{"id":6441,"date":"2019-04-29T21:26:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T02:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottcochrane.com\/?p=6441"},"modified":"2019-04-29T21:26:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T02:26:07","slug":"5-surprising-ways-that-im-so-busy-is-a-credibility-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/29\/5-surprising-ways-that-im-so-busy-is-a-credibility-killer\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Surprising Ways That “I’m So Busy” Is A Credibility Killer"},"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

One of the most effective leaders I’ve ever known was highly productive, and yet operated at a pace that was somehow both urgent and yet unhurried. I learned a great deal from this leader, including how to build your leadership credibility by projecting a sense of purposeful calmness.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This leader had learned that the \u201cI\u2019m so busy\u201d strikes a blow to a leader\u2019s credibility. While\u00a0“I’m so busy” is usually\u00a0intended to project importance, in reality the credibility of a leader who over-uses the \u201cI\u2019m so busy\u201d line will always take a hit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When someone asks how you are doing, answering with \u201cI\u2019m so busy\u201d can actually communicate something quite different than is usually intended. You could inadvertently be\u00a0conveying that…<\/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\u2019ll 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. One of the most effective leaders I’ve ever known was highly productive, and yet operated at a pace that was somehow both urgent and yet unhurried. I learned a…<\/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":[1017,769,738,478,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communication","category-culture-2","category-effectiveness-2","category-featured","category-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6441","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=6441"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6445,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6441\/revisions\/6445"}],"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=6441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottcochrane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}