OH! SO MUCH TO DO! HOW AM I GONNA GET
ALL THIS DONE? HOW AM I GONNA GET HOME
AND SPEND TIME WITH MY FAMILY THIS
EVENING? HOW?!? WELL HANG AROUND. I'LL SHOW
YOU HOW. BY THE END OF THIS VIDEO YOU'RE
GOING TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW A REALLY
SUCCESSFUL CEO/CIO LEVEL PROFESSIONAL
DOES THIS. AND HANG AROUND TO THE END
BECAUSE I'VE GOT A FREE OFFER FOR YOU.
MY NAME'S STEVE AND I'M A
PROFESSIONAL COACH. I COACH PROFESSIONAL
PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO FIND WAYS OF
SUCCEEDING THAT COME FROM A HAPPIER AND
MORE GROUNDED PLACE, SO FOR THE BEST
CONTENT IN THAT THEME THEN PLEASE
SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL AND DON'T
FORGET TO HIT THE NOTIFICATIONS BELL SO
YOU'LL FIND OUT WHEN NEW CONTENT ARRIVES.
NOW IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO
MANAGE TIME, GET THINGS DONE, AND BE ABLE
TO GET HOME, THEN THERE'S A FEW BETTER
PEOPLE YOU COULD ASK THEN CEOS AND CIOS
AND CFOS, PEOPLE OF THAT KIND OF
EXECUTIVE LEVEL, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
I DID WHEN I WORKED FOR A REALLY BIG
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION IN THEIR VERY BIG
IT DEPARTMENT, I SPENT SOME TIME SPEAKING
TO THE HEAD, THE DIRECTOR LEVEL OF THEIR
IT DEPARTMENT, AND I ACTUALLY ASKED HIM
THESE QUESTIONS, HOW DO YOU MANAGE YOUR
TIME? HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT WORKLOAD AND
STILL GET HOME TO YOUR FAMILY? AND HE
TOLD ME. BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY
THAT'S GONNA HAVE A LOT OF DEMANDS ON
THEIR TIME
IT'S THEM. I ALSO GET IT THAT THEY HAVE A
GREATER POWER TO DELEGATE WHICH YOU MIGHT
NOT HAVE, BUT BELIEVE ME, PEOPLE AT THAT
LEVEL I'VE GOT A HECK OF A LOT OF WORK
ON AND THERE IS A GREAT DEMAND ON THEIR
TIME. AND THE FACT THAT I ASKED IS WHAT
MAKES THIS VIDEO DIFFERENT, BECAUSE I
COULD HAVE MADE THIS VIDEO ABOUT THE
SAME TEN THEORETICAL MODELS THAT YOU
FIND IN EVERY SINGLE TIME MANAGEMENT
BOOK, AND I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT, I'M NOT
GONNA GIVE YOU TIPS OUT OF IVORY TOWERS
CREATED BY ACADEMICS, I'M GONNA SHARE
WHAT REAL PEOPLE REALLY DO. AND BY THE
WAY TRUST ME IT REALLY WORKS! IT REALLY
WORKED FOR THIS DIRECTOR. SO HERE'S WHAT
HE TOLD ME. HE SAID: STEVE YOU'VE GOT TO
THINK ABOUT IT LIKE TAKING AN EXAM. NOW I
DON'T MIND TELLING YOU THAT AT THIS
POINT I WAS A LITTLE BIT
UNSURE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE FIND
EXAMS INTIMIDATING AND SCARY, AND I'M NOT
SURE PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO THINK ABOUT
MANAGING THEIR EVERYDAY AT WORK AS BEING
LIKE SITTING AN EXAM. BUT DO BEAR WITH ME
BECAUSE THIS DOES MAKE A HECK OF A LOT
OF SENSE! I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HE SAID
FIRST AND THEN I'LL SHOW YOU HOW IT
TRANSLATES. BY THE WAY I'M REALLY
INTERESTING YOUR EXPERIENCE AS WELL SO
WHATEVER EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE OF DEALING
WITH LARGE WORKLOADS AND GETTING HOME OR
MAYBE STRUGGLING TO DO SO, I'M INTERESTED
IN THAT. IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH SHARING IT,
THEN PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT I'LL READ
ALL YOUR COMMENTS AND I'LL REPLY TO AS
MANY AS I CAN.
SO IT'S LIKE TAKING AN EXAM AND OF
COURSE WHAT THIS IS POINTING AT IS
APPLYING EXAM TECHNIQUE.
SO HE SAID TO ME: YOU KNOW, YOU'VE
GOT A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO DO, A NUMBER
OF QUESTIONS TO ANSWER IF YOU WANT TO
PUT IT IN THOSE TERMS, IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF TIME, SO THE FIRST THING TO DO IS TO
TAKE THE EXAM PAPER AND SCAN THROUGH IT,
SEE WHAT'S ON IT, SEE WHAT THE
QUESTIONS ARE, SEE WHERE THE BIG POINTS ARE,
AND THEN TAKE NOTE OF THE QUESTIONS YOU
KNOW YOU CAN ANSWER QUICKLY, AND OF
COURSE YOU GO TO THOSE QUESTIONS FIRST.
