{"id":6109,"date":"2018-05-10T18:43:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T23:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=6109"},"modified":"2018-05-10T18:43:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T23:43:10","slug":"save-your-credibility-avoid-the-im-so-busy-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/10\/save-your-credibility-avoid-the-im-so-busy-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"Save Your Credibility- Avoid the “I’m So Busy” Trap"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a world that has attached a strange nobility to the notion of being busy, effective leaders stand out by avoiding the \u201cI\u2019m so busy\u201d trap.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Not long ago I casually asked a leader how he was doing. His response? He smiled and said, \u201cMy plate is full.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

In other words, he had learned to avoid the \u201cI\u2019m so busy\u201d trap.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I’m so busy” strikes a blow to a leader’s credibility. While it’s intended to project importance, in reality the credibility of a leader who over-uses the “I’m So Busy” line will always take a hit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In truth, “I’m so busy” can actually communicate something quite different than is\u00a0 usually intended\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so disorganized\u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/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\u2026\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,\u00a0but you’ll save your credibility along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a world that has attached a strange nobility to the notion of being busy, effective leaders stand out by avoiding the \u201cI\u2019m so busy\u201d trap. Not long ago I casually asked a leader how he was doing. His response? He smiled and said, \u201cMy plate is full.\u201d In other words, he had learned to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1017,5,738,478,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communication","category-discipline2","category-effectiveness-2","category-featured","category-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6109"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6113,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6109\/revisions\/6113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}