{"id":126060,"date":"2019-08-15T11:22:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T11:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.next-action.co.uk\/?p=126060"},"modified":"2019-08-15T11:25:09","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T11:25:09","slug":"are-you-talking-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.next-action.co.uk\/2019\/08\/15\/are-you-talking-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Talking To Me?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Robert De Niro asks a very important GTD\u00ae question with his famous quote in the movie \u2018Taxi Driver\u2019. \u201cAre you talking to me?\u201d<\/p>\n

You wouldn\u2019t believe how many projects are found on lists that don\u2019t \u2018talk\u2019 to their owners.<\/p>\n

First of all, some project names don\u2019t talk to their owners aesthetically – or in other words they are so very un-sexy that nobody would want to do them in the first place. \u2018Finalise taxes\u2019 is not attractive. Try its sexy little brother \u2018Tax refund received\u2019 and you are more likely to get moving on that desired outcome.<\/p>\n

Some project names also don\u2019t talk to their owners, because they are formulated for someone else!<\/p>\n

I am actually amazed to see how some of my seminar participants live with projects that are not their own, and still get stuff done. I find things like \u2018Bathroom refurbishment\u2019 on their \u2018to-do-list\u2019 – only to discover after some questioning that the actual project for my participant is \u2018Capable plumber contracted\u2019!\u00a0\u00a0She didn\u2019t need to do the plumbing, the tiling or indeed buy any of the equipment. Her project in the whole bathroom ordeal is only to find and contract a plumber. Everything else was being carried out by her husband. \u2018Bathroom refurbished\u2019 didn\u2019t talk to her at all.<\/p>\n

If you worked for Airbus, your project is very likely NOT to get the A380 in the air. Your project might be finished when the coffee machine is installed on board. I can go on and on with examples of where my participants overwhelm themselves with stuff they are not remotely in charge of.<\/p>\n

So my question is: are the projects on your lists talking to you? Or to someone else?<\/p>\n

We always go back to the same very basic questions: What does finished look like FOR YOU\u00a0– or for your corporation, your husband, your mother-in-law? When are YOU done with YOUR part? Only once you have you answered these questions, you will able to formulate a project name that is actually talking to you.<\/p>\n

And once you know what this project looks like when it is finished, you can define your very first next action to move it forward.<\/p>\n

At your next Weekly Review\u00ae, put your proverbial chauffer\u2019s cap on and ask yourself when going through your project list:\u00a0\u00a0are you actually talking to me?<\/p>\n

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