when faced with a duty or job that is really hard to do we could say you are faced with a tough task. tackling tough task is the process by which you are able to breakdown this task and solve it it a simpler war or just to get the end result. the end result in most cases is what matter and not how you get it. as in most cases there has to be short cuts, a lot of people don’t approve of short cuts while others say, as long as the result is there, they don’t care how.
in life, we are always faced with tough task or choices, how we decide to tackle them depends on us. we could decide to do the moral thing and not go through short cuts, this is usually the hardest way to go about a lot of task but they say nothing comes easy. or we could go through short cuts and grease a few palms along the line, this is easy and fast. or we could just hire people who are vast in that field to get the work done. at the end its the result that matters.
in my own opinion i would always go for the easiest way out and also the fastest as time is money. if there is a shorter way to tackle a problem i would use it but before we start tackling a problem there are few things we have to know. you have to fully understand what the tough task ahead of you is, what are the options you have to deal with this task and what they would entail. if you know all these then i am sure you would always pick the best route to the end.
This RichardStep Marketing survey was designed to get a better understanding of what really gets under the skin of those folks out there dealing with tackling tough tasks. Read over the awesome answers below and see how you can tailor your business to address the frustrations of the people most relevant to your business niche market. Want more? Read the 125 other topics in the ‘Frustrations’ survey category by clicking here.
The following list are uncut and raw responses of the things this group found most frustrating in their daily lives.
Tackling Tough Tasks
- Trying to implement a primary idea to somebody who sees it as a secondary task
- Having so many things going on at one time. It is hard to balance all the tasks at times.
- Having too much come at me at one time and not being able to complete one task before two more coming at me. No time to re cooperate and breathe between one task to the next.
- I had to figure out how to to my biology home work and i was getting ou to ftask and i could not find the answer in the work book
- Sticking to a set routine and getting work done. Breaking down projects into tasks.
- Being required to do more work than was possible for me to do my best at each task.
- Sitting at a desk all day away from daylight and fresh air and doing the same tasks all day
- Cleaning up after someone else’s negligence. Doing more work on top of current tasks because someone else slacked off is infuriating.
- Working with people who refuse to accept or ignore required changes to the way tasks are completed. Dealing with intentionally obtuse individuals
- I had to brush leaves from under a tree and even out pebbles. I was completing a task that will be undone as soon as I stop working.
- Not getting past the mistakes I have made in the workplAce. Every time I do a new task I am worrying what I can do wrong
- Trying to figure out a topic for an important essay has been the most frustrating task because I feel directionless with it. The parameters are ambiguous and I feel like I have too much freedom in my choice.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to do this week was at work. I was delegated a task that was not my responsibility, and I wasn’t given direction, so I muddled through it myself.
- Not understanding the true reason why an employee of mine does not want to take on a task that I have given to him. There is something fishy about the situation that he does not want to tell me.
- I really can’t remember being frustrated by anything. Sure, there were some demanding tasks but I either met the challenges successfully or I felt myself come into a process that will lead to a solution soon.
- The most crustating thing is the lack of order. They don’t train you how to properly do a task, aldo your reponsibilities increase very often and not your salary.
- To write a good chapter on my dissertation and it was frustrating because it was important task to me.
- Not having enough work to do is frustrating. I like to be kept busy. Not just with routine tasks but with new and creative challenges and projects.
- I cannot come up with faster solution to a problem. this wasted my time from doing my other task.
- My class can inefficient and too time consuming. Lots of time is wasted doing small unimportant tasks.
- Nothing really frustrates me, I had to open the gate for my friend, that’s probably the most difficult task but it wasn’t frustrating. Washing dishes is a bit annoying i guess
- The most frustrating thing I have had to deal with is people being lazy and not fully completing their tasks at work. If you were assigned a task you should simply do it and in a timely manner. When they don’t it results in the entire team suffering.
- The most frustrating thing about my current job is not knowing what to do next. When I complete a given task I like to know what the next task is. I feel frustrated when I’m standing around waiting to be told what to do next.
- Waiting for a very slow computer system to respond. It was frustrating because I couldnt get on with the task I was trying to complete that day.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to do was work with a group of people that were not committed to the task and have left the entire workload to do by myself.
- Not being able to fire people who no matter what kind of approach or learning tool uses to steach them the task in question, they keep making the same mistake over and over.
