Mar 04 2008
Professors - Increase Your Productivity By Asking The Right Questions
This article is short and sweet. You may consider printing it to post–in several places in your office (and carry one with you). Some of these are questions to ask of yourself and others are to be asked of others.
When someone makes a request of you AND when you think of taking on different projects, ask the “asker” one or more of these questions:
- Does this _______ (activity, task, job, responsibility, commitment) fit with my goals? (Note: This one is difficult to answer if you don’t know what your goals are).