Focus: Work Faster and More Efficiently

Friday, 10. 30. 2009  –  Category: T2 Communications

Focus can be really easy for some, and very difficult for others.  It’s Monday: “Okay, lots to do!  Time to focus.  Where to start?  Umm…”  There are deadlines to meet and efficiency is always important.  Our projects and workload take skill, determination and focus to complete.  Hopefully, skill and determination are already in place, but even when they are it is easy to become distracted and overwhelmed.  Focusing can be the biggest struggle.  E-mails, phone calls, people popping in our office for a quick question, and having a lot to do can bombard us and keep us from getting any real work done.  Anything we can do to help ourselves get started or finished easier, quicker, and more efficiently is great for us and our…

The Paradox of Little Things

Friday, 04. 17. 2009  –  Category: Ranger Wireless Solutions

They say that “the devil is in the details.”  And they are exactly right.  When it comes to business, however, it always seems like it is small tasks that keep us from our high-payoff activities.  So which is it?  Should we be focused on doing the little things to be successful or are we compromising our ability to tackle greater challenges by being distracted by them?  It depends on what you really consider to be little.

Planning is the Key

When it comes to the “small stuff,” it really comes down to understanding the relevance of each activity.  These days, it’s rare to find anyone who has an abundance of time on their hands.  It is crucial that our time (and attention) is focused on those projects…