Return on Speed

So much project work gets stretched out over days and weeks and months!  Concentrated time to finish a deliverable is powerful.  You’re often better off not working on a small project at all for three or five weeks if you can engineer time for the right people to come together to finish the project with a few hours or days of focused effort.  

I remind you of Leonard Bernstein’s insight: “To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.”  

Do everything you can to squeeze out chronological days.  The return on speed is exponential, not linear.   Efficient execution begets more and better results. This pattern of work will set you apart as a powerful contributor.