(earlier published – classic article)
2004: Keep Thinking, don’t just do it ……..
At the start of the year, I would like to share some of my thoughts with you. There are various ways of looking at what to do or not to do which might result in a more successful year for you, both professionally and personally.
My new year’s resolution is that we should ‘keep thinking’ more to help us to be more effective in all we do or don’t do. Everyday there are a lot of things that come straight at us that we just action without thinking (especially through email or other media). But if we take some time to carefully consider the various pros and cons before drawing conclusions, we might improve the quality of our ‘output’. After going through a solid thinking process, we may ‘just-do-it’ anyway, but even more importantly, we may sometimes ‘just-NOT-do-it’. Of course the ‘do-it’ might be more constructive and more positive. Yet, since we do not always have the skills to make the right decisions, saying ‘yes’ to every request or opportunity might soon prove to be the wrong decision as well. Therefore, the ‘just-not-do-it’ option might be also quite constructive. Indeed it might help us to simplify the way we work, help reduce time or cost and make us better workers.
See this article from The Financial Times, because sometimes ‘just-NOT-doing it” is the right thing to do…
Finally, on a global level, we were delighted to see Moody’s reaffirm ING’s rating, reaffirming our status as one of the world’s most well-run financial institutions.
More details can be found on their [press release].
