Let’s work through an exercise to clarify your role, sharpen your skills, and refine your ability to focus. Before you can do this, it’s important to understand you role and what skills are necessary for you to be successful in it.
First, on a piece of paper, describe your current role. What are you responsible for?
Next, outline the skills required for you to be successful in your role. List at least 10 skills, then circle the top three.
Now that you are clear on the top three skills required for success in your job, what can you do in the next week to improve your mastery of just one of those skills?
After you have picked one, create a simple plan that will drive you to sharpen that skill at least twice over the next week. Be very specific and even put the time and activities in your planner. If you don’t commit to it, something else will surely come along and eat up the time you’ll need.
I look forward to hearing what you are working on, the actions you are taking to sharpen your skills, and what your results are.
