Focus on your core work
So many things can distract us from what the core of our work is all about. Email is often a distraction, but there are so many more – Facebook and Twitter, consuming news whether on the internet or TV, politics inside your industry or company, promotion and self-promotion, and the list goes on.
Too often, the other “stuff” drowns out the real work that has purpose and meaning. It’s the real work that we get paid for, that inspires us, that inspires others.
Artist Hugh MacLeod recently posted this on Twitter which caught my eye:
His drawing table is his core – it’s what pays off for him. Every else is just other stuff.
What’s your core? What do you do that really, truly delivers value? What really gets you excited about the work?
And just as importantly, what’s keeping you from doing that work?
Hi Jamie,
Nice post and great reminder. Strategy deployment applies a similar notion – DESELECT and focus on a handful of breakthrough objectives. We have scarce resources and without focus we squander those resources.
Hi Jamie,
Nice post and great reminder. Strategy deployment applies a similar notion – DESELECT and focus on a handful of breakthrough objectives. We have scarce resources and without focus we squander those resources.
Hi Jamie,
Nice post and great reminder. Strategy deployment applies a similar notion – DESELECT and focus on a handful of breakthrough objectives. We have scarce resources and without focus we squander those resources.
Jamie,
Great post as usual. I’ve taken this philosophy with myself and have backed off twitter and blog posts as much but have ramped up 1×1 discussions with decision makers and presentation in-front of groups. The whole change came about when I thought about how I could deliver higher value to the clients I serve. For them the best way was not through social media but through education and interaction.
Ankit
Jamie,
Great post as usual. I’ve taken this philosophy with myself and have backed off twitter and blog posts as much but have ramped up 1×1 discussions with decision makers and presentation in-front of groups. The whole change came about when I thought about how I could deliver higher value to the clients I serve. For them the best way was not through social media but through education and interaction.
Ankit
Jamie,
Great post as usual. I’ve taken this philosophy with myself and have backed off twitter and blog posts as much but have ramped up 1×1 discussions with decision makers and presentation in-front of groups. The whole change came about when I thought about how I could deliver higher value to the clients I serve. For them the best way was not through social media but through education and interaction.
Ankit
That’s exactly the kind of focus I’m talking about Ankit. Great decision.
That’s exactly the kind of focus I’m talking about Ankit. Great decision.
That’s exactly the kind of focus I’m talking about Ankit. Great decision.