Standards in a Covid World, 22

1. Respond to all business e-mail within 24h. Much of this can be simply be an acknowledgement plus an accurate assessment of when you will respond fully.
2. Then respond fully when you said you would.
3. Turn up on time. 