The Best Minute: Doing a lot of things, being mighty, and consistency
2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I. Peter Drucker on how to do a lot of things:
Doing one thing at a time means doing it fast. The more one can concentrate time, effort, and resources, the greater number and diversity of tasks one can actually perform…
This is the “secret” of those people who “do so many things” and apparently so many difficult things. They do only one at a time.
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II. Beth Moore on the mightiest person:
“The weakest person praying is stronger than the mightiest one who’s not.”
2 IDEAS FROM ME
I. Consistency is the greatest attribute to progress. Doing anything for 10 minutes every day will take you further than inconsistently doing something for 30 minutes to an hour on the days when you feel like doing it. It doesn’t take much effort to do something for 10 minutes a day (especially when you are seeing small improvements).
It’s a lot harder to wait for the desire to come to spend time doing something you know is going to frustrate you. Small consistencies = big progress.
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II. A relatively quick and easy way to ensure nothing was missed at the end of your workday is to create and follow a shutdown routine.
A shutdown routine is a small list of things you go through at the end of your workday to help you shut work off for the rest of the day and help you get right to work the next day as well.
My end-of-day shutdown routine looks like this:
Clearing out my inbox
Clearing out my task list for the day
Setting my calendar for the next day
Closing out all internet browser tabs
Cleaning up and organizing my office
By doing this, it allows me to know my workday is done and that nothing is left for me to figure out or do until tomorrow. It helps me stay at inbox zero, ensures all my tasks were completed (or moved), that my calendar is set and accounted for the next day, and more.
A shutdown routine is simply another way to keep people and tasks from falling through the cracks. It's a simple routine to create with a lot of benefits.
1 INTERESTING FACT
The reason we turn the music up when we drive on the highway and down when we are on side streets is due to the fact that those with normal hearing need sound levels to be nearly 10 decibels louder than background noise. This is referred to as the signal-to-noise ratio.
Source: CHSC
1 QUESTION TO LEAVE YOU WITH
What could I spend 10 minutes a day on this week that would help me make progress on something I have been putting off?