IT MIGHT NOT BE IN THE ORDER THAT THE
EXAM IS PRESENTED. THEN YOU GO TO THE
QUESTIONS YOU CAN GET THE MOST POINTS ON
FIRST AND THEN YOU READ THE QUESTION
CAREFULLY, BECAUSE YOU DON'T GET ANY
POINTS AT ALL FOR PROVIDING A BRILLIANT
ANSWER TO THE QUESTION THAT WASN'T ASKED!
AND THEN YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION AS
THOROUGHLY AS YOU CAN, SCORE AS
MANY POINTS AS YOU CAN IN AS SHORT AN
AMOUNT OF TIME THAT YOU CAN, AND THEN YOU
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. YOU DON'T HANG
AROUND FOR PERFECTION, YOU KNOW IF YOU
THINK YOU'VE SCORED MOST OF THE POINTS
YOU'RE GONNA SCORE THEN IT'S TIME TO
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION. NOW WHAT
HAPPENS IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER A QUESTION?
YOU MARK IT AND YOU PARK IT. AND YOU
MOVE ON TO A QUESTION THAT YOU CAN
ANSWER, WITH THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN COME
BACK AT THE END IF YOU HAVE SPARE TIME
AND HAVE ANOTHER GO AT IT, AND THE SAME
IF YOU HAVE PARTIALLY ANSWERED THE
QUESTION BUT YOU GET STUCK, YOU MARK IT
AND YOU'RE PARK IT, YOU GO AND FIND
SOMETHING YOU CAN ANSWER, AND YOU COME
BACK TO THESE DIFFICULT THINGS WHEN YOU
GOT TIME AT THE END. AND YOU KEEP GOING
AROUND THAT LOOP, AND OF COURSE WHEN
TIME'S UP
YOU CLOSE THE PAPER AND YOU REMEMBER
THIS THE OBJECTIVE OF SITTING THE EXAM
WAS NOT TO GET A HUNDRED PERCENT IT WAS
TO PASS. NOW AT FIRST THAT MIGHT SOUND
LIKE NOT CARING ABOUT QUALITY, BUT IT'S
NOT
NOT CARING ABOUT QUALITY, IT'S ABOUT
RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF PROGRESS OVER
PERFECTION, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I
COVERED IN MY LAST VIDEO ABOUT
PERFECTIONIST PARALYSIS. TO SOME EXTENT
THIS TECHNIQUE IS ONE OF THE WAYS OUT OF
PERFECTIONIST PARALYSIS AND I'LL LINK
THAT VIDEO UP HERE, BUT HOW DO YOU
TRANSLATE THAT INTO REAL OFFICE WORK?
WELL THERE'S ONE MAJOR DIFFERENCE AND
THAT IS THAT YOU CAN GET NEW QUESTIONS
ASKED DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY WHICH
CHANGE THE PRIORITIES IN THE DAY, BUT
WITH THAT CAVEAT LET'S LOOK AT IT LIKE
THIS: OVERVIEWING THE PAPER AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE EXAM IS A LITTLE BIT
LIKE TAKING A SHEET OF A4 AND A PEN AND
JUST SCRIBBLING DOWN ALL THE THINGS THAT
NEED TO BE DONE, ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE
ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY, GOING FOR THE
QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN SCORE MOST ON IS
HAVING AN INSTINCT FOR WHAT IS MORE
VALUABLE WORK VERSUS LESS VALUABLE WORK.
IT'S AN INSTINCT FOR PRIORITIZATION. AND
THE EQUIVALENT OF READING THE QUESTION
CAREFULLY IS THINKING FIRST WHAT REALLY
NEEDS TO GET DONE HERE. NOW YOU CAN USE
SUPPLEMENTARY TOOLS TO THIS LIKE URGENT
IMPORTANT QUADRANTS AND TO-DO LISTS AND
THEY'RE ALL VERY WELL BUT WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT THIS IS TWO THINGS, FIRST OF ALL
IT'S WHAT A REALLY SUCCESSFUL CEO/CIO
LEVEL PERSON DOES AND IT'S PROVEN IN
PRACTICE, IT'S THE ESSENCE OF GETTING
MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK IN TERMS OF TIME,
AND NUMBER TWO IS IT'S LARGELY
INSTINCTIVE RATHER THAN PAPER DRIVEN. YOU
KNOW A TIME MANAGEMENT METHOD WHICH IS
STRUCTURED BUT INSTINCTIVE THAT ISN'T
ABOUT DOING LOTS OF WORK ON PAPER I
THINK IS VERY VALUABLE BECAUSE IT ALLOWS
US TO GET THINGS DONE WITHOUT HAVING TO
GET STUCK INTO THE PAPER TRAIL. NOW IF
THIS IS A TOPIC THAT YOU'D LOVE TO
EXPLORE FURTHER I WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE
TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE
CHANNEL AND LIKE THIS VIDEO IF YOU DID
LIKE IT. AND I MENTIONED A FREEBIE DIDN'T
I? WELL LOOK IF YOU GO TO THE DESCRIPTION
OF THE VIDEO OR THE PINNED COMMENT BELOW
THIS VIDEO, YOU CAN GO TO EITHER PLACE,
YOU'LL FIND A LINK TO A RESOURCE WHICH
WILL HELP YOU TO MANAGE STRESS IN THE
MOMENT AND MAKE BETTER DECISIONS UNDER
PRESSURE. PLEASE HELP
YOURSELF, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME TO IT AND I HOPE
I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT WEEK