The course is for you if: You and your team are scurrying around the edges of your work, applying time-management theory when you remember to but really just chasing your tails. There’s an ever-growing work pile and a fear that things are falling through the cracks. Little jobs trump the big ones and Friday rolls around along with a disturbing sense that you’re no further ahead on your main project than you were five days ago.
Or worse — you’ve slipped backwards.
Beating overwhelm and sharpening priorities are key to your success — you know this going into every working week. But, once you step onto the merry-go-round of unexpected meetings, urgent tasks and the inevitable hiccups of life outside work, you’re suddenly trapped in an exhausting game of catch-up.
That’s when the pressure builds. It’s when procrastination kicks in, because what was once vaguely manageable has morphed out of proportion and you don’t know how you’re ever going to get through it.
Waiting for that clear stretch of time, or that meeting-free day, or for the office to be quiet, or for after-hours only exacerbates your private fear: You’re never going to catch up, something important won’t get done and people who matter are going to notice.
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