We all love Goldilocks tasks<\/a>, you know, the ones that are neither too hard, nor too easy. Such tasks “make our day” and make us feel good!<\/p>\n

Tasks that are too easy don’t stretch you, thus the feeling of accomplishment is low. This leads to boredom and ennui.<\/p>\n

Tasks that are too hard are scary, they may evoke extreme reactions of fight or flight in you. This leads to fear, or aggressiveness. In some cases, you may feel energized.<\/p>\n

If you can choose your tasks, then find a good “portfolio” of tasks that will maximize your productivity and develop your capabilities. Being able to choose your tasks is the ultimate freedom and reward you can hope for in the workplace. Not being able to choose your tasks is a reality you need to deal with.\u00a0If you cannot choose your tasks, stay in the moment, and deal with the issues at hand. Set aside time to create a plan that will allow you to choose your tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We all love Goldilocks tasks, you know, the ones that are neither too hard, nor too easy. Such tasks “make our day” and make us feel good! Tasks that are too easy don’t stretch you, thus the feeling of accomplishment is low. This leads to boredom and ennui. Tasks that are too hard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[13,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1031,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions\/1031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}