter 5 years from now?

Peep:

If no: outsource/delegate it.
If yes: do it!

You'll be super-productive/efficient if you work on things that will be relevant:

now
5 years from now

Why?

You kick-ass for both the:

short-term future: "What I do today, I can use tomorrow."
long-term future: "What I do today, I can use 5 years from now."

For instance, take this task:

Build an employee manual.

You spend today writing the rough outline for your company's employee manual.

What'd you just do?

You're working on something you company:

can use tomorrow
can use 5 years from now

Da-ding!

You freakishly clobber two birds with one stone.

Discover the Sweet Spot

Fighting daily fires might be swell, but you surrender your long-term future.
Similarly, working on things that will only be relevant 5 years from now wastes your short-term future.

Find the sweet spot; work on things that you/your-company can use:

now
5 years from now

You'll solidify your company for the long-haul.

Kabadadababingobing!

Work short + long.

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Posted August 04 in Management, Leadership |

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heather (Rank: #1922)

What a great post. I really never think about what the long term effect of my tasks are, I just do what is screaming in my face. I am going to have to recheck my to-do list for today! First, I will have to reevaluate what my long term goals are, I guess.

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