“We don’t stop to ask what a tool does. We ask about what kind of people we become when we use it”. – Amish quote.

 

What Tools Do You Need?

Are you struggling to get something done without the right tools to do it well? We use twice the energy we should be using when we’re not properly equipped. Sometimes it’s lack of knowledge as to what’s available, and other times, it’s not taking the time to get the right tools for the job before you get going.

 

This week we’re going to look at one of the three questions I use when doing a reality check with my clients. The question is “What’s available?” i.e. resources, people, technology and anything else you need to move forward. If you don’t have what you need right now, then how are you going to get it? Borrowing tools, expertise, or partnering with someone else who could give you what you need are three ways to go about this. Which one, or other one is the right avenue for you?

 

Reflection:

I can’t tell you how much simpler life is when you automate everything that’s automatable or use the proper technology to facilitate the work and have the right people running it. What can you automate that will free you up to do what you really have to dive into? What are you doing that really isn’t in your area of responsibility? There are way too many people who take up the slack “temporarily” only to find it becomes a permanent part of their workload. Is it sustainable? If the answer is no, then make changes before you have to. If you’re depleted you won’t be making the right choices for the right reasons.

 

So How Do You Start?

Start with a clean slate, by picking the elements that you have and that are working. Then fill in some of the blanks based on answers to the question “What’s available?”. Filling in the blanks using that as a base point will help you create something sustainable by design, not default. That becomes your foundation. Augment it as the answer to ‘what’s available’ changes over time.

 

Tech Stuff

For those of you who are using the latest version of SnagIt, a tech tool I can’t imagine living without, there are accessories that are free for you to download from their website that will do everything from screen capture that you can upload to your blog, to sticky notes that you can create and ‘stick’ on any page you want for a reminder, to draw attention to something and to create your own comment on, add-ons for Excel and a host of other programs.

 

Click here http://www.techsmith.com/snagit/accessories.asp?catID=1&cmp=snopupgo&EMC=snop&att=blo to download the free accessories you want

 

Last But Not Least:

As always this newsletter will be posted on www.perspectivesinbrief.com . Please feel free to share your comments, insights and perhaps a subject or two you’d like to open for discussion and we’ll look at it for a future newsletter or blog post. Remember, advanced notice for program launches and special pricing is only available to subscribers to the newsletter so subscribe now so you won’t miss out!

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With deepest respect,
Donna KarlinFounder and PrincipalA Better Perspective

http://www.abetterperspective.com

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