Editor’s note: Barry Courter has a 26-year-old son who is a college graduate and a 21-year-old daughter who is a junior in college.
Q: Dad, at work, I’ve been given a complicated task with lots of moving parts. Where do I start?
A: Just start. Don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how much you have to do. Making a to-do list will help you organize things and ensure things get done. Sometimes knocking out the easy tasks first is best, and sometimes the opposite is true. But, whichever route you take, do something.