I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
-Louisa May Alcott
"It is easy to fall into the trap of wasting time on non-productive tasks," according to the article "Getting Organized: 50 Ideas for More Effective Use of Your Time," in the Exchange best selling book The Art of Leadership: Managing Early Childhood Organizations. The article continues...
"It is often tempting to avoid difficult high-priority tasks by being very busy with routine tasks. Such tasks (filing letters, answering phone calls, reorganizing the desk) do require hard work and can yield a sense of accomplishment since many items will be checked off your to do list by the end of the week. However, this sense of accomplishment will be illusory if the activities fail to contribute significantly toward the survival and upgrading of your center.... You should strive to work smarter, concentrating your efforts on high-priority tasks, not harder, occupying your time with low-priority tasks."
Exchange Press's all-time bestseller, The Art of Leadership: Managing Early Childhood Organizations, serves as an invaluable guidebook for early childhood managers and textbook for early childhood instructors. The comprehensive guide, includes contributions from the leading experts in the field on the following management areas...
- Leadership
- Advocacy
- Getting Organized
- Legal Issues
- Financial Management
- And much more...
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