That Unexpected Friday Task or “Fire” The Control You Have of the New Tasks<\/strong> The reason this works so well for me is because my days are already scheduled. \u00a0You can’t place anything on my calendar for today unless I move something that already exists. \u00a0Then you’re faced with a choice, schedule the new task for a later date or ask permission to move someone’s tasks that has already been scheduled. \u00a0At any rate, you will have to ask someone to schedule their task for a date in the future. \u00a0Which seems fair… \u00a0the first person rescheduled or the new person scheduled?<\/p>\n How to Avoid Adding the New Task to Your Friday<\/strong> Today is your Friday and your opportunity to control your Friday workflow.<\/em> How to Extinguish Your Friday “Fire” How does it make you feel when new tasks arrive on an already too busy Friday? \u00a0I know what it feels like when someone asks you to do just one more thing on Friday. \u00a0It’s so frustrating. \u00a0But what control do you have? \u00a0You can’t control the tasks coming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-slow-your-pace","8":"category-today-is-friday","9":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160819-TIF-Avoid-Placing-Activities.png?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4jb7V-5S","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions\/373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"20160819](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryaclark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/20160819-TIF-Avoid-Placing-Activities.png?resize=400%2C400\")
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\nAre you tired of the unexpected fires that find their way to Friday? \u00a0Sure you are; we all are. \u00a0How in the world does it happen? \u00a0It seems like every Friday, it’s the same way. \u00a0What’s interesting is that no other day provides as big of an emotional impact when a task is presented than Friday.<\/p>\n
\nIt would appear that you have no control of what’s coming your way, but that’s not totally true. \u00a0You just need to form a new habit. \u00a0You may be wondering, what do I mean by that? \u00a0I’m glad you asked. \u00a0When we talk about habits, generally we think of our bad habits. \u00a0There are good habits you know, and today I want to help you form one. \u00a0When you receive a new request this Friday, your Friday, ask the requester when you can get this back to them. \u00a0For example, is it okay for me to get this back to you on Monday, or Tuesday? \u00a0You need to practice saying this line. \u00a0It’s powerful. \u00a0It’s okay to ask for permission to schedule your work. \u00a0It makes you not only appear organized, you will become organized. \u00a0Here’s a quote that motivated this habit for me, \u201c[B]e sure that everything is done properly and in order.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n
\nIf your Friday is already scheduled with the tasks you need and intend to complete, the only response to new ones is can this wait until the next available time unless it’s an emergency. \u00a0Then and only then will it make your Friday schedule. \u00a0At the same time, you will have to move another pre-planned task to a future date. \u00a0Let me warn you, don’t try to cram them both in. \u00a0Give both jobs the best attention you can and not rush to push through because you can’t manage your schedule. \u00a0This is what professionals do. \u00a0Ordinary people can’t understand this because they’re ordinary. \u00a0It takes an uncommon person to take a better approach.<\/p>\n
\nRemember, you don’t have to control it. \u00a0It’s not a requirement, but if you want to be the best you, it takes steps like this. \u00a0The person who changes nothing is the person who remains the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"