Executive Presence Includes Being in Control
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Here’s interesting information to consider on those days when you feel like you haven’t been as productive as you had hoped.



Taken from Mark Batterson’s book, Draw the Circle.



“It may feel like you are sitting still right now, but you are not. You are on a planet that is rotating on its axis at 1,000 miles per hour. Like clockwork, it makes one full revolution every twenty-four hours. And if that isn’t amazing enough, planet Earth is moving around the sun at speeds approaching 67,000 miles per hour! So the next time you feel like you’ve had an unproductive day, remind yourself that you did travel more than 1.5 million miles through space today.”



Some of my work days get so interrupted with unexpected events, drop bys, or meetings that it drives me crazy. My to-do list is shot and frustration sets in around 3PM as I stare at those tasks I needed to complete that haven’t even begun. Sound familiar?



In reflecting on how I could be more productive and less stressed, I began to identify no more than THREE to-do items per day. That seems to work and certainly keeps me focused, focused, focused on the absolute MOST important tasks to accomplish.



To have executive presence includes being in control over things that come your way….(as they will)….and not showing stress. Let’s limit the number of priority items to three so we’re not dealing with an undoable list. Then we can better manage our day. Some days all three can be accomplished. Other days you’ll have to be satisfied with one or two. Business happens but let’s stick with the 3′s.



That’s my point of view and I’m sticking to it.