An
unfortunate reality of surviving in organizations is that some of the work is simply
not very much fun (some of it rather unpleasant, in fact).
One strategy that serves to mediate these
unpleasant but important tasks is to bookend them with tasks that are just the
opposite – things that energize and enthuse us.
In Be Excellent at Anything
(2010, Schwartz, Gomes, & McCarthy) we are encouraged to use another strategy to enhance our performance: engage in frequent “resets”
during the course of a workday (and life), whether it be in work tasks,
exercise, emotional rebalancing, or personal growth.
The combination of these
two survival skills - bookending not-so-pleasant tasks with more energizing ones, and
engaging in frequent “resets” - can have a powerful and positive impact on our
performance, our psyche, and our effectiveness.
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