December 17 – Are you redoing unintentionally? Are you wasting time redoing what could be simplified or systemized? Are you caught up in doing certain tasks over and over again that seem to be taking your time away from more profitable or value-creating activity? Are you irritated by having to redo something that should have been done right the first time? Are revisiting situations or approaches to things without gaining any insight to how they can be more efficient or streamlined? Are there extra steps that are being taken that could be eliminated or enhanced?
Chances are, you are experiencing frustration because you are feeling as though everything is harder or taking longer than it should be to accomplish. When frustration exists, there are many things that can be done to minimize or eliminate the frustration altogether. Your frustration is signaling an opportunity if you are willing to see it. Process empowers excellence. Process ignites momentum.
Take an MM&I Moment to awaken to how you can be more intentional, effective and efficient in your activities. What can be documented so everyone has a clear understanding of how a particular task is to be performed? What can be automated to create time and efficiencies? How can technology better serve you in getting certain things done? How can other people serve you to do more effectively what you are doing begrudgingly? How can a form, checklist or standard help you and others more effectively complete and quality-control a task? You have within your arsenal of knowledge the ability to work smarter, versus harder. Simply unleash this knowledge-base to make everything you are doing rewarding, profitable, and value-added internally and externally. Anything that is repeated on a regular basis is a process or system awaiting documentation and clarity. Anything that is essential to replicating successful outcomes is a standard to be captured and confirmed.
Wide Awake Quote of the Week
“Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker
Yours in dreaming wide awake,
