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    • OWS Book Club: Faster, Faster, Faster!

      • Posted by Michelle Lodge
      • on August 18, 2008 9:53 AM EDT
      • Edited on August 18, 2008 10:30 AM EDT

      If you reach the end of each work day with most of your to-do's undone and more tasks pouring in by the minute, you're likely in a state of constant overwhelm.  In his book The Age of Speed: Learning to Survive in a More-Faster-Now World, motivational speaker Vince Poscente maintains that it's best to harness speed and use it to your advantage. Here, in the latest installment of the On Wall Street Book Club, Poscente expands on his ideas.


      Vince, naturally, financial advisors want to increase sales. But if he or she pursues that goal to the exclusion of health and family and relationships, it makes for one burnt-out FA. Using your techniques, how can that problem be averted? 


      Michelle Lodge
      Contributing Editor
      onwallstreet.com

       
    • Re: OWS Book Club: Faster, Faster, Faster!
      • Posted by Vince Poscente
      • on August 19, 2008 10:47 AM EDT
      • Edited on August 19, 2008 10:47 AM EDT

      Hi Michelle,

      There is a simple check list of three items that can convert the potential for burn-out to a easier, relaxed adoption of our speedy lives.

      First, you must align your actions with your purpose in life. If you feel you're on this planet to make a difference in other people's lives then only do things the contribute to that goal.

      Second, you must adopt an agile mindset. Stubborn people get bogged down. Be flexible. Roll with the punches. Leave ego and fear in the past.

      Third, eliminate drag. Being aerodynamic means that you get rid of the things that slow you down, like multitasking important activities and allowing mind numbing interruptions.


      -Vince Poscente

       
    • Re: OWS Book Club: Faster, Faster, Faster!
      • Posted by Michelle Lodge
      • on August 19, 2008 11:31 AM EDT

      Thanks, Vince. Now for managers.

       

       In three sentences, what can a manager do  to make speed work to his or her advantage?

       

      Michelle Lodge

      Contributing Editor

      onwallstreet.com

       
    • Re: OWS Book Club: Faster, Faster, Faster!
      • Posted by Vince Poscente
      • on August 20, 2008 12:27 PM EDT

      Use speed to your advantage by distinguishing significant activities from routine. Routine activities can often be delegated, outsourced or made more efficient. Use laser focus on significant activities and enjoy the energy that it gives you.

      -Vince Poscente

       
    • Re: OWS Book Club: Faster, Faster, Faster!
      • Posted by Michelle Lodge
      • on August 22, 2008 11:52 AM EDT
      • Edited on August 22, 2008 11:52 AM EDT

      Vince,

      Now for a more general question: What's the upside of multitasking?

       

      Michelle

      onwallstreet.com

      Contributing Editor

       
    • Re: OWS Book Club: Faster, Faster, Faster!
      • Posted by Vince Poscente
      • on August 22, 2008 4:31 PM EDT
      • Edited on August 22, 2008 4:32 PM EDT

      Michelle,

      I think that multitasking with routine activities is fine. It will save you time for more important activities that require your undivided attention.


      -Vince Poscente

       
    • Re: OWS Book Club: Faster, Faster, Faster!
      • Posted by Michelle Lodge
      • on August 25, 2008 10:19 AM EDT

      Vince,

       

      What's the downside of multitasking?

       

      Michelle Lodge

      Contributing editor

      onwallstreet.com

       
    • Re: OWS Book Club: Faster, Faster, Faster!
      • Posted by Vince Poscente
      • on August 25, 2008 11:03 AM EDT
      • Edited on August 25, 2008 11:04 AM EDT

      Michelle,


      Multitasking significant activities has a myriad of downsides. Quality will slip. You can let other's down. Trust can be disintegrated. You go slower in the end because multitasking significant activities can require revisits, repair and even do-overs.

      -Vince Poscente