Chapter 6. Too Much to Do
When you are overloaded, don't think of it as not having enough time; think of it as having too much to do. You can't give yourself more time, but you can give yourself less to do, at least for the moment.
We were on a project together once that the team had rescued from impending oblivion. Toward the first release there came a time when it was clear to everyone that we weren't going to make the release date. One day we had a stand-up meeting to discuss the problem. We went around the circle answering the question "What is preventing us from going into production?"
"I don't have enough time."
"I don't have enough time."
"I don't have enough time."
Nobody had enough time. But there was no obvious answer. Everybody went home. ...
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