Work smarter

I’ve been using, “Work smarter, not harder” at work as my mantra, and a few others have taken up the chant. In a meeting a few days ago, someone said that we had to learn to work smarter, and then she looked at me and smiled! That was so cool. I can be a solo smarter worker in some ways, but the real smarter work is when our team figures it out and does it together. At least one other person is saying it out loud in public now, so maybe it will catch on in practice. It is very encouraging.

http://www.creatingsuperheroes.com/
(listen the song)
... work a lot smarter …
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The Goals Grid
http://blog.smartdraw.com/archive/2009/04/27/four-tips-for-beefing-up-your-problem-solving-tool-box-part-two.aspx
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Customer Service Having Fun With Leadership
http://www.url.biz/Articles/Article-1363.html
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8- Increase tolerance for opinions that drive you wacky.
http://www.itstime.com/sep2001.htm

in order to catch up on tasks after having been away.

Ha! So this will be smarter – particularly because they’re both high workload and high profile. My work partner and I will work and get stuff done simultaneously for both committees. Now that is working smarter! Phew!

I’ve been trying to work ahead of time for some things, and it is really helping. I HATE putting out fires and being last minute because it’s so stressful. My boss is so last minute. I used to remind her of things, but I’m not going to do that anymore. She needs to step up and take responsibility, which she abhors. She loves to blame others. She tried with me, and I called her on it so she doesn’t anymore. That tells me she’s a bully about blaming. Anyway, I’m doing my best to work it forward.

a grid with the units needing to be written, no of sections, words etc.

This is to rouse my competitive spirit and show myself progress.

I would like to add 4000 words this afternoon. A tall order?

I’ll try.

My boss says, we have to work harder! I think she does, but I’m already working hard and prefer the need to work smarter. One tactic I’ve learned to use is to say no. If I am stretched too thin, nothing will be done well, and I’ll be a mess.

is working with me today doing invoices … saving time.

Quite a bit of pressure off me.

a young student to do some data capturing and transcribing for me. Hope he works out well.

the exam techniques to today’s tasks.

1. Do onlywhat is strictly necessary.

2. Adhere to the deadline.

3. GET IT DONE BECASUE IT HAS TO BE DONE.