Stop and Get it Right
We were out to eat last week and an experience led to a conversation about chefs. During college and early adult years, my husband waited tables at upscale restaurants, so he has insider insights. He remarked that no chef wants to serve bad food. What happens is something goes wrong, or an unexpected influx of guests comes, to cause them to get backed up.
"Instead of taking the time to stop and get it right, they keep rushing and compound their misery. Instead of slowing down to get it right, which means making the customer wait a few extra minutes, they just keep going in their frenzy which gets them farther behind. If they would take two minutes to breathe and fix the problem they could get back on track."
When something goes wrong, when you get an influx of clients, when you are in the middle of chaos - can you stop to breathe, assess, and fix the problem? Or do you forge ahead in your frenzy and keep getting further behind?
Tommie made this comment on last week's blog, "Whenever I sense this tension within, I MAKE time to write a list numbering the tasks according to their importance."
Your solution may not be a list. It may be something else. Whatever your fix is, are you MAKING time to fix the problem, or are you letting the problem control you?
When you get behind in your day, how do you respond? Share your plan of attack here so we can all be better prepared to beat the frenzy!