The Deep Tidy has worked, I am losing fewer things and finding other things within a few minutes. The surface of my desk makes a regular appearance, and in most rooms, I know the colour of the carpet. Nonetheless this is not enough to make an impact on the world! If the next ten years is to be different from the last fifty, something has to change.
Now that the debris is clear, I see the problems go deep. If the products of my mind are to bear fruit, my mind needs more than a Deep Tidy, it needs a Deep Restructure. Just like a failing business, it needs better Systems.
Systems are the backbone of a business. When someone buys a business, they buy the Systems to achieve results. Without effective Systems, everything is done as though for the first time, like the man with no memory. He makes no progress, Ground Hog day follows Ground Hog day. Bad systems are like bad habits. My life is full of bad habits, from ignoring bank statements to throwing my clothes in a heap and occasionally removing the smelliest items to the washing machine. Being tidy has helped get rid of my worst excesses, but more is needed. If tidiness is next to Godliness, I need more than a divine intervention.
I spent this afternoon in Deep Thought. How do I see the world? What do I want to achieve? What does all of this mean? Is this a sacred cow or a cowpat? What is the most useful way to organise my life and the budding business that is now my life. As I set out in my new business, Well and Working Ltd, I need Systems. Those Systems need to work at all levels, from where I store my paper clips, to how I organise my computer files, to where I keep my books and papers and how I structure my thinking. There is no room for compromise in a Deep Restructure.
The bookshelves took the first hit. As I rewrite medicine (http://doctorbloggs.blogspot.com), I do not want to become bogged down history, thus existing medical textbooks have been banished to the basement. From now on, everything not relevant to the success of the business goes in the basement. Organisation and Classification are the foundations of an effective and efficient System. A place for everything and everything in its place.
I have always prided myself on being a free spirit. Nonetheless, success depends on a submitting to a System, albeit to one of my own making. Unless the harness is on and and working, nothing will go anywhere. The purpose of the Middle Start, is to have an impact as big as Julius Caesar had on the Roman Empire. The Deep Restructure is about developing Systems, that, in the words of Occupational Health, give "Full and Effective Service".
Copyright Dr Liz Miller 2008
Now that the debris is clear, I see the problems go deep. If the products of my mind are to bear fruit, my mind needs more than a Deep Tidy, it needs a Deep Restructure. Just like a failing business, it needs better Systems.
Systems are the backbone of a business. When someone buys a business, they buy the Systems to achieve results. Without effective Systems, everything is done as though for the first time, like the man with no memory. He makes no progress, Ground Hog day follows Ground Hog day. Bad systems are like bad habits. My life is full of bad habits, from ignoring bank statements to throwing my clothes in a heap and occasionally removing the smelliest items to the washing machine. Being tidy has helped get rid of my worst excesses, but more is needed. If tidiness is next to Godliness, I need more than a divine intervention.
I spent this afternoon in Deep Thought. How do I see the world? What do I want to achieve? What does all of this mean? Is this a sacred cow or a cowpat? What is the most useful way to organise my life and the budding business that is now my life. As I set out in my new business, Well and Working Ltd, I need Systems. Those Systems need to work at all levels, from where I store my paper clips, to how I organise my computer files, to where I keep my books and papers and how I structure my thinking. There is no room for compromise in a Deep Restructure.
The bookshelves took the first hit. As I rewrite medicine (http://doctorbloggs.blogspot.com), I do not want to become bogged down history, thus existing medical textbooks have been banished to the basement. From now on, everything not relevant to the success of the business goes in the basement. Organisation and Classification are the foundations of an effective and efficient System. A place for everything and everything in its place.
I have always prided myself on being a free spirit. Nonetheless, success depends on a submitting to a System, albeit to one of my own making. Unless the harness is on and and working, nothing will go anywhere. The purpose of the Middle Start, is to have an impact as big as Julius Caesar had on the Roman Empire. The Deep Restructure is about developing Systems, that, in the words of Occupational Health, give "Full and Effective Service".
Copyright Dr Liz Miller 2008
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