{"id":2438,"date":"2020-03-25T10:51:19","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T09:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giuliavillirilli.com\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2020-04-05T11:07:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T09:07:53","slug":"roots-wings-lunch-break-4-effectiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giuliavillirilli.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/25\/roots-wings-lunch-break-4-effectiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"Roots & Wings – Lunch break #4 – Effectiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cEffectiveness, in other words, is a habit; that is, a complex of practices. And practices can always be learned. Practices are simple, deceptively so. But practices are always exceedingly hard to do well. They have to be acquired, as we all learn the multiplication table; that is, repeated ad nauseam until \u201c6×6=36\u201d has become unthinking, conditioned reflex, and firmly ingrained habit. Practices one learns by practicing and practicing and practicing again.\u201d \u2013 Peter Drucker, The Effective Executive<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

During a winter lunch break on my own, I read again some pages of the insightful book of P. Drucker. His view made me dream of a better self, leading to a new life where I could behave in an improved way and inspire others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Effectiveness, in P. Drucker\u2019s view, is essential for one own\u2019s self-development and, subsequentially, for the development of organizations and societies. Consequently, essential for leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The word effectiveness stems from the Latin word efficere<\/em>, that means \u201cto produce an effect\u201d, or \u201cto have the power to get to a desired result\u201d. It means to be able to be successful under \u201creal-life\u201d conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to P. Drucker, the effective executive masters five habits of the mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#1 \u2013 know where the time goes<\/strong> – measuring time and managing it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#2- focus on outward contribution<\/strong> – \u201cwhat results are expected of me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#3 \u2013 build on strengths<\/strong> \u2013 making strengths productive for best effect<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#4 \u2013 set priorities <\/strong>– do first things first, and second not at all<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#5 \u2013 make effective decisions<\/strong> – take the right steps in the right sequence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What struck me while reading, was the accent on practice. Practice makes perfect, we all know this saying; and yet, many of us struggle with constant practice and consolidated habits. When we look at leaders, we often tend to think that they are born like that. The truth is that they may have talent, but surely enough, thousands of hours of practice as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I was able to experience journaling with no interruption for 1244 days. This practice enabled me to observe my feelings and cultivate gratitude. I was extremely proud of myself during that time and each year I celebrated my achievement in a different way. Daily practice may not be as visible as other achievements, but on the long run it represents a remarkable success towards effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which practice do you want to implement in the next months? What would help you to sustain it?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cEffectiveness, in other words, is a habit; that is, a complex of practices. And practices can always be learned. Practices are simple, deceptively so. But practices are always exceedingly hard to do well. They have to be acquired, as we all learn the multiplication table; that is, repeated ad nauseam until \u201c6×6=36\u201d has become unthinking, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/giuliavillirilli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/giuliavillirilli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/giuliavillirilli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giuliavillirilli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giuliavillirilli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/giuliavillirilli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2458,"href":"https:\/\/giuliavillirilli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions\/2458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giuliavillirilli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/giuliavillirilli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giuliavillirilli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giuliavillirilli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}