Are You Getting the Right Things Done?

Tom O'Leary - Empowering Leaders to Be Curious2023-04-06T09:57:27+01:00

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We live in a busy world with constant interruption but a lot of the time we confuse busyness and productivity. Busyness is about getting lots done. Productivity is about getting the right things done.

Working out what is right for each of us is obviously a journey. I came upon this old Guardian article on the Top five regrets of the dying, Worth reading if you haven’t and worth re-reading even if you have.

In any event, it seemed to me that the five top regrets can be used to help each of us assess what is right for us now:

1) Am I living my own life or the life others expect of me?
2) Am I working too hard?
3) Do I have the courage to say what needs to be said?
4) Am I finding time for family and friends?
5) How much joy do I allow myself?

So, are you getting the right things done?

About the Author: Tom O'Leary - Empowering Leaders to Be Curious

Tom empowers leaders to be curious, and thereby make more insightful decisions, foster their self-leadership and become stronger leaders! He invites leaders to filter out the noise and ask bigger questions about all aspects of who they are as individuals and as leaders. Such questions open the door to greater possibility and also to discerning what is truly essential right now. This allows for a much deeper form of decision-making and leadership in life, work and business. Know anyone who might benefit from exploring and embracing bigger questions in life, work or business? Nurturing Curiosity. Curiosity-inspired Leadership. Self-Leadership.

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What Might be Possible If We Believed It Were Possible?

Questions have a strange power. They can release us from what we believe to be true by offering us glimpses of something different. Indeed, there are times in that brief moment after a question is asked when it feels like anything is possible.

Questions have certainly given me the freedom and permission to pursue my passions and live a life I would never have thought possible. That is why I am a big advocate of Nurturing Curiosity at all ages.

If you are a leader, you will no doubt already know that continually nurturing curiosity in leadership is absolutely key. Indeed, that is why I started the Bigger Questions Project around one key question: How might we empower more people to explore and embrace bigger questions? Learn more about the Bigger Questions Project.

Boost Your Curiosity!

Sign up for the Nurturing Curiosity: Weekly Practice emails for a thought-provoking question each week. What have you got to lose?

What Might be Possible If We Believed It Were Possible?

If you are a leader, you will no doubt already know that continually nurturing curiosity in leadership is absolutely key. In many ways, leadership begins with self-leadership, which is in turn built on a deep sense of curiosity about who you are as a person and as a leader.

Indeed, that is why we started the Bigger Questions Project around one key question: How might we empower more people to explore and embrace bigger questions? Learn more about the Bigger Questions Project.

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About the Author: Tom O'Leary - Empowering Leaders to Be Curious