Today's managers and employees get caught with busyness. They are perennially busy, do not have time for life. This PPT deals with this trap people get caught in and provides ideas to come out of this trap

1. Busyness Trap

2. SANKARLAL
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4. Badge of Corporates

5. Busyness
Modern day phenomenon
New mantra in the work place
Gives people some kick
Feel good/Proud about self

6. You
Your schedule is booked
You are in demand
You are doing something useful

7. You
You like busyness
Self imposed
Get into busyness …ambition, drive
Anxiety … what if I am not busy

8. Fear
Fear of being judged
Fear of Rejection
Fear of Missing out
Fear of Boredom
Fear of emptiness

9. HBR Study
80 % of employees spend their day
on this busy work
They have little time for doing the
critical work only they should do

10. Work
Your company:
Under staffed
Over worked
Rewards time, presence, loyalty etc.

11. Realities
Factor of production
Performance
Difficult to show performance every
day/ week/month/ quarter
Show busyness - accepted in the culture

12. In a Tunnel
You keep running around
Busy answering phone calls, emails
Meetings
Fire fighting
Racing to comply with

17. Go into an area where you normally
don’t go
• Cover up
• Fake
• Phoney
Coming out of the Trap

18. Awareness, Keep questioning
Social Agreements and Conditioning
Skill Levels
Life is Yours
Come out every day - Purpose
Coming out of the Trap

19. SANKARLAL
How Sales Consultants
# 98846 34111
lal@howsalesconsultants.com
https://www.facebook.com/sankarlal.shanmugam/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sankarlal-
shanmugam-aa73b86/
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