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Do What You Need To Do, Not What You Want To Do

March 19, 2010 By: Ted Duboise Category: Leadership

Today’s business environment requires that a manager multitask continuously. Often, we have a zillion tasks that must be done today.
There are tasks that we like to do and there are tasks that we hate to do. Of course, the tasks that we like to do are the tasks that we want to do.

However, through my years in leading and managing, I have learned to categorize tasks in a different way. I think it is a simple system.  To become an effective leader, you must do the tasks that need to be done – not the tasks you want to do. (more…)