Systemize, Organize and Prioritize!
Good ideas about management and productivity often come from unexpected places. One of the most practical lessons I ever learned about getting work done didn’t come from a boardroom or a business school. It came from a manager at a 24/7 truck stop where I worked in the 1990s. Truck stops are controlled chaos. The doors never close, the customers never stop coming, and corporate headquarters is always sending new directives. In that environment, priorities change constantly and problems appear without warning. One evening, while things were particularly hectic, my manager shared a simple framework that has stuck with me…