Small Improvements Each Day the Woodpecker Way

Small Improvements Each Day the Woodpecker Way

You are faced with a mountain of work or just started a new project and it’s daunting. Well, think of the woodpecker? What’s he talking about you are saying?

The woodpecker is an amazing creature and by adopting the woodpecker approach we can make our lives easier at work. What do we mean by that?

Well, the woodpecker finds a tree and begins to peck away at it. Tiny shards of wood fall to the ground. Not very impressive you might think but the woodpecker doesn’t just stop there. It continues to peck..peck… peck…one bit at a time. Eventually the huge tree falls, now that’s impressive from a little bird.

Well, like the woodpecker you make a start and bit by bit all those little actions begin to add up until you find looking back that you have made a huge impact with your work, your project, your goal.

The woodpecker approach is a great method to adopt when you are overwhelmed with the size of your work load. Try not to think about that. Instead focus each day on doing your little tasks, doing something small that will help improve your ability to do the job. Even if it’s not something huge and you’ve only taken a few minutes. It’s about being consistent and chipping away, like the woodpecker.

You will find over time you build up amazing results and before you realize it you have completed what you set out to do and climbed that mountain of work and delivered it like a Pro. Small improvements bit by bit over time on a consistent basis is the key here. The Japanese call it ‘Kaizen’ and look how methodical the Japanese can be.

When faced with a large task or project it’s not something you can achieve in one go. It takes time and chipping away gets you results.

It makes sense no? Think about it with a child’s logic. A joke a child not so long ago told was about an Elephant. It went like this:-

Q. How do you eat an Elephant?

A. One bite at a time…

Well, that kid had it right. The Elephant is your job, and you are going to complete your task one bit at a time until you’ve eaten that Elephant…

Happy Eating…

Contributor:- MPD