Being strategic means doing more work!😜 It can feel good to be busy and that’s sometimes difficult to let go of, honestly. It’s important to remember that taking a step back and evaluating what the situation is before taking action may actually be more effective. This is a lesson I struggle with, particularly when I’m learning something new. It’s like I forget that it’s possible to apply skills that I’ve learned in other processes to this new thing I want to understand. The hard way doesn’t have to be the path we choose! Thank you for saying so.
You are so right that it often yields more work to be strategic, but usually it’s more fun work. Like collaborating with other people instead of doing everything yourself, or laying the groundwork to automate a process and then sitting back to enjoy the fruits of your labor (or moving on to the next challenge).
As you suggest, taking a step back to plan or get our bearings may be more effective, and it still counts as part of the work! That feels uncomfortable and counterintuitive for a lot of us, which is why I never shut up about it. 😅
We don’t get more points when we cut vegetables with a dull knife.”
Making sense of the math metaphor was too much work! So I was strategic by skimming past it and being curious about the test if your keen thoughts. 🙂
LOL! I am guessing you’re not the only one, then. 🙊 I love math, can’t help it.
Thank you for being willing to work around it! Very strategic indeed. 😅
Being strategic means doing more work!😜 It can feel good to be busy and that’s sometimes difficult to let go of, honestly. It’s important to remember that taking a step back and evaluating what the situation is before taking action may actually be more effective. This is a lesson I struggle with, particularly when I’m learning something new. It’s like I forget that it’s possible to apply skills that I’ve learned in other processes to this new thing I want to understand. The hard way doesn’t have to be the path we choose! Thank you for saying so.
You are so right that it often yields more work to be strategic, but usually it’s more fun work. Like collaborating with other people instead of doing everything yourself, or laying the groundwork to automate a process and then sitting back to enjoy the fruits of your labor (or moving on to the next challenge).
As you suggest, taking a step back to plan or get our bearings may be more effective, and it still counts as part of the work! That feels uncomfortable and counterintuitive for a lot of us, which is why I never shut up about it. 😅
Always great to hear from you, Cat! 💛