Personally I find it very rewarding an motivating to see my progress on a daily and weekly basis, and to see early when I am falling behind where I want to be, so I can address it or change the plan. It’s better than wandering aimlessly througout the week. From a resource and projects planning perspective it also gives me insights into how we are going as a team – are we on track, falling behind or straying from the target outcomes.

My favourite personal planning tool is Notepad, which I use to write and re-write (endlessly) simple task lists to focus my energy on and to track progress. If the tool is too complex then I spend too much time on the tool and not on the tasks I should be working on. Cleary Musk is goal-oriented and outcome focussed and wants to gets things done super efficiently. Perhaps many government employees are not really goal-focussed and for them its more about taking home the paycheck than striving for excellence or productivity. Musk’s super achievements speak for themselves and the rest of us would do well to learn from him and try to emulate his work ethic.

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