ORGANIZE YOUR TIMEBe sure to factor extra time in the day to com-
plete daily activities, such as responding to
e-mails and returning phone calls.
Always allow more time to complete each task
than you’ve estimated. If you think a project
will take an hour, give yourself an hour and 15
minutes or even an hour and a half. Remember
that it doesn’t take a crisis to gobble up time
unexpectedly. Activities you forget to include in
DON’T WAIT FOR THE BIG IDEA
Author Jim Collins points out that
great companies like Walt Disney and
Hewlett Packard didn’t start out with
a single great idea. Their creators
worked on one idea after another until
several took hold. Then they poured
out an endless stream of new ideas. If
they had spent their time waiting for
the one perfect idea instead of acting
on their many reasonable ideas, these
legendary companies would have never
succeeded as they did.
Stop waiting for a big idea to launch
you. Kick into action and trust that
the organized time you’re spending on
routine ideas will set the stage for big
ones.
SOURCE:Built to Last by Jim Collins and
Jerry Porras (HarperBusiness, 2004).THE BOTTOM LINE