We're living in a world that's whirled and rushed; but some time or another, we have to give ourselves the chance to stop, sit and think. After completing our second product test on Monday this is exactly what we did. Tuesday afternoon was reflection time and Thursday brought around team discussions to form our short and long-term strategies.
The past couple of weeks had been the busiest; looking for suppliers, trying out new recipes and refining the old, ordering and cutting the fruit and setting up for our first whole-day sale. We were so focused on doing things for that Monday, that we weren't really sure what we were supposed to be doing after our second product test. I mean, we had tasks assigned in Asana, but were they top priority? Were they the smartest way to be spending our time at the moment? Were there other things we could be doing? What was our short-term strategy? What about our long-term strategy? These were all things we had to figure out before we could keep going, especially if we wanted to become more efficient and time-savvy. As a team, we sat down, strategized and prioritized our tasks. Although this constituted as sitting in a circle and discussing and not getting any physical products completed or checking off any tasks in Asana, we definitely got organized; we finished Thursday with a much clearer idea of where we want to go and what we should be doing now which, to me, is more important than getting things done at this point. Sometimes we are so caught up in what we're doing that we don't realize that we could be doing some things a lot more effectively and efficiently. After spending around 3 hours talking as a team and figuring out what we need to do, I personally feel that we are better prepared to attack and get things done now. We have important tasks that need to get completed and not so important tasks that can wait for a little bit and we also what strategies we want to apply in the short and long term. As I said before, we're living in a world that is very rushed and seldom do we just stop and think, but, little do we know that sometimes that stopping for a moment is the only thing that could make our lives easier.
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Corey Topf
9/30/2014 12:19:39 am
Some very wise words here! https://diigo.com/024fc0
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