Real urgency brings about positive change. Cut out anything that slows you down. Skim the fat. Don't hide problems or crisis. Take the crisis as an opportunity to impart change. Don't be complacent, be ambitious.
At a time when it seems that many employees are expendable, make yourself irreplaceable. Be urgent. Step out of the comfort zone and set yourself apart from your coworkers. Think progressively, work more efficiently, and pay attention to detail.
Be urgent, but don't stress out. Anxiety and stress are tell-tale signs of fake urgency. Occupying your mind with stress and anxiety takes time away from valuable ideas and productive thought. Be urgently level-headed.
Another sign of fake urgency is being extremely busy. Fake urgency is performing a myriad of busywork that adds up to a full day of work but achieves no change. Real urgency has a goal, is focused, and results in change.
Obama has made a call for urgency, to make a change, and improve a nation. Unfortunately for us, most politicians must be too BUSY to hear the call.
John Kotter, a Harvard business professor, has written a book on urgency, A Sense of Urgency. This book is an in-depth account on urgency and how to use it effectively within a organization. Many of the points I have made can be found in more detail in his book.
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Well said.
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