Separate The Decision From the Doing (WT731)
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This week’s thought comes from Cham Tang, Co-Founder of Authentic Education.
Cham is a marketing and productivity expert.
He was conducting a group coaching session when someone asked about organising their time.
Cham’s answer sparked something within me.
He said, “Separate the decision from the doing”.
At first, I didn’t understand it and neither did the questioner.
“Separate the decision from the doing.”
Lots of people waste time when they sit down to work because they spend time deciding what to work on.
Decide before you sit down to work, so that when you sit down to work, you can get stuck into the task.
I’d not heard this before and yet it made so much sense to me.
When I thought about the days when I’m my most productive, they are the days when I know exactly what I have to do at the time.
Since I learned this, I’ve been practising.
I write a list of what I need to do and then I schedule the work.
It has made an immense difference to me.
I no longer sit down, clean my desk, make a list and end up not having enough time to do the task.
Because I now know what I am meant to be working on, I can focus. I am no longer allowing myself to get distracted.
Your task this week, if you’re up for it, is to schedule half an hour to sit down and go through your tasks and work out when you will complete then.
Your second task is to sit down and complete them at the assigned time.
Let me know how you go.
“Separate the decision from the doing.”
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