How much time are you wasting because you can’t say “no?”
Chances are, unless you’ve got a hierarchy of pre-vetted business priorities, that number is higher than you think. If you don’t know for certain you’re working on the highest-priority item you possibly can be, you’re not going to tell your team you’ll get back to them later.
That can whittle away a surprising amount of time. As a leader, you need to know you’re moving the business forward, and doing that without writing anything down is impossible.
Creating a system to ensure you’re doing what you need to do when you need to do it is possible. Just watch today’s episode.
Make a list for yourself. Scratch that, make three. You’ll more than make back the time by using the system of Now, Tempo, and Quota. I guarantee it.