Does your day have great work?

great work

What’s taking up most of your day? And what is it doing to your energy?

 

Not all work is created equal.

 

I classify work as Great, Good and Bad

  • Great work is the one I am excited to get to it, I enjoy doing it and I am super energized at the end of it. (coaching sessions, giving a talk, etc)
  • Good work doesn’t necessarily cause excitement but I don’t mind doing it either. My energy doesn’t shift for the better or worse after it. (Documentation, reports, etc
  • Bad work is the one I dread. It sucks my soul and I feel drained after doing it. (taxes, accounts,etc)

The more great work I do the more I enjoy my work and the better outcomes I create.

Now here’s the catch – I can’t always avoid the bad work.

So here is a simple strategy I follow to find balance in my work

  1. Ensure the amount of great work in the week/day is sufficient to keep my creativity high and balance out the bad work
  2. Let go off and delegate as much bad and good work as you can
  3. Some good work(which is mostly routine for me) is ok….because it allows me to take a break from creativity.

Credit to Michael Bungay Stanier for teaching me this classification

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