Just the other day, a co-worker was called out by another co-worker that they “weren’t answering their email quickly enough.” This comment was made even when our company employs a host of ways to contact each other immediately. The issue that was being discussed was urgent and had to be handled that day, but the accusing…

How many times have you heard from your coworkers, friends and yourself the old line about being too busy fighting alligators to drain the swamp? How often does your life seem to be a car crash of intersecting urgencies? It’s easy to get sucked into a business culture where everything is urgent, everything is a…