I'm going to tell you what I've been up to these days and give you some ideas so that you can confidently handle something that poses a challenge or an interruption in your work routine.
Have you heard of TribuCamp ?
TribuCamp has been (probably) the largest event related to blogging and online entrepreneurship held in Spain.
It was organized by Franck Scipion in Madrid this past February 20th, I was collaborating kuwait whatsapp number data as part of his team, and it was wow!
If you weren't there, it's very difficult to explain in words. But to give you an idea, for example, about the speakers at TribuCamp 2016, you know those kind of divas who go about their business and don't give a damn? Ok, well, there weren't a single one of those.
There we were very lucky to have great people who came to share their best ideas, experiences and advice , and who also stayed with us all day, mixed with the rest of the attendees as one more, enjoying the talks of the rest of their colleagues, participating and having fun.
A thousand heartfelt thanks to Eduardo Archanco , Alfonsina Uriburu , Laura López , Javier Santos , Luis Villanueva , Omar de la Fuente , Mónica Fusté , Jeroen Sangers , Soma , Ana Vico , Chema Espejo , Jesús Porro , Fernando Álvarez and Álvaro López . You are enormously great.
It has been a pleasure to have had the opportunity to "devirtualize" ourselves for a long time.
And there I was, part of the LifestyleAlCuadrado team , or "that gang of crazy people who had never organized an in-person event" Daring to do anything!
4 Tips to avoid chaos when you face a challenge
Imagine that you soon have a situation planned that is outside the normal norm of your daily life.
You don't have to organize a TribuCamp, but you might be preparing a new project , the launch of a product , a course , a service , you're going to be away for several days for work , or those well-deserved vacations that then leave you landing the following week and not remembering what you had to do... does that sound familiar?
Analyzing what we did well organizing our first in-person event, I summarize 4 tips that you can apply to many other situations. If you follow these tips, you will surely control the situation, work better, with less stress, and have more free time for yourself.
Come on, aim.
[1] I knowrealisticpessimistic
But not with the idea of throwing in the towel, never!
When an occasion approaches that will disrupt your routine, be realistic, you will encounter inconveniences and unexpected events in pairs. So, whatever you can do weeks in advance, do it! Print, post, write, call, buy, order, whatever... do it in advance and it will be a bunch of mini-tasks that you will get out of the way.
Do you know what happened to our biggest unexpected event during our Madrid adventure? We rented a flat that was really cool in the photo but in reality was a fucking igloo (oops, does WordPress allow swear words?) and, to top it off, it seems that in La Latina people don't sleep at night. Six people, four days freezing cold and hardly any sleep. Enough challenge?
[2] My friends the three smart ones
Before the days come upon you, sit down and prepare these three lists. They will help you in an unbelievable way.
>>The "before" list.
Make a to-do list, compile those few absolutely essential tasks to do before your whatever-is-important .
Forget about the everyday actions you normally do. Take a note and write down the two, or three, or fifteen things you need to solve before your challenge and focus on them and nothing else.
>>The "during" list
This list is a must.
Do you know what we did for TribuCamp? We wrote down all the points and situations that would surely occur during the event and that would require support . And we prepared a schedule for each of the team members with details of where each one should be.
It may sound like a freak to you, but this was one of the successes of the day. We practically didn't even have to talk to each other because each of us knew where we had to be at each time slot, including the talks we had to give, and who had to take turns presenting, attending to the speakers or helping the video guy.
>>The "after" list
After 5 days in Madrid, cold, sleepy and with intense work, you land back home, with a lot of work piled up and you don't know where to start. Right?
That's what the "after" list is for. Make it ahead of time, writing down the most important tasks or those that are due soon when you get back into your routine .
When you get off the spaceship, at least you can use this little list and you will know where to start working until you gradually get back into your normal rhythm.
[3] Surround yourself with wonderful people
You are not perfect and neither am I, so the sure trick is to have absolutely spectacular people around you , like my teammates: Javier Gobea , Javier Manzaneque , Antonio G. , Ana Sastre , Javier Pastor and Joana Nastari . And Mr. Wolf , of course.
These magical people will not only help you and make everything easier, they will also make the journey more fun, I assure you.
[4] The final evaluation
Ok. Assume that everything is over. Challenge achieved (more or less).
And the end? Well, no.
There is no point in facing something new in your life or work and not drawing any conclusions from it.
Take advantage now, when you have the details fresh in your head, to make a more or less extensive note with your summary of the event/challenge/whatever.
Don't forget to include:
Your overall opinion on the result
