WHAT’S YOUR PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL?
Are you satisfied with your current level of productivity? Are you on a roll to attaining all of your professional goals? OR, are there things that are holding you back—negative attitudes, toxic relationships, departmental requirements, lack of IT support, too many meetings, relentless time eaters—that are stifling your growth?
I’m sure you have both the capacity and potential to produce in your current position. You wouldn’t be in that position if that weren’t true. The problem is that there may be weeds in your professional garden that can hinder, strangle, and totally destroy your productivity, fruitfulness, and any success you hope to enjoy. They can arrest your growth and development as a teacher, researcher, clinician or whatever you do. Furthermore, these metaphors can be annoying.
ARE THERE WEEDS IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL LIFE?
The goal of a weed is to move into your grass and plants, destroy them, and take over your lawn and garden—WORLD GARDEN DOMINATION. Real weeds in a garden are like a cancer in your body that metastasizes to destroy your mind and body. (“WAIT! That’s too many metaphors in one paragraph. I can’t handle that.” Okay, back to weeds.)
Weeds thrive in spring and summer around my house and grow extremely well, regardless of the weather conditions. However, in your professional world, they grow 24/7, 365 days. They are a significant threat to your effective performance and career. They want CAREER DOMINATION to prevent you from functioning effectively and producing to your potential.
My future blogs in this series will help you identify your weeds and then suggest techniques to destroy them. You might start cleaning your weapons so you’re ready to blow them to smithereens.
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