65 To Go - Git Er Done, or Stay The Course?

Like everything, why are there so many schools of thought on.... well, um... everything?

Do you play for the tie or the win? Do you reuse plastic bottles or turn them into other things? Should you vacuum before you dust, or dust first? Should you turn your calendar's month the night before the month actually changes? In bowling, when you need a spare to win, do you still throw your normal strike ball or play it a bit safer to avoid a split?

All good topics for debate, but they don't necessarily make sense to go into overly deeply here.

But one that comes up (and maybe it's just me), is the whole end of the year thing. I know there are those "extra" things that need to be finalized before the year is up. But what about your normal activities?

Should you work more on those, harder on those, deeper on those, more focused on those as the year nears completion? Or should you just keep doing what you have been doing normally, same pace, same focus, same style and grace as the rest of the year?

I suppose it depends a bit on what your business is, what your activities include, what it is you are connecting this post to. I'm sure there are some activities which would be nice to get done by the start of 2009 (that end-of-year deadline can be a nice thing).

I guess my question is do you put extra emphasis on some things this time of year at the risk of letting other things slip by? Do you rush some things through (probably a bit too quickly) and hope mistakes are not made or things get sloppy?

How do you see it:

Is it better to rush a few things at the end of the year to get em out of the way, or just keep on doin what you've been doin?

--David

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David Stoddard
That guy who rambles about stuff, but it makes sense, somehow.
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