As part of Sixthman U, I’m currently reading “Next Generation Leader” by Andy Stanley. Although I don’t necessarily lead very many people in my day to day life, it came highly recommended and it has a lot of interesting advice.
What sticks out to me most so far is something we have all likely heard a million times by now, and that is: “Chances are, you’re doing too much.” This echos the 80/20 rule we all know and love, which makes total sense.
I can’t help but think about how much we (and most businesses out there) do these days. Seems to me to equal TOO MUCH! We Twitter, we Facebook, we podcast, we video podcast, we blog (obviously) we have an online tv channel, a newsletter, and this just scratches the surface. Oh! And somewhere in there we make some time to produce, market and execute themed cruise vacations.
I definitely see the value in utilizing all these channels, we’d be idiots and/or cavemen not to. I just can’t help but think there has to be a breaking point out there somewhere. Everyone is doing SO much, very little of which has anything to do with what actually pays the bills. How much further can we go? Are people really going to stay interested in all this media and excessive information, or will we eventually get back to the basics (a.k.a. the 20%)? I know I need to tread lightly here, but if the truth be known, I seriously pine for the latter. Do I need a wake-up call?
