Plan for the Last Thirty
I saw an interview the other day with two people who had played the “30 Days to Live” game. They asked themselves what they would do with only thirty healthy days to go and then did so. When I thought about it my first instincts were to re-do a couple of travel things I had already done. One friend said they’d write a lot of letters so they could annoy people from the grave. What would you do? It’s a fun fantasy exercise.
It’s also something you can bring to meetings in a couple of ways. Firstly as part of your planning have a list of what you’d want to get tabled or done if they were not addressed before the meeting was starting to wind down. This is taking the time to identify what’s very important to you, like a bucket list, and preparing to go for it. You could also do this for networking or social occasions. Or also as you plan your week or your day.
Secondly in the heat of the battle it is worthwhile to use a little brainpower to to analyze if you’ve gotten what you wanted. So as a meeting is passing it’s halfway point it is wise to steal a few minutes to consider what one or two goals you have yet to reach or at a networking event who you still might want to cultivate.
Planning is one of those important/not urgent activities. Using it to go after all that you want can have big payoffs.
