Comments on: Pacing Your Leadership – Lessons from a Great General http://www.markobrien.com.au/pacing-your-leadership/ applied strategy in leadership, teams, projects & communication Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:04:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ob1 http://www.markobrien.com.au/pacing-your-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 ob1 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:48:57 +0000 http://www.markobrien.com.au/?p=744#comment-1539 yeah, gaz, this is a good observation. i made a shift myself a couple of years ago of creating a finite list of projects/actions to work off each day, rather than working from never-ending (and ever-expanding) task in outlook or some other organizer. i cross stuff off, and i very rarely add items to the list during a day. anything new tends to get shovelled to tomorrow or some future day. i work off this finite list, and when it is all done, i'm done. i found that for years i never felt like i was "finishing" a day... i literally felt like i was the hamster on the treadmill, sitting up late at night dealing with email that just kept coming in, etc. now, it feels good to finish a day (most days!), and walk away. and i'm learning (based on the kinds of stuff noted in this blog piece) to put a lot less on that finite day list. so, i think you're exactly right. yeah, gaz, this is a good observation. i made a shift myself a couple of years ago of creating a finite list of projects/actions to work off each day, rather than working from never-ending (and ever-expanding) task in outlook or some other organizer. i cross stuff off, and i very rarely add items to the list during a day. anything new tends to get shovelled to tomorrow or some future day. i work off this finite list, and when it is all done, i’m done.

i found that for years i never felt like i was “finishing” a day… i literally felt like i was the hamster on the treadmill, sitting up late at night dealing with email that just kept coming in, etc. now, it feels good to finish a day (most days!), and walk away. and i’m learning (based on the kinds of stuff noted in this blog piece) to put a lot less on that finite day list.

so, i think you’re exactly right.

]]> By: Gaz http://www.markobrien.com.au/pacing-your-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 Gaz Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:28:14 +0000 http://www.markobrien.com.au/?p=744#comment-1538 One phrase that I've heard is that as a leader you don't finish working, you just decide to stop. There are always things that could be done, but you have to trust that by looking after yourself and keeping yourself in balance you'll get more done. One phrase that I’ve heard is that as a leader you don’t finish working, you just decide to stop.
There are always things that could be done, but you have to trust that by looking after yourself and keeping yourself in balance you’ll get more done.

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