Doing the job we get paid for (much of which is maintenance)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nTwo of the above don’t pay us cash dollars, and will cut us a ton of slack if we don\u2019t give them enough attention over long stretches of time. Until suddenly they\u2019re done with slack, and demand outsize attention to get things back on track. One of the above gets way more attention than it deserves, given that it is mostly a support for the other two.<\/p>\n
You need to do the maintenance to be ready for the fun stuff. If we don\u2019t do the boring, basic maintenance of our bodies, nothing much bad happens in the short term. It\u2019s only later that we lose the mountain walks, the surfing, or the dancing.<\/p>\n
Similarly, we lose the joy of achievement in our work, because we get so busy dealing with emergencies that were created by not handling our communications in a timely manner.<\/p>\n
If every time we want to eat something we have to clean the pots, plates and cutlery we need to enjoy the meal\u2026, well, we\u2019ll not enjoy the meal nearly as much. The same holds in other areas. It\u2019s why we suggest a systematic approach to handling your workflow, so you can be clear on whether the maintenance aspects of your workflow are getting handled consistently \u2013 or not.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s that, or live with the workflow equivalent of having Norman Bates doing your wardrobe planning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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