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Hands Full
By Charles Martin | February 26, 2009
There was a great food establishment that I worked for that taught one basic tenet that probably evolved from something in the Navy or other military branch.
Hands Full.
The basic idea is that when you’re moving from one end of a work space to another (kitchen to restaurant floor) that you’d never be empty handed. And we never were. Unless the operation was closed and two night owls were gazing over a 2-hour dessert, no one went anywhere onto (or from) that floor empty handed. The idea of bee-lining all night with one drink or plate after another gets old and tiresome in about three minutes. Full hands kill bees.
This is a great habit that I teach and use at home with the kids (always going to their rooms with laundry or sports crap or…) but also for my work habits in the office. In other words, if you can move from project to project and task to task with a “full” idea of how to approach it, you’ll fare better. If your office is always in flux but still in order, you’ll also have a better chance of succeeding. I find this makes things roll faster and I get more done. The notion also plays well into a well-rounded multi-tasking work environment.
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