It’s November and is crazy busy again. Are you on track to achieve your goals? Do you spend most of your time doing what’s most important to you?
Doing something unimportant well does not make it important. Requiring a lot of time does not make it important either.
Author Annie Dillard wrote that how we spend our days is how we spend our lives.
It’s an easy trap to measure those days as chunks of time. I’ve got an hour to myself before this meeting.
The problem with this way of thinking is that tasks expand to fill the time available for them. If we allow an hour, then that’s how long a job will take. We measure time spent on activities (too much) rather than actual progress (not enough). We have the illusion of productivity but are just crazy busy instead.
Instead, measure your days in output: actual work. What do I absolutely need to get through today, no excuses? It’s an easy shift in thinking that leads to boundaries and results.
You know how focused you are the day before you go on holiday? That’s what I’m talking about. You rip through your tasks so you can switch off. If only every day was like that.
Stop Circling, Start Deciding
AI has speeded everything up, except our ability to think clearly and make decisions. More data and input has led to greater difficulty in making confident choices.
In response to the demand for an objective sounding board to provide clarity, I’ve got a new coaching offer specifically for high stakes decision making here. We’ll weigh up the risks, balance gut feeling and data, make the decision, then I’ll support you in communicating and executing it.
Crazy Busy on Tour
Is your organisation bogged down with too many competing priorities, meetings, touch points and no time to think? Are there too many cooks in the kitchen, slowing down decison making? Could accountability and communication be sharpened up?
Please get in touch with me or bob@thecloser.consulting to book a Crazy Busy keynote or masterclass to help you fix it.
I’m heading to Toronto and Montreal in May 2026, helping Canadians to be less crazy busy in this noisy AI world. Please share this with your Canadian colleagues. And of do course, do get in touch, wherever you are.
Warmest wishes
Zena