technical responsibilities to work ‘on’ your job as opposed to ‘in’ your job. there is a school of thought that suggests that 10% of our time should be spent working on planning ‘how’ to do our jobs. 10% might seem a bit heavy at this time of year so i would suggest that any time at all that you use in this way will give you a good return on your time investment. even if it is just 15 minutes a day, spend some time standing back, reminding yourself of the bigger picture and give some thought to what you are trying to achieve and the best way to achieve 