Life has many demands. There are so many things that require our attention at any given time. Most of the times, we respond to the most URGENT need that demands our attention, at the expense of the most IMPORTANT need. We need to be able to distinguish between matters that eventually are more important and those that may be urgent but not as important. How do we do this?
I believe that a person should have a helicopter view of situations so that they can give the first priority to the important and then tackle the urgent. This helps to avoid unmet deadlines and to improve effectiveness. The main challenge occurs when one's superiors require them to drop the important things for the sake of the urgent. So how do you deal with a case where your leader requires you to drop something you feel is more important to the organization so that you can deal with something they consider to be more urgent?
As long as a leader is not involved, do the important thing. As long as a leader is involved, do what they say. After all, if you don't do the urgent task they require, you will be out of a job and then you can't do the important thing. Just saying.
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