I was just having a conversation with one of my wonderful clients about the piles of admin lurking ominously around her office, growing at an alarming rate in a triffid-like fashion, and how they created a sort of resentment, denial and desire for them to disappear magically.
"Bite size chunks" said I, gleeful in the knowledge I had tackled mine in a four-day admin massacre before New Year. I then explained my interpretation of the power of the bite size chunk...
If we view the demon in a David and Goliath way, we may never be brave enough to take on the challenge and it grows and grows in our minds creating a barrier to further progress. But believing we can bring the monster down in powerful stages doesn't make the situation seem so daunting and thereby becomes a manageable task.
Of course this isn't rocket science and has been said a million and one times before, but sometimes it just takes someone outside of the triffid zone to remind you!
So my advice for the New Year is when something seems so unmanageable you don't even want to make a start (like my wardrobe clear-out!), remember the power of the bite size chunk and get your teeth round the first bite today.
