Imagine walking in and having everybody in your workplace say, “Huh, look who just walked in, love on wheels.” Well, it’s unlikely but what if you had the essence of someone who showed you cared every day because that’s really what love is—it’s showing you care. Not just caring, showing you care because if you really care, you’re going to care about the outcomes of your team members, the deadlines being hit, the quality of what goes out to your customers, delivery dates. Everything would be something you care about, the success of your teammates.

What if you made a decision before you walked in every day to be love on wheels? How would that change who you are and what you do?

I have a challenge for you. For the next week, everyday walk in thinking, “How will I be love on wheels today?” and see how showing that you care shows up in catapulting your results and noticing what an impact you’re making on the world because that’s what it’s all about.

Let’s just admit, we’re all been guilty of giving the excuse, “I’m WAY too busy,” or “I don’t have time for one more thing.”

Often, if you really thought about it, you’d realize that it’s not that you have too much to do, it’s that you’re spending too much time on the things that don’t matter.

The people who complain the most are the ones that usually are best at manufacturing work where none exists as an excuse to not do the most critical things. Like making time to sort the paper clips…

Instead, be in the highest and best use of your time constantly.

• Make a list of everything you plan on doing today.
• Next, go through the list and cross off anything that’s not critical. Things that don’t generate revenue or move the company ahead.
• Then, stick to the list!
• Block times for those “big rocks”—projects that need extreme focus, and let the “sand” fill in the rest of your day.

You’ll be amazed how much you will accomplish—so get focused NOW!

We all know people who spend half their time telling others how overwhelmed they are, funny thing though, you sometimes need a microscope to find what they actually accomplished. But they seem so busy, so committed, that management sometimes finds it hard to say anything. But they keep on being busy, busy, busy.

Then there are those who are quietly and happily productive—and end up with the lion’s share of the outcome riding on their shoulders.

The perception of hard work should never be a cover up for ineffective work. No matter where you are in the company, it isn’t kind to the whole team to let someone ride along on that perception without making a real contribution.

A feeling of being overwhelmed isn’t something to be proud of—it’s a problem in need of a solution. Be that solution. Next time someone whines to you about how busy they are, make suggestions for using their time more efficiently. If you are that person, realize that you could shave hours off your work, and do the same work, and be happier at the end of the process.