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Battling Urgent

Posted onJune 19, 2018AuthorBob Williams

Picking my battles Every day I am tempted to work more on what’s urgent than what’s important. Somedays I do better at working on important tasks, but it’s a constant wrestling match. Important tasks help to achieve my overall goals. Urgent tasks usually involve fixing something that is broken for Read More …

Urgency is a two-face

Posted onMay 21, 2011June 4, 2011AuthorBob Williams

What’s the goal of your organization? Do this. Ask executives in your business what the goal of the business is. Is it to make market leading products and services? Is it to make and serve customers? Or is it really to make money? Eliyahu M. Goldratt writes in his book Read More …