The silent architect
How would you go about optimizing your day to day actions?
The Pareto Principle (also known as the 80/20 Rule) states that 20% of our effort is responsible for 80% of results.
In other words, most results are determined by a small number of actions. Consider how you can apply the Pareto Principle to your day. What is the least amount of effort you can use to get the biggest result?
Well today i have learned, that i generally overthink situations. I invent imaginary worries and based on those i stress myself unneededly.
I have a bad habit of procrastinating. In most cases it starts on purpose as i never wanna rush things, however the then creeping feeling starts building up inside. “Whar are they thinking of me”, “should i rather” or “rather not”. And as the days go by i get more passive and frustrated.
Stop already. Break the habit. Lean into the fact, that there is nothing to worry about.
It will take alot of intentional lifted fingers to the mirror to break this habit, but i have to try and break it down. I need to be better at challengimg my weak spots.
Call a friend why don’t you!
These days we are overflod with information all the time. Social media, news agencies, work etc. and it is difficult to always be cool about ones priorities.
It is easy to fall into the pit of switching focus whenever something new pops up, and that can cause alot if stress and lack of focus.
Scientists have proven, that human beings are not good at multitasking. That is a fact. That being said, there are lots of arguments for and against doing multiple tasks at the same time, and the discussion about whether this is gender specific and so on. We can however conclude that our brain will perform more optimally when only having to focus on one task at the time. Giving that task full attention will improve the quality and most likely also the speed of completion.
So where does Social media, family life, work etc. come into play here?
Well..
I work in a Software Company as a Software Architect. We deliver quality software to our clients who deliver quality services to their customers. Part of my job is to find a balance between keeping everybody satisfied at any given time.
Clients
Managers
Developers
My biggest fear, i must admit, throughout the last many years has been “Am I doing good enough”. This is not an unreasonable question to ask yourself. The difficult part has been finding the right way to measure the response to that question.
The very first thing to learn here, and this goes for anybody. There is no I in Team. You cannot measure how you are doing without measuring how your Team is doing first.
By taking some steps back, you can learn to forecast the weather situation, to use some kind of metaphor.
When working in a Team in an organisation you have several parties which rely on you. You do not have full control over the situation all the time, but what you can look for are signs like:
At the end of the day it is a matter of finding the right balance.
Have you ever been in a situation where just had the perfect idea for an article, song lyrics ever or just an ideal punchline for the next team meeting, and that would of course be while you were on your bike on the way home from work or in the middle of a store, shopping for groceries?
Well i cannot tell you how many times i have tried that, pushing the thought to later, and then the idea is either forgotten or maybe has lost its glance.
What i have learned by experience is the importance of being able to seize the moment.
Seize the moment!
It might be inconvenient at some times, but by taking those few seconds or minutes to stop by the side of the road or in the grocery store to jot down your thoughts or record it as a memo for later, you will get that edge and be able to park those important moments until you have time to process them properly.
Draft it or it might be forgotten forever. It is a simple as that!
There are plenty of tools out there to help you, and your cell phone is probably filled with useful tools already.
The important part is to get started, and make it an habit. From there on it gets easy.
Ever had the feeling that you are missing out on your children and your spouse? You ought to hit the gym more often but then never actually do anything about it?
I have had that feeling and it bothered me big time. The scary part was, that i procrastinated over it for a longer period, until one day i woke up and thought. No more! There must be a way to pull myself together and improve.
Now I am all about easy, unfortunately. Having worked in software engineering and customer support for many years now, i am known to prefer automated processes as they are much more reliant and cheaper to maintain.
My mission is to help you become better at getting better.