Well, its now officially fall for me…Cormac went back to school today and he didn’t even seem disappointed that Daddy Day Care was coming to an end.
What does that mean for you or me?
Well, if you are like a lot of people during the summer…things slow down. In most cases, a lot. People get into taking off early on Friday, hitting up a long lunch, and generally just reenergize.
Which is great. Because you can’t go all out all of the time.
The big job becomes how do you move back into a dedicated work mindset once the fall rolls around?
I think as a manager or employee, you really have to take a few moments to settle in and set yourself some goals, both short term and long term.
Short term you need to think about how you are going to reinvigorate some of the projects that took a back seat during the summer. Or that got pushed off until after the summer.
Longer term, you need to look at the things that need to be finished up before the end of the year and things that need to get rolling before the end of the year so that the new year starts off successfully.
Sure, it is simple, but how many times have you said to yourself…“I wish that I had taken a few minutes to do a little extra planning?”