Post by account_disabled on Jan 9, 2024 5:25:26 GMT
Perfectionism is in many ways a virtue, but in a more extreme sense it is an absolutely corrosive quality that traps those who treasure it in a kind of prison and prevents them from moving forward with their projects ( both on a personal and work level ). Not all perfectionists are, in any case, exactly the same. There are, on the one hand, the fighting perfectionists, those who have no problem when it comes to getting down to business and sinking their teeth into the projects they have on the table, but they confront themselves with absolutely impossible standards (for example, unattainable). And on the other hand, there are idealistic perfectionists, who are so slaves to their own ideals that they are incapable of even starting the projects at hand and delay sine die imagining a perfect future that never comes to fruition. Taken to the extreme, perfectionism can become a major obstacle for those who display this type of behavior (which sometimes, just sometimes, is also a virtue). Many perfectionists are, after all, completely incapable of prioritizing the tasks in front of them.
In an article for Fast Company, Tanya Dalton dissects 3 keys to disintegrate (with the invaluable help of task prioritization) perfectionism in its most corrosive aspect and thus give way to the desired Email Data productivity : 1. Climb: what is important and urgent Important and simultaneously urgent tasks carry long-term objectives on their shoulders and are also accompanied by extraordinarily pressing deadlines. Due to their relevance and urgency, these tasks should be placed at the top of our to-do list (although they should not take up all of our time). 2. Cultivate: what is important but not urgent Tasks that are relevant but not urgent are in very close contact with our objectives because they focus on the future (medium or long term), but fortunately they are not at the mercy of unavoidable "deadlines". As we are not subject to excessively peremptory deadlines, it is easy for these types of tasks to fall off our radar, but they are equally important as the urgent ones because they are the tasks that ultimately allow us to innovate and explore creative solutions.
It is to important but not urgent tasks that we ultimately owe our professional and personal growth. 3. Accommodate: the unimportant but urgent Tasks that are not very relevant but require speed on the part of those who are going to undertake them will not help us achieve the long-term objectives we have set for ourselves. However, being particularly "shrill" we tend to give priority to these types of tasks with the ultimate goal of silencing them. It is vital, however, to dedicate as little time as possible to this type of work and concentrate on important tasks (both those that are urgent and those that are not). By prioritizing tasks we stop needlessly wasting time and energy deciding what tasks we are going to undertake next. And when we focus on very specific priorities, we leave behind the paralysis that often comes with perfectionism to embrace productivity.
In an article for Fast Company, Tanya Dalton dissects 3 keys to disintegrate (with the invaluable help of task prioritization) perfectionism in its most corrosive aspect and thus give way to the desired Email Data productivity : 1. Climb: what is important and urgent Important and simultaneously urgent tasks carry long-term objectives on their shoulders and are also accompanied by extraordinarily pressing deadlines. Due to their relevance and urgency, these tasks should be placed at the top of our to-do list (although they should not take up all of our time). 2. Cultivate: what is important but not urgent Tasks that are relevant but not urgent are in very close contact with our objectives because they focus on the future (medium or long term), but fortunately they are not at the mercy of unavoidable "deadlines". As we are not subject to excessively peremptory deadlines, it is easy for these types of tasks to fall off our radar, but they are equally important as the urgent ones because they are the tasks that ultimately allow us to innovate and explore creative solutions.
It is to important but not urgent tasks that we ultimately owe our professional and personal growth. 3. Accommodate: the unimportant but urgent Tasks that are not very relevant but require speed on the part of those who are going to undertake them will not help us achieve the long-term objectives we have set for ourselves. However, being particularly "shrill" we tend to give priority to these types of tasks with the ultimate goal of silencing them. It is vital, however, to dedicate as little time as possible to this type of work and concentrate on important tasks (both those that are urgent and those that are not). By prioritizing tasks we stop needlessly wasting time and energy deciding what tasks we are going to undertake next. And when we focus on very specific priorities, we leave behind the paralysis that often comes with perfectionism to embrace productivity.