
98 brilliant stress management
effective. He won’t plan, so is constantly surprised by events,
and then rarely does anything he is proud of because he is too
focused on whatever is next. At the back of his mind, Enrique is
thinking: ‘If I don’t get a move on, something bad will happen – and
it will be my fault.’
Slow down, Enrique: take your time. If you are like him, then
take a moment to think about the Urgent and Important
boxes you read about in Chapter 4. You probably spend all
of your time focused on the Urgent things, often letting the
Urgent and Not Important things compete with the Urgent
and Important.
When you take time to plan ahead, ...