back when I worked a regular job, our manager would spend 10 minutes on every call just trying to find the right file. and every chance he got, he'd lecture us about the importance of being efficient lol😭😭😭
A lot of people take management courses, watch lectures on leadership, and somehow skip the most basic thing - order.
You run a team of 50, but you were watching reels until 3 am, slept through your alarm, rushed out the door in wrinkled clothes, and skipped breakfast because the food delivery took forever.
How exactly are you supposed to manage anyone well today? If you want to be a good manager, you first have to learn to manage yourself.
I've sat in meetings where someone shares their screen and just... can't find the tab. Dozens of tabs open, the browser lagging from all the switching, everything freezing. If your laptop is chaos, what does that say about how you run a team? If the screen itself is smudged and half-visible - what management are we even talking about?
If you can't get your own life in order - always rushing, always behind, what example does that set for your team leads?
Remember the movie Limitless, where the pill made the main character's brain run at full capacity? The first thing he did once he got smarter wasn't close a deal or launch a company. He cleaned his apartment.
It's simple: order is the foundation everything else is built on - processes, accountability, control, efficiency.
So teach yourself to live with order, to control your day, your time. Teach yourself to get angry at chaos and disorder - and managing the world around you will be a whole lot easier.