- Making Frequent office presentations on almost same subject……. Reason of frustration: Repetitiveness of tasks
- Trying to understand why, when one is under pressure all problems occur to avoid you from a completion of a task. Not helping to cope with the pressure of your current situation
- Logging emails in an email tracker, because it was pointless, time consuming, and took me away from my primary task (answering emails) it also increased the risk that I would make errors in my emails.
- I am involved in an internship where the supervisor lacks in communication, making it hard to accomplish specific tasks and learn from this experience.
- In the past few days i was frustrated because i was not able to spend more time with my family because for lot of tasks at work.
- Babysitting. when i have something to do already, people ADD on what else am I going to do when I’m not done with my task. everyday its frustrating. its always the same thing over and over.
- Trying to get something settled that occurred a while ago. It is frustrating because everything was submitted but the task wasn’t followed through, when contacted the key responsible they did not have an answer because they were not up to date with the task.
- I am not given enough responsibilities and have no feeling of reward or accomplishment. A monkey could perform my daily tasks.
- I had to shred paper work for two weeks , I just wanted all the paper to be gone already so that I could have moved on to another task
- I always have to fill in for or correct other peoples mistakes, then get lied to about the amount of time necessary to complete the task, or get called unprofessional
- I seem to do well at many things and enjoy helping others but I can often find myself stretched too thin and would like to find the tasks I excel at
- Working on a databasa for four days. It was frustating because it didn’t require any logic or thoughts, only repetitive and mechanical tasks.
- Waiting on someone to make a decision. Instead of just doing the job, even if it isn’t your, because it has information you need to complete you task.
- At the last moment I had to step in to bring my kid to school. Frustrsating becuse I was asked at the time when I had to leave for work to do this task.
- Attending mechanical workshop in first year… over there i was force to do things like cutting woods,making iron rust free and all kind of physical task which was of no use,as i am a computer engineer
- The most frustrating thing in my life is when others get in the way of progress. When others do not have the same work ethic, and do not complete the task assigned to them. This is especially frustrating when it effects others in the team.
- The most frustrating thing about my job is growth. I don’t feel like I am where I should be. I feel frustrated when I don’t understand how to complete a task.
- I am unable to delegate or refuse any requests, both in my professional as well as personal life. This is frustrating because I am unable to complete my tasks, which results in delayed timelines.
- It has to do with repairing things and it was frustrating because consumed valuable time that i do not have and that i need to spend with a more valuable task
- I am working on my thesis and I had to had type hundreds of data points which was a waste of time. This prevented me from devoting time to more analytical tasks. Wasting time is frusterating to me.
- It becomes frustrating to be working very hard at a job only to have your co- workers get used to you making sure everything gets done that they let their tasks go unfinished. It puts a strain on the team.
- Trying to sycronize schedules and teamwork with colleague that does not share any information about plans, time estimates or, God forbid, feelings about work tasks. It’s extremely difficult working in a team where people don’t talk to each other.
- I had to gather population statistics for a pacific area, I struggled to find information on the internet and became frustrated as I thought it would be an easy task.
- I’ve had to tease apart the difference between personality and past experience, determining what expectations an individual is capable of attaining, while prioritizing tasks within my personal and work life.
- Working on martha’s files. I started anew job about 2 months ago and a co workers files were dumped on me. I cannot seem to be able to finish all the work and on top of that I have my own tasks increasing and suffering too.
- The most frustrating thing I’ve had to do is deal with criticism from a lazy co-worker. The criticism was minimally applicable (a one time occurrence), and the co-worker never completes the task they were criticizing for underperforming.
- Just recently I had my email stop working on my work computer which was very frustrating since it is my main line of communication. Not only that, but it through off my routine and made the easier tasks that I take for granted a little more challenging.
- The most frustrating thing you’ve had to do in the past few days at home was put my closet back together; the rack kept/keeps falling down; work do someone else work when I was so behind on with my own task.
- I had to stop a project i was working on because i had to help others complete something they think is more important. it was frustrating because i knew that without my help they wouldnt have been able to finish their task but i had to stop mine.
- The most frustrating thing is to complete a long job application with cover letter and resume. This was frustrating because of the amount of time it took to complete and the needed information that had to be researched to complete the task.
- Working on a doctor meal order project. This was frustrating because I was not given instruction on whether to just deal with the active clients, or to include inactive clients as well. I also wished it would have been alphabetized to simplify the task.