With apologies to The Go-Go’s…

Time management “experts” opine that most people get more done on the day before they leave for vacation than any other day…

(This actually says a lot more about the terribly low output most people get on the average day, by the way…)

Why would this be true?

I think there are several reasons:

We are focused on creating a list of things that must get done before we can leave.  The things that can’t slip to tomorrow because we won’t be here tomorrow.

We are focused on crossing things off our list that either don’t have to get done at all, or that can wait until our return

We are usually focused on getting into vacation mode asap, and possibly even to getting an early start, so we are focused on getting things done as quickly as possible.

We are focused on talking with people that we are in the middle of things with to let them know what we expect done in our absence, and focused on anything that needs to be done right now to move the project forward before we leave.

Are you noticing any pattern?  Is there a word that keeps coming up?

Yes… Focus.  And now that I’ve written my blog post for the day, I’m free to FOCUS on the other things on my list.

Why shouldn’t we live every day like this?   (I have gotten better at it, but still a long way to go…)

Next week, I’ve got some cool things planned, and I’ll be writing about them.  One of the topics is going to be “Working Vacations”… as a small business owner, I don’t know any other kind…

Seize your To-Do List (and focus on what needs to get done TODAY),

Rob

PS: I’m bringing five copies of the CorporateVeil Pro program with me to mail from the road when the orders come in… And I’ll be meeting with DIY Lawyer and Kevin Hogan and hopefully Sunny Carlson next week, as well as a bunch of old friends and family…