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Designing Our Ideal Day to Achieve Greater Success

February 28, 2022 By EMI

This is a guest post by Peter C. Atherton, P.E.

ideal dayThe number one reason most often expressed to me in strategic planning and team development work for not taking advantage of new opportunities is a “lack of time.”  

A lack of time (and inability to effectively manage time) is not only holding many of us back from taking advantage of new opportunities, it’s hurting us individually and organizationally.  

Managing our time and energy has — and always will — be critical to our success in almost all aspects of our lives. If we want to lead ourselves and others forward, especially today, we need to proactively “change the game” and establish a new model for better time management.  

We have the power right now to better manage our time, and as leaders and managers, a “lack of time” can no longer be an excuse for not doing what needs to be done or not investing in what needs to be invested in, because:

  1. We all have the same 24 hours in a day, and we make time for what we value or what we are “valuing.”  
  2. In the eyes of top talent and clients, constantly being busy and consumed is not a “badge of honor.” In fact, it’s become a “red flag.”
  3. Asking ourselves and most others to just put in more time is untenable.  

So, how can you begin to solve the “lack of time” problem? Learning how to design your ideal day and then aligning it with others is a great place to start. I recommend five key steps in designing your ideal day.

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TECC 200: How to Develop Business Thinking Skills for Engineers and Techies

April 16, 2019 By EMI

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How to Develop Business Thinking Skills for Engineers and Techies

In this episode, I talk with Ram V. Iyer, an engineer with a business degree, an MIT grad, who realized that his engineering and business education were inadequate to succeed in business or to attain executive positions in business. It took him a stint as a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley and four startups to figure out that business thinking is the one missing ingredient. He will discuss what business thinking is and how you can develop these business thinking skills, and he will also talk about the techie mindset and how it can help and hurt us.

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