I have decided that I am going to apply some principles from “The Four Hour Work Week”.  I find myself being entirely too fractured during the day and I need to limit my distractions and make sure I am most effective for my team.

The first thing I am going to try is not checking email all day, all the time.  I began this process last night.  I have decided to check my email at 11AM and 4PM daily.  This has been an incredible challenge.  I keep wanting to grab my phone.  I am desperate to see what is happening and if I am missing anything.  So far, so good…  nothing groundbreaking has happened that I needed to know about in the last few hours.  I will update in a few days to let everyone know how this is going.  So far this is similar to when I quit smoking.  It feels good, but it still hurts.

Has anyone out there done this successfully?.. and if so- how did it go?

I think that many leaders believe they are good  at leading others because they were made managers.  I would like to leave these people with a couple of thoughts:

• “To lead, one must follow.” Lao Tzu –  SO READ!  Take the time to study other leaders and come to terms that even born leaders study and  hone their craft.
• Don’t beat your team, lead your team.  Leaders are leaders because people FOLLOW them.  If you cannot turn your back on the  team to focus on the future, then you may have a leadership problem.