"I’m sure that at some time or other you’ve gotten to a place in
a project, or in your life, where you just had to sit down and make a
list. If so, you have a reference point for what I’m talking about.
Most people, however, do that kind of list-making drill only when
the confusion gets too unbearable and they just have to do some-
thing about it. They usually make a list only about the specific
area that’s bugging them. But if you made that kind of review a
characteristic of your ongoing life- and work style, and you main-
tained it across all areas of your life (not just the most “urgent”),
you’d be practicing the kind of “black belt” management style I’m
describing."
a project, or in your life, where you just had to sit down and make a
list. If so, you have a reference point for what I’m talking about.
Most people, however, do that kind of list-making drill only when
the confusion gets too unbearable and they just have to do some-
thing about it. They usually make a list only about the specific
area that’s bugging them. But if you made that kind of review a
characteristic of your ongoing life- and work style, and you main-
tained it across all areas of your life (not just the most “urgent”),
you’d be practicing the kind of “black belt” management style I’m
describing."
