{"id":311,"date":"2017-11-12T21:17:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T21:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/?p=311"},"modified":"2017-11-12T21:18:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T21:18:16","slug":"working-smart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"When the pressure is on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CoM-Speed-Reading.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-238\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CoM-Speed-Reading-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CoM-Speed-Reading-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CoM-Speed-Reading-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I am sure I am not alone in recognising that sinking feeling when the inbox, paper mountain and flashing answer phone together threaten to overwhelm us with the sheer volume of things that we feel we have\u00a0to get done.<\/p>\n<p>There is much that could be written about how\u00a0to\u00a0 prevent this situation happening, but here I want to offer a few thoughts on how to cope when it does; which, despite the best laid plans and most careful strategies, it assuredly will from time to time.\u00a0 This is by no means an exhaustive response (hardly, after all,\u00a0what you need when already feeling overwhelmed), but hopefully it will at least start the thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t always respond to the loudest voices.\u00a0 Just because they make the most noise does not necessarily\u00a0mean their issue or demand\u00a0 is the most important, whatever they may tell you.<\/p>\n<p>Give yourself time to prioritise.\u00a0 The temptation is to launch in to the in box \/ tray \/ pile, doing what is on top first and so on.\u00a0 However, take some time first\u00a0to find out what is there and to sort into some kind of order.<\/p>\n<p>Match the work to your productivity schedule.\u00a0\u00a0Do difficult\u00a0or complex things when you are fresh and leave some of the more routine\u00a0or boring stuff to when your mind is not at its sharpest (or the coffee has run out).<\/p>\n<p>If you need to some help in handling this kind of situation, or would like to talk about ways you can ensure it doesn&#8217;t happen as often as it seems to be doing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/?page_id=8\">contact me<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am sure I am not alone in recognising that sinking feeling when the inbox, paper mountain and flashing answer phone together threaten to overwhelm us with the sheer volume of things that we feel we have\u00a0to get done. There is much that could be written about how\u00a0to\u00a0 prevent this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9,8,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charities","category-churches","category-leadership","category-organisational-development","category-project-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevinlawrenceconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}