I have begun to really see the power of focus in the past few years of coaching and mentoring CEOs. It’s not about working five days a week. It’s not about working sixty hours a week. It is about setting goals at the start of each quarter, month, week and day to stay focused. If you stay focused and work on the critical few things, instead of the important many then you don’t need to work Fridays. If your employees were this focused you wouldn’t need to ‘hold them accountable’ or need them to come to the office Monday to Friday. It’s about the results stupid! Why are you working Fridays? Seriously…
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So very true, Cameron. Just as Ricardo Semler stated in his books (Maverick & The Seven Day Weekend), describe what it is you need/want to accomplish, focus on it, complete it and revel in it. If you want to go to the movies on a Tuesday afternoon with your spouse, then do it! If you feel like you’re best suited to to complete a customer proposal on a Saturday afternoon, then do it! Just make sure the strategy is clear and the results are concise. Great stuff! (BTW, video seems to have been removed.)
CameronJuly 13, 2010
Thanks for the heads up – I’d moved all my videos to my YouTube page – and that broke the link – replacing it now – thanks.
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November 28, 2009
Nice!! You are right – I used to take a lot more time off and then I kept starting businesses. I like “no work Fridays”.
-Yanik