Keep Your Head Up During Crunch Time 2
I’ve heard that a flock of geese always has one member with its head up, “standing guard”, while the others eat.
It’s “crunch time” at your organization. You’re a few days (read: two weeks) away from launching a new web app. Who’s got their head up?
Who’s prepping contacts to sign up on launch? Who sees that there’s a new beta opportunity? When your competitors blog that they’re launching early, or release that new killer new simplification, who alerts the group?
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Good perspective! I don’t know why, but that always seams super obvious to me. That’s probably because I’m often the one who likes having my head up, rather than head’s down into whatever is going on. I never really like the feeling of ignoring everything around. However, it’s SOOO necessary to get things done.
Deciding on priorities and buckling down to accomplish tasks is important.
Keeping your (or someone’s) head up while buckling down is also important.
An appropriate balance is key.
~Toby Getsch http://www.tweblog.com
Toby, I agree on balance, but for me, it’s much easier said than done. I’m wired for binary productivity – off or on. I’m still learning how to keep balanced. You should see how my RSS reader fills up!