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The December Time Trap: How Smart Professionals Lose 14 Days Without Noticing!!

If your calendar seems empty, your goals might be at risk.

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Glenda Carnate
December 08, 2025

Read time: 2.5 minutes

The real danger in December isn’t the amount of work. It’s thinking you have more time than you do.

One high-performing leader began December feeling on top of things. The calendar was clear and the pressure was low. Meetings were postponed “just to be safe,” decisions were put off “until things slowed down,” and projects quietly moved to January.

There was no crisis. No alarms went off. The month didn’t blow up; it just slipped away.

That’s how December takes away your momentum: quietly and without warning.

How Can Leaders Make the Most of the Last 14 Workdays?

  • Shrink your battlefield, not just your to-do list → Identify what truly drives revenue, credibility, or future opportunities, and let go of the rest.

  • Assume January will be chaos, not clarity → If you don’t build momentum now, the first quarter will be about catching up instead of growing.

  • Convert open loops into final outcomes → Unfinished work weighs on your mind. Finish it, delegate it, or decide to drop it.

  • Replace group comfort with individual ownership → Committees protect feelings, but clear owners get results.

  • Make time visible, not theoretical → Treat each remaining workday as a limited resource, not something you can stretch.

💡Key Takeaway: 

December doesn’t reward good intentions. It rewards being precise.

The most successful people aren’t working longer hours. They’re focusing on fewer, more important things.

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