Underwhelming the overwhelm
Over at HBS Working Knowledge, Stever Robbins has a great column today called Defeating Overwhelm. Lots of good advice there, which I won’t try to summarize here. Instead I’ll just give you this teaser from the column:
If you choose
sanity, step one is changing your thinking. Rather than worshipping
productivity and efficiency, remember that there’s more to life than
living it efficiently. There’s family, quality of life, joy, love,
spirituality, and community, for starters.
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Josh Kaufman's Blog
Jan 25, 2005 at 7:31 pm
HBS: Defeating Overwhelm
In HBS Working Knowledge: Defeating Overwhelm, Stever Robbins gives some tips on how to keep keep your sanity in the midst of the ever-present demand on for our time and effort. One of the major ideas I picked up from…
Troy Worman
Jan 25, 2005 at 8:20 pm
Excellent post. Positive leaders strive for balance in their lives and encourage their constituents to do the same. On this point, obviously not exclusively, managers must lead by example.
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Mar 10, 2005 at 1:06 pm
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