Greetings everyone-
This week’s story is
inspired by a man named Tom and how his CEO realized grand visions.
The CEO explained, Tom I bet that each morning you feel motivated to clear emails instead of turning-around the factory or planning your future. That's because clearing emails gives you a 'tick', a sense of accomplishment, right away. While turning around the factory will take 5 years to give you just 1 'tick', and you will have nothing show for on a daily basis.
So naturally, we tend to prioritize ready 'ticks' over real 'tasks'.
The CEO explained, Tom I bet that each morning you feel motivated to clear emails instead of turning-around the factory or planning your future. That's because clearing emails gives you a 'tick', a sense of accomplishment, right away. While turning around the factory will take 5 years to give you just 1 'tick', and you will have nothing show for on a daily basis.
So naturally, we tend to prioritize ready 'ticks' over real 'tasks'.
The secret is to break
down big tasks into little ticks. For example, to fix the factory:
[v] Mon, draft a memo on top 3 things that will help the factory
[ ] Tue, type the memo
[ ] Wed, send the memo to Jack for his suggestions.. etc
[v] Mon, draft a memo on top 3 things that will help the factory
[ ] Tue, type the memo
[ ] Wed, send the memo to Jack for his suggestions.. etc
This week, let us too create a tick-list of our real tasks.
Have a great week everyone!
Sincerely,
Your friends at Credo
