A word to think about and a book worth reading, from my 2016 advent videos. First published December 2016.
Importance
"It's all too easy to fall hostage to the urgent over the important" (Herminia Ibarra, Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader)
If you've asked yourself whether it really matters, the next thing is to prioritise what is important.
So many people realise what's important in their life, but that's not what they focus on. Why? Because urgent stuff gets in the way. So many people live their life doing what's urgent, but not what's important. Doing the things with a deadline, the things where they need to catch up, the things that aren't necessarily important to them but might be for somebody else.
Now, I'm not saying don't do things for other people. In fact, I think it's really important to do things that benefit other people. I think it's a key thing to do in life. But you also have to do the things that really matter to you.
And don't get caught up chasing around the next urgent thing, the next thing that feels like it must be done today. Because that, my friends, is how we fail to do the stuff that really matters.
The book: Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Herminia Ibarra.
