efficient | Kerrzone Musings

Not many things push my button like the phrase “I am too busy”. Get ready for a rant. In essence statement means you have a great deal to do or you are occupied or concentrating on a particular activity and so cannot do something else

For me, this is simply both an excuse and a self justification. It can also be a defence or reason not to do something. I can’t do that because I am doing this.

You are never too busy to satisfy your desires

My observation busy people never seem to busy to do things that give them pleasure. That is, a state of busyness seldom seems to arise relative to desirable activities. If you want to do it, you are not too busy.

Self Control/Accountability

Consider two similarly capable individuals tasked with five items. Each has the same deadline. In this illustration one person completes all five and one completes only two.

The person that failed advises, “I was just too busy to get every task done”. The person who succeeded was committed to achieve the goal, they took accountability and planned out the activities, and measured their progress ongoing with full and strong intent to succeed.

The differentiator has nothing to do with the lame excuse of being too busy.

Accepting ownership, accountability coupled with a high level of integrity and desire to be the best will almost always overcome being too busy.

For high performers, being too busy does not exist.

Choosing the easy way to your objective seems intuitive. Yet, so often, I observe people taking the senic or well known path, even if it is not the most effective choice.

For example the direct route may be the path more traveled but if it goes over the mountain a more circuitous route through the valley could be an easier journey, even if it appears longer at first blush

Considering Options

The real message of this post is a recommendation to think before you leap. The best path might not be the obvious one. Reducing your effort on one task could well make time available for others.

Unless you are bored and the objective is to fill the empty void of time as it stretches on and on, the most efficient approach is usually best.

But how to do it?

The easy way is not always obvious, most often though an easier alternative exists.

On my drive to work each day, the shortest path goes thru a very busy intersection. This is the way most people go. Stop and go. Wait for a light. Wait for another light, and another.

I take a slightly longer route, easy flowing no stop and go and maybe 5 minutes longer in duration. However, it is a much more pleasent drive, Using the easy route, I arrive at the university relaxed and ready to enjoy.

This alternate route required some research to uncover, but it was worth it.

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I am busy

Why hike the mountain when the valley beckons.

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