Welcome to this 1st episode in a new series called: “Plan and Succeed”.
In the last few episodes, I’ve talked about some of the big issues around career and work life. Your visions. Your dreams. And your values. So, basically all about what fulfils you in your work and life.
However, a very important element in succeeding with all of this is your ability to make your visions and dreams tangible. And take action on them.
So, in this new series I’ll share some very simple, but very effective techniques for planning, creating overview and – maybe most importantly – prioritising your time, your attention and your resources.
You can find the complete show notes for today’s episode at www.Barbarakandersen.com/17.
What’s really important to understand here is that good habits and techniques around planning, will help you not only become more effective with your day-to-day work tasks. But also help you reach the bigger goals for your career and for your personal life.
How does planning help?
No matter our personality, our job function, our family status, we all benefit from some level of structure, overview and clear prioritization.
In fact, your ability to plan and prioritise can be a key determining factor for creating and maintaining a happy UN Career.
Your ability to plan and prioritise is critical in order for you to:
Planning is worth your time!
A big eye opener for me was when I heard the quote from the American time management guru, David Allen, which says something like this:
”For every minute you use on planning, you save 10 minutes on execution!”
When I heard that the first time, I thought: “Hmm, that sounds just too good to be true.” It actually seemed sort of counterintuitive to me, because it often felt like I had so much on, that I couldn’t possibly waste 5 minutes on planning. I just wanted to throw myself headfirst into the email inbox!
But, in my own personal experience, it has proven true again and again – that, really, for every minute I use on planning I save more on the execution of the task or the project.
It’s always more effective to get an overview and prioritise your time. And your resources.
The better I think through
The more I do of all that – the better my day and my week flows. The more I get done. The more successful I am with my goals.
And the happier I feel at the end of my workday.
(And this is also what the people I help report back to me.)
So, planning really is well worth your time!
Read the full show notes at www.barbarakandersen.com/17
Welcome to this 1st episode in a new series called: “Plan and Succeed”.
In the last few episodes, I’ve talked about some of the big issues around career and work life. Your visions. Your dreams. And your values. So, basically all about what fulfils you in your work and life.
However, a very important element in succeeding with all of this is your ability to make your visions and dreams tangible. And take action on them.
So, in this new series I’ll share some very simple, but very effective techniques for planning, creating overview and – maybe most importantly – prioritising your time, your attention and your resources.
You can find the complete show notes for today’s episode at www.Barbarakandersen.com/17.
What’s really important to understand here is that good habits and techniques around planning, will help you not only become more effective with your day-to-day work tasks. But also help you reach the bigger goals for your career and for your personal life.
How does planning help?
No matter our personality, our job function, our family status, we all benefit from some level of structure, overview and clear prioritization.
In fact, your ability to plan and prioritise can be a key determining factor for creating and maintaining a happy UN Career.
Your ability to plan and prioritise is critical in order for you to:
Planning is worth your time!
A big eye opener for me was when I heard the quote from the American time management guru, David Allen, which says something like this:
”For every minute you use on planning, you save 10 minutes on execution!”
When I heard that the first time, I thought: “Hmm, that sounds just too good to be true.” It actually seemed sort of counterintuitive to me, because it often felt like I had so much on, that I couldn’t possibly waste 5 minutes on planning. I just wanted to throw myself headfirst into the email inbox!
But, in my own personal experience, it has proven true again and again – that, really, for every minute I use on planning I save more on the execution of the task or the project.
It’s always more effective to get an overview and prioritise your time. And your resources.
The better I think through
The more I do of all that – the better my day and my week flows. The more I get done. The more successful I am with my goals.
And the happier I feel at the end of my workday.
(And this is also what the people I help report back to me.)
So, planning really is well worth your time!
Read the full show notes at www.barbarakandersen.com/17