Most emergencies have a short half-life.
Those drop-everything-and-work-on-this type of problems tend not to last very long. They fade.
Emergencies either get solved, or they become part of the status quo. People are very resilient. It’s not uncommon for today’s emergencies to become tomorrow’s business as usual.
Still, urgent work excels at stealing our focus and draining us emotionally.
And some weeks it feels like all we’re doing is putting out fires.
But remember: You will outlast every one of them.
Knowing this, how will it change your response?
Will you get caught up in the panic? Or will you make an effort to see the root-cause more clearly?
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