What's the rush?

byJoes946

8.6K followers

3 years ago

Where's the fire?

• What HAS to be done now?
• Prioritize everything... gotta do, may do, not gonna do.
• Yellow pad works fine.
• Do you have a todo list? Work it... don't let it work you!
• Will you be missed at the meeting?
• I'm just as guilty, but that's changing!
• At 82, almost 83, I'm deciding what's important and what's not.
• Tired of everyone else telling me what is important.
  

  

Pilots have "time slots" that we have to work with.

Once while waiting for a passenger, who was late, I was growing impatient as we had to find our slot! She told me when she boarded: "What constitutes a crisis for you is not that important to me."

If I had left her butt on the ramp, it may have changed the priorities for her!

But, there's a lesson here... all of us have our priorities, but they may not be for everyone else.

Is there anyone else like me who hates meetings? I have always said that a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee!

According to Pocket, Tim Cook and Jeff Bozos, two of the most successful men in the world, use a theory called the "Awkward silence," which is a pause after a question to think about the answer.

Maybe it's time for us to practice that art... it has to be learned!.

I always remember my precious school teacher mother who told me many times: "If you can't improve on the silence, keep your mouth shut."

Think about that for a minute.

Joe