{"id":5242,"date":"2016-04-18T20:05:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T01:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=5242"},"modified":"2016-04-18T20:05:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T01:05:34","slug":"5-reasons-effective-leaders-never-say-im-so-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/18\/5-reasons-effective-leaders-never-say-im-so-busy\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Effective Leaders Never Say, \u201cI\u2019m So Busy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week I casually asked a leader how he was doing. His response? He smiled and said, “My plate is full.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love that answer. In an age when our culture has attached a strange nobility to the notion of being “busy”, here was a leader who instead simply acknowledged that he was carrying a full load.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In other words, he had learned to avoid the “I’m so busy” trap.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll never hear an effective leader get caught in the \u201cI\u2019m so busy trap\u201d because they know it can actually communicate something quite different\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"monkey<\/a><\/p>\n

“I’m so disorganized…”<\/h2>\n

Some people attach a misplaced sense of nobility to the notion of being busy.<\/p>\n

But in a lot of cases that frantic pace is just a reflection of poor organization skills and lack of focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have clear goals…\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Without clear goals, a precise strategy and iron-clad priorities it\u2019s easy to just run around from one disjointed activity to the next.<\/p>\n

It might look like hard work, but in many cases it\u2019s just squandered energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t build teams\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Show me someone who keeps telling everyone they\u2019re busy, and I\u2019ll show you someone who might not have team-building skills.<\/p>\n

Because leaders who know how to build, empower and motivate teams also know how to spread the work around.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve mismanaged this project\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Nothing will bring out the \u201cI\u2019m so busy\u201d chants quite as fast as a project that has been allowed to run amok.<\/p>\n

Rather than fessing up, some people will simply grab onto the \u201cI\u2019m so busy\u201d lifeline.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just trying to impress people\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s face it.<\/p>\n

Our culture has hoisted the notion of \u201cbusy\u201d onto such a pedestal that many people have simply learned to mimic the \u201cI\u2019m so busy\u201d mantra merely as a status symbol.<\/p>\n

So keep your goals clear, your projects in-line and your teams on task.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll not only be more productive, but you\u2019ll also avoid the \u201cI\u2019m so busy\u201d trap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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