The 3 Laws of Implementation
Productivity, a buzzword these days, is often associated with more, faster, cheaper… Productivity requires having a clear goal or intention, but unlike the “Law of Attraction”, simply having a goal, visualising it, and intending is not enough to make things happen.
There is a need for implementation – the deliberate act of making a decision and taking action upon that decision.
While people find it easier (not always though…) to make a decision, what follows that decision – implementation – can often be a rate-limiting step in achieving a goal.
A simple way to become better at implementing both in private life and in business is to consider the following three questions.
Question #1: Most people usually ask themselves “What do I want to do?” While that is a good question in itself to start with… a better one is “What do I want to have happen here?”
By asking yourself “What do I want to do?”, you open up the door to different possibilities, which in some instances can lead to too many choices, uncertainty, and indecision, and as a consequence a lack of implementation/action.
On the other hand, asking yourself “What do you want to have happen here?” reduces the number of choices by primarily focusing on the end result – the ultimate goal, the desired outcome.
By reducing the number of possibilities from the start, you automatically increase your focus, clarity and direction.
Question #2: Next, people often ask themselves, “What do I need to do?” Often this question is answered by jotting down a list of things to do… However, what if instead of looking for additional things to do, you were to employ the "via negativa" (the negative path) and instead ask yourself “What if I don’t do this?” What would be the impact if you stopped doing thing #2, thing #3, thing #4, etc… Would you get closer to thing #1 – the most important one?
By employing the "via negativa", you eliminate the possibilities and narrow down your choices on the most important action to do. In a way, you prioritise your action by eliminating the “nice” but unnecessary… and avoiding multitasking. Multi-tasking has been debunked. It has been shown to be ineffective. The best is to focus on one thing at a time, do it, complete it and then move on the to next one…
Question #3: That one is really sneaky because it can be used in two ways…
And the question is “What can I do right now?”
Depending on where you put the emphasis (bold), you can read it as “What can I do right now?” which gives you focus and direction on the type of action to perform, or you could ask yourself “What can I do right now?” in this very instant to get momentum and move forward.
I encourage you to use both formulations of question #3 as they will provide you with different, yet complementary answers for implementation.
That’s it, here you have three powerful questions to help you clarify, focus, and prioritise your action for implementation. No more excuses…
In Nutshell:
Here are your 3 laws of implementation. Simply answer these 3 questions and see what happens next…
- What do I want to have to happen here?
- What if I don’t do this? And this? And this?
- What can I do right now?” and “What can I do right now?”
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