{"id":1153,"date":"2021-09-28T15:36:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T19:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2021-09-28T15:36:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T19:36:39","slug":"get-things-done-step-4-reflect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/28\/get-things-done-step-4-reflect\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Things Done\u2014Step 4: Reflect"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cReflect\u201d is the fourth step in the five-step process described in David Allen\u2019s book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>\u201cReflect\u201d involves regularly taking time to review what you\u2019ve captured, clarified, and organized. The needs and priorities of your business will change over time; what you identified as necessary a month ago may no longer be relevant today. Reflecting serves to keep you on track and make sure you\u2019re doing what you need to be doing. It lets you reaffirm that your to-do list is current so you can focus your energy and attention effectively. Plus, it helps you stay aware of tasks that may not impact short-term success but must be completed to reap significant long-term benefits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR REFLECTING PURPOSEFULLY\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Set aside a dedicated day and time of the week<\/b>\u2014such as early Saturday morning as you enjoy a cup of coffee\u2014to review your calendar and to-do list.<\/li>\n
  2. Schedule time to clean out your <\/b>\u201cin\u201d boxes.<\/b> This means all of them, whether physical or online\u2014your USPS mailbox, notes on your desk, email, and the cab of your work truck. Approach this task as if you were <\/span>going on vacation for a week, aiming to tackle everything important (and remove anything irrelevant) so that you have nothing critical looming over your head.<\/li>\n
  3. Encourage your crew leaders to keep a list of to-dos for the upcoming week <\/b>and present them to their workers every Friday. Gathering the team together for an hour in the <\/span>afternoon before the weekend can help everyone prepare the tools and materials they\u2019ll need for projects the following week. It will help them hit the ground running productively on Monday!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Stay tuned for our next issue when we\u2019ll discuss the critical \u201cEngage\u201d step.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u201cReflect\u201d is the fourth step in the five-step process described in David Allen\u2019s book Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. \u201cReflect\u201d involves regularly taking time to review what you\u2019ve captured, clarified, and organized. The needs and priorities of your business will change over time; what you identified as necessary a month ago may…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1153"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1157,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions\/1157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadoutdoorproducts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}