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WORKSMART

I Can’t Keep Up!

Six Principles For

Using Your Calendar

To Get More Done

By Lonnie Pacelli

Through my years I’ve seen many leaders at all levels struggle with getting things done
either by having to work late in the evenings and on weekends or by completely missing
due dates. As I’ve talked with these leaders, they just consider it part of the job, unable
or unwilling to do anything about it. I found myself early in my career doing the exact

same thing; setting unrealistic expectations and killing myself to try to meet them, only
to have a limited success rate of delivering on time. I hated that hamster wheel.

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