Sandra was achieving masses and nothing. This is a talk about struggling to find the right personal direction when all you feel is overwhelmed. Shared as part of #geekmentalhelp week Listen to the audio and hear other speakers http://mentalhelp.mkgeeknight.co.uk/#Sandra

2. My state of mind is
restless

3. How to do a great job
and go home on time

4. My break point is
too much pressure

5. The pressure is often
myself

6. I always want things to be
_useful
_engaging
_remarkable

7. It might surprise you to know
I’m a project manager
_or a producer
_a consultant
_either way I make things happen

8. I’ve been doing it since 1999
It’s a lot of fun

10. But it’s also a lot of
pressure

11. Never enough
time

12. Always a new approach
things to learn

13. That’s fine
apply constraints and shape

14. But sometimes
the pressure is excessive

15. You can’t do a great job
and go home on time

16. You can’t do a great job
at all

17. The demands are beyond
your time and capacity

19. You have a massive feeling of
lack of control

21. You know there is other, better
but you are stuck

23. You should wonder
_how you got yourself into this
_how to get yourself out

24. But you are exhausted

25. Mostly you
_cope
_and you breakdown
_and you cope

27. 2004 - 2007
_growth
_opportunity
_mid to upper

28. 2004 - 2007
_first producer
_first head of production
_lots of great people
_lots of great projects

30. Juggler extraordinaire

31. Capable
isn’t the same as able

32. Capable
isn’t the same as able

34. Use
your
brain
to
beat
panic
and
anxiety
(John
Illman)

35. Time
&
Mo<on
Redefining
the
Working
Life
at
FACT

36. Ivan is regarded as a safe pair of
hands.

37. There is a pressure in being
a safe pair of hands

38. People are used to your consistency

39. You are used to your consistency

40. You are offered great opportunities
It’s hard to walk away

41. As Head of Production I was responsible for
the management and development of
producers/project managers; defining
and maintaining production processes;
initiated projects; advised on approach
to budget, process, team and structure
of key account projects for others;
reported to the founders; led regular
management updates and production
meetings; interviewed prospects

42. As Senior Interactive Producer I
responded to communication briefs with
strategy; negotiated scope; defined
interactive briefs; maintained project
vision; defined the approach to process,
team, and structure of projects;
managed budget, risk, testing, delivery
and handover; created information
architecture; responsible for key
accounts and development of new
business opportunities; sourced and

43. Everything strong becomes weak
when it’s spread too thin

44. When the demands are beyond
your time and capacity

45. Enabler
becomes bottle-neck

48. Signs?
we were all working at high speed

51. Create opportunity in the environment
Find opportunity in a new environment

52. Run projects
Help people run projects

53. Have an exit
“I won’t be doing a fourth year”

54. Have time to think

55. Break the routine

56. Reconnect with the joy
outside the window

57. Speak to a doctor
_be signed-off
_discuss feelings
_be exposed to options

58. What did I want?
_be close to the projects
_have focus
_have an outcome, an end point

59. Reframe the challenge
_physical
_more local
_closer to the origin

60. Go back to work
_apply some perspective
_obtain some flexibility
_work on the next step

65. The pressure is often
myself

66. The difference between capable
and able is opportunity

67. Saying No
is a good thing
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68. There is more than one way
up

69. I like living with
complexity

70. I do need time
to think

71. Can I do it?
Can I do it with enough time to think?

72. Shaun Tan – The Red Tree
http://www.shauntan.net/

73. Lee Maudsley
http://www.leemawdsley.co.uk/
index.php?/archive-3/high-speed/

74. Ed J Brown
http://edjbrown.com/