How to Coach Yourself and Others Essential Knowledge For Coaching | Page 326

Edward Sheldrick describes people at work as either pearl
crushers or pearl divers.
Pearl crushers are those who miss the opportunities that work
affords. They let others determine how they spend their time and
blame them when they feel they underachieve.
Pearl divers are those who look for the hidden jewels on the seabed. They see work as an endless adventure and a means to
achieve, serve and accomplish.
Time Robbers: Others
1. incomplete information from others
2. employees bringing problems
3. the telephone
4. routine tasks
5. unnecessary and long meetings
6. drop-in visitors
7. outside activities
8. crisis management
9. poor communications
10. insufficient planning.
Time Robbers: Ourselves
1. attempting to do too much at once
2. unrealistic time estimates
3. procrastination
4. not listening
5. not saying "No"
6. doing it myself
7. stacked desk
8. delegating responsibility without authority
9. personal disorganisation
10. personality tendency towards workaholism.

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