Introduction Starting a new job can be exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming. You are learning new processes, meeting new people, understanding systems, attending meetings, and trying to prove yourself at the same time. When everything starts piling up, it is easy to believe that you simply have too much work. But there is something many managers rarely tell new employees: feeling overwhelmed is often not a workload problem. It is a priority problem. When everything feels urgent, it becomes difficult to know where to begin. You may spend the entire day moving between tasks without making meaningful progress. One simple way to manage this is the 3-Bucket Strategy. The 3-Bucket Strategy 1. Bucket: Must Do Today The first bucket includes tasks that genuinely need your attention today. These are usually connected to your manager, customers, operations, or important deadlines. For example, resolving an urgent customer issue, completing a time-sensitive report, a...
Introduction “If our cells replace themselves every 7 years, that means that you’re not the same person that you were seven years ago.” This quote is not only a piece of information, but it’s also a warning signal for many of us. We are becoming old every day and if we keep on procrastinating then we will be unable to achieve desired goals in time bound manner. Nature propels us to grow every day but our own belief system pulls us back. Suddenly we realize that now we are 60 years old and life walked past in front of us. It passes so fast that we may think that nature had played a prank on us. The importance of time can be understood through a Tibetan story explained by Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles in their very famous book “Ichigo Ichie”. This story is known as “The Gates of Shambhala” The Gates of Shambhala A Hunter was running behind deer, but that deer was very quick, and the hunter was running since last many hours. He crossed the frozen peaks of Himalayas. Suddenly he came...