You’re going to be in the situation sooner rather than later. There will be days when you are overwhelmed to the point that you can’t think properly.
You might have to decide which person to hire. And you might have to decide what the new corporate strategy should be. And you might have to cover for someone who missed a meeting with a client.
And you might have to do all of them in the same day.
How do you manage when you have 25 different fires to put out at the same time?
By focusing on your Most Important Task (MIT).
Your MIT is the ONE thing that if accomplished, would make your day a success. Because you only have a limited amount of time in a day. You cannot accomplish everything on your ever-growing to-do list. Nor should you. You would probably fall down from exhaustion. And that definitely wouldn’t help you or your team at all.
The challenge is in deciding what your MIT for that day is. Do you focus on the urgent but not important task? Or do you focus on the important but not urgent one?
My offering is this: Focus on the MIT that gives you the most breathing room. The one that allows you the chance to sleep at night. Because you need to be able to survive this day just to get to the next.
I know, I know. This leadership thing is hard. I’m not denying that.
But you can do it. Just take it, one MIT at a time.
A New Source Code 