Edgar Renteria of the San Francisco Giants spent months on the bench this season with little playing time. When the Giants made the playoffs, he found that little something extra that he had not tapped into all year. Forget sizzle, this guy finished the season with a bang. In his last at-bat, he hit a homerun that won the World Series and got himself named MVP.
I’ll admit I’m falling short on knocking my 2010 goals out of the ball park. I refuse to let the year end without a sizzle though. Don’t get me wrong, lots of amazing things have happened in my life this year, but there are still 60 days left in 2010 and I do not want to fall victim to the “I’ll just wait until next year” syndrome. Let’s make a plan to get the most out of the last 1400 hours of this year.
How do we do it? Well this will require a different approach, because we’re looking at a sprint vs. a marathon. First, recognize some meaningful things that will allow us to finish the year looking great at work and feeling accomplished at home.
Next, you’ve got to recognize why you are off track. Odds are you have some projects that are way over due and driving you mad. I know how you feel; I’ve got two of them that make me cringe each day. I’m going to focus on them only. In order for me to do this, I’ve conceded some other goals that are too distracting and getting me nowhere fast. If you are behind, then you have no time to spread yourself thin if you expect to turn out results before year end. List out one or two habits that are that are preventing you from getting these projects done and identify a new approach for these last two months.
Finally, you need to make a plan for the last nine weeks. I’m sticking with two projects and looking at the time I can commit to them over the next two weeks. I’m deferring time I could spend on new or “more fun” projects until I get these two completed. I’ve made time at the start of every day to review my three bad habits. This will remind me to not let them happen. Each project has a very basic schedule with small milestones to accomplish each day. I’ve been realistic and I’m even accounting for schedule delays that could occur. I’ve scheduled a one-hour meeting with myself two weeks from today to review my project status. From here I will make any necessary adjustments to help me obtain my goal.
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