A couple of days ago, I sat down and asked myself some tough questions about my work/life balance and the amount of ‘stuff’ I was metaphorically carrying around with me. 

The next step in my ‘Change in 2008′ process involved identifying the need and while it had sounded great when I’d written the list of steps I was going to take, it didn’t really mean much on its own.  What need?  Need for change?  Need for value in my actions?  Need for more steps?

So I sat down again and really thought about what this ‘need’ was and realised that, for me, it was the need for change in my life and actually stemmed directly from the tough questions.  I need to change my time allocation for tasks. I need to refocus on what is really important.  And I need to get control of my brain and make it do what I really want when I want, rather than wasting valuable time.

So really, my ‘need’ boiled down to something very simple:

I need to fully engage; bring everything I have to the task at hand and keep focussed on the big picture.

Easy, right?  No, but mission accomplished; I have my need. Now onto sorting out what I’m trying to achieve.