If you were to call me and ask if I could fly out and meet with you on March 11th, the old me would pull up my CRM to see if that date was open. If so, I would say sure, see you then!
But what I could miss is that I was scheduled to be at my daughter’s ballet performance on the evening of the 10th, and that the following week, I am to make two major presentations. Not to mention, this all comes after three very full weeks of meetings.
The old me would have made a commitment to that date without assessing how it would impact me and those around me during that larger period of time. Outlook was not good enough.
The solution was to go back to a paper tool.
Yup, I said it all because I truly believed it all. I was Saul persecuting and mocking all you Blackberry, iPhone, Twits… I mean Twitterers. Then came last month’s 
