Did you get these things done through sheer force of will, with your bare hands and brawn?
Are some unconscious habits or tendencies limiting your ability to get things done with and through others?
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Partly just because commercial contracts can be simpler when done that way: but also because so much of the financing is done through London and things just happen to get done that way, money and law being organised in the same place.
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And in an era of divided government, the way to get things done when the issues are tough is through a compromise and bipartisan negotiation.
The Rayburn House Office Building, named for longtime Democratic Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas, and the Dirksen Senate Office Building, named for longtime Republican Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois, recognize leaders of different parties and different ideologies who knew how, in the end, to cut through the mess and get things done.
His latest book is Simply Effective: How to Cut Through Complexity in Your Organization and Get Things Done.
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Ron Ashkenas is a senior partner of Schaffer Consulting, a Stamford, Connecticut consulting firm and the author of the book Simply Effective: How to Cut Through Complexity in Your Organization and Get Things Done.
So what I said before about a willingness for a couple of days if we had an agreement and needed to, because of all the procedural things you need to go through in Congress to get something done, that that potential remains.
And all's well since it is growing better and when I go for a trial for the things done on earth, I think I'll get a verdict of 'not guilty' through my efforts to make the earth a little better than I found it.
In my upcoming book, 18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done, I explore ways to know, sustain, and protect our focus as we cut through the noise to get our most important priorities accomplished.
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