This will be one of those extremely boring pretty basic business strategies that everyone (at least I think) has tried to do in the past. You also have companies out there that have coined solid phrases like, “Do it, Delegate it or Dump it.”, which is about as simple as it can get when it comes to business. All it means is when you come across something in your work day either Do it, Delegate it to someone else that will actually do it or Dump it as in throw out the project, piece of mail, or whatever it might be that needs to be dumped. You can also refer to these things as Monkey’s or as I call them (thanks to the One Minute Manager Series) Monkeys on my Back, it’s all of those little things that seem to pile up in a work day and end up getting somewhat overwhelming if you don’t attempt to get some control.
I decided yesterday for no real reason at all that regardless of whatever it was that came across my plate I was going to address and do it right than and there, a little more dangerous than the Do it. Delegate it. or Dump it. concept because there are no other options……. Do it right now. Regardless of what it was, a phone call, placing an order or looking something up online that we needed for one of the Business’s, I wasn’t going to write it down and I wasn’t going to let it be one of those things I would “Get to later”. I hate later, always have.
One of the downsides of “Do it now” is that your constantly interuprting whatever it is that you might be doing at any given moment, it’s important to keep your tasks organized and focus on the most important things first. There are a few other down sides as well, like when your planning on heading to lunch or heading the restroom you think of something, you instantly move to do it right now. To be completley honest it’s a fun personal challenge and I recommend everyone to give it a shot, even if it’s only for an hour you will be surprised at how much you get done and you will also break up the flow of your day. Time flies when your getting things done right now and the days blow by, either way I simply like the personal challenge and the fact that I feel much more efficient…………………………………………….
20 minutes later… Sorry I was just thinking how we need a dishwasher for the main office for Insane Limos, inc. so I went and did it right now and my post was still here when I got back and now that Dishwasher that has been that Monkey on my Back for the last month is gone. No more thinking about what I need to do later or tomorrow, or at least thats whats up for right now I will continue to cruise through my days doing things Right Now. Gotta go.
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Might have to give it a try.
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Extreme John (4028 comments.) Reply:
March 3rd, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Give it a shot and let me know how it goes for you.
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“Doing it right now” is definitely the way to go. I use that tactic too and I find that I get a lot more done opposed to sitting around listing shit I need to get done. Just do it!
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