Comment My morning routine... (Score 1) 584
First thing I do when I get in is:
Plot out my day, typically I have between 8 to 12 hours of planned meetings every day. I decide which ones I will attend, which I will have someone in my org attend and which ones will not be attended. They go into my "book."
Then I look in my "book" at what I accomplished yesterday and moved any important unaccomplished tasks from yesterday to today. At the same time I look at my meeting list for today and add any items that need accomplishing (I will get more items as the day wears on, but these are the important things, the long term goals that don't get constant "oh god oh god oh god the world is on fire" focus and you can lose them if you are not diligent.)
Then I start to wander around the floor to find people and ask them how things are going and getting feel for what they are up to, since I get in about a half hour before they do I catch them before they are doing anything important. I also have 2/3rds of my folks spread around the world so I tend to use instant messenger to talk to them as well, our European folks typically have a few more hours to go and our Indian ones will stay up late to catch me at 8 am.
Then I head downstairs for a diet pepsi and then typically take my first call of the day. I spend the rest of the day meeting all the time focused on my goals to make sure I clear off as many as I can in a day.
Plot out my day, typically I have between 8 to 12 hours of planned meetings every day. I decide which ones I will attend, which I will have someone in my org attend and which ones will not be attended. They go into my "book."
Then I look in my "book" at what I accomplished yesterday and moved any important unaccomplished tasks from yesterday to today. At the same time I look at my meeting list for today and add any items that need accomplishing (I will get more items as the day wears on, but these are the important things, the long term goals that don't get constant "oh god oh god oh god the world is on fire" focus and you can lose them if you are not diligent.)
Then I start to wander around the floor to find people and ask them how things are going and getting feel for what they are up to, since I get in about a half hour before they do I catch them before they are doing anything important. I also have 2/3rds of my folks spread around the world so I tend to use instant messenger to talk to them as well, our European folks typically have a few more hours to go and our Indian ones will stay up late to catch me at 8 am.
Then I head downstairs for a diet pepsi and then typically take my first call of the day. I spend the rest of the day meeting all the time focused on my goals to make sure I clear off as many as I can in a day.
