‘What if there’s a task in my options column that just never moves?”

This question comes up in almost every class we teach.

And we ask, “What if that happens?”

We get answers like, “You have to make time for it,” or, “We need to find out why we didn’t start it.”

Maybe. Maybe that was something really important, and you just happened to do 200 other stickies. But more likely there are a few other options.

1. You don’t want to do it. You can then ask yourself: Do I really need to do this?

2. The task is poorly defined. You can then ask: What needs to be better defined? Do I have the understanding to flesh it out? Do I need help?  (Hint: Most tasks are poorly defined, and that’s OK.)

3. It’s not really necessary. Does this task really need to be done?

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