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Stem the Flow of Emails
OK – I admit it. I remember what it was like BEM. That is time before email. Hard to believe
OK – I admit it. I remember what it was like BEM. That is time before email. Hard to believe
The complexity and “busyness” that are besieging so many of us (including me) has its root in several pervasive, but
Over the next ten weeks, I’m going to issue a challenge to you – to simplify your work life, to
Many days I wonder how we ever got this busy…this overwhelmed….this frazzled in our lives. We are doing more, but
I’ll begin with this quote from Tim Ferris: “Feeding your mind is how you become your own best coach. To
It was five years ago that my first book, The Leader’s Guide to Turbulent Times was published. And it was
I’ll fallen for all the false promises around time management. Do this and find 30 more minutes in your day. Manage your calendar and marvel at how much you’ll get done and all the free time you’ll amass.
No matter how faithfully I follow the instructions, I’ve never achieved having any span of time, even 5 minutes, where I marveled at how much time I had “created” in my schedule and then wondered how I might use that time I’d freed up.
The reason is quite simple. We neither “create” time nor “manage” time nor “lose” time. Time is time.
So the question of time management is not outside of us (better planning, calendar tricks, a time saving device) but within us. How efficiently we use our time is within our control.
Discover what I’ve learned about time management, wise self-management, how to move away from busy and start embracing bountiful, and more.
I don’t collect “things”, but I do collect quotes that call to me, questions that reframe my thinking and books (lots of books). And, daily I capture glimmers of wisdom culled from all three in my yearly journal.
Today, I’ve gone back through my 2018 journal to glean the wisdom from the quotes I’ve captured, the questions I’ve wrestled with and the books that resonated with me.
Today I share a blog written in response to my blog asking if you were a student or a learner. Dave Hoff, co-author of Learning Agility: The Key to Leadership Potential and COO/EVP of EASI Consult.
Here’s a sneak peek at Dave Hoff’s blog:
My colleague Kris’ last blog posed the question, “Are you a student or a learner?” From my perspective, the answer could lie with your development of learning agility.
One of the specialties of my consulting firm is learning agility. We define learning agility as finding yourself in a situation that you have never been in before and don’t know what to do but then you figure it out. Regarding learner versus student, I’d say that learning agility is probably more characteristic of a learner than it is of a student.
I want to step back, though, and first describe some aspects of learning agility, partially within the context of Kris’ earlier blog.
Keep reading to learn more!
As I work closely with many others in my consulting practice, I see a distinct difference between how people approach new situations. Some eagerly jump in, even though they aren’t fully prepared. Others may be willing, but they wait for clear direction, for the path to be cleared, for step by step direction before they will venture into this new territory.
As I observe these two approaches, I see a distinct difference between learners and students.
Discover what I see as the key differences between learners and students, and find out which of these two categories the world needs more of.
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