Thursday, February 21, 2013

No Excuses for Not Planning


9/12/11 No Excuses for Not Planning

It's been said that "Failing to plan is planning to fail." The mission of our institution does not change. We are usually glad to be beholden to it. But, there are times when we allow excuses to creep in about why we can't fulfill our mission... "We are too busy to..." Busyness is our number one excuse, but it is always really about priorities. We hide behind busyness but we must instead think about what must be done, what should be done, what is getting done, when things are getting done, and- the hardest- what must be discarded. In an age of increasingly limited staff time and financial resources, something has to give- without sacrificing the mission. So, yes, we DO have time to meet and strategize and prioritize because we are more likely to fail to meet the mission otherwise.

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