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Great post! I will definitely put...
Great post!
I will definitely put this one into action. I seem to procrastinate on making decisions, even little requests, like “When can we do a call next week?”
A decision seems so final and has a tendency to close out other options.
Email and calendar commitments seem especially conducive to procrastination, at least for me.
Small requests or action items seem to hang around in my inbox — and pile up — because I can’t decide how to act on them or don’t want to commit to it yet.
Here are a few “dashes” you might want to add to your list: - The email dash: Go through and answer/deal with everything. If no response is required, spike it. - Calendar dash: Book the next two weeks, including “down time” and/or “work time.” Then stick to it.