Comments on: Do the Hustle and Thrive http://inquisix.com/blog/2008/11/12/do-the-hustle-and-thrive/ Trusted Referrals™ & Inquisix Connects Businesses to MORE Business Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:50:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Do the Hustle and Thrive… - The Liquid Betsy http://inquisix.com/blog/2008/11/12/do-the-hustle-and-thrive/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Do the Hustle and Thrive… - The Liquid Betsy Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:07:31 +0000 http://inquisix.com/blog/?p=316#comment-491 [...] This is a re-post from one of my early blog posts for Inquisix- the online referral networking community I work at.  This was done prior to starting [...] [...] This is a re-post from one of my early blog posts for Inquisix- the online referral networking community I work at.  This was done prior to starting [...]

]]> By: Erik Britt-Webb http://inquisix.com/blog/2008/11/12/do-the-hustle-and-thrive/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Erik Britt-Webb Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:51:29 +0000 http://inquisix.com/blog/?p=316#comment-236 This reminds me of a conversation I recently had with several associates, which centered on the book, "A Sense of Urgency" by John Kotter (http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5938.html). Kotter contends that despite our back-to-back meetings, exploding e-mail inbox, ever-longer working day and almost permanent jet lag, what so many of us really lack is a sense of urgency. What most of us think of as urgency, as busy-ness, is not actually making things any better. This false urgency is stressful, exhausting and unproductive. True urgency may sometimes involve moving fast. But the most important aspects of true urgency are relentlessness, steadiness and the purposeful pursuit of a goal while “continuously purging irrelevant activities to provide time for the important and to prevent burn-out,” says Kotter. Put another way, this is about operating on a higher level -- the “relentlessness, steadiness and the purposeful pursuit of a goal”. This reminds me of a conversation I recently had with several associates, which centered on the book, “A Sense of Urgency” by John Kotter (http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5938.html).

Kotter contends that despite our back-to-back meetings, exploding e-mail inbox, ever-longer working day and almost permanent jet lag, what so many of us really lack is a sense of urgency.

What most of us think of as urgency, as busy-ness, is not actually making things any better. This false urgency is stressful, exhausting and unproductive.

True urgency may sometimes involve moving fast. But the most important aspects of true urgency are relentlessness, steadiness and the purposeful pursuit of a goal while “continuously purging irrelevant activities to provide time for the important and to prevent burn-out,” says Kotter.

Put another way, this is about operating on a higher level — the “relentlessness, steadiness and the purposeful pursuit of a goal”.

]]> By: Stacey Derbinshire http://inquisix.com/blog/2008/11/12/do-the-hustle-and-thrive/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Stacey Derbinshire Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:00:59 +0000 http://inquisix.com/blog/?p=316#comment-229 I must say this is a great article i enjoyed reading it keep the good work :) I must say this is a great article i enjoyed reading it keep the good work :)

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