Thinking Out Loud

You Can’t Manage Time. But Here are Some Things You Can Do.

How long ago was it that you determined that there is more to do then time to do it? More demands, more stress, and less accomplishments. Multi-tasking? You know it doesn’t work, yet you continue to try to do three things at once—none of them very well. You want to better manage your time, but you can’t manage time. However, there is something you can manage: your priorities. Every moment of every day is an opportunity to make a choice. You’re reading this as a choice (whether that’s a good one depends on… well, that’s what this article is about, I guess?)

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The Advice Trap by Michael Bungay Stanier

This handy and easy read is a terrific companion to Stanier’s earlier work, The Coaching Habit. This concise read provides candid advice (I know the irony) on being less advisory and more curious.

Thought Starter: Stanier highlights our tendency as leaders to want to “tell it,” “save it,” or “control it.” Where can you be less about seizing control and more about creating trust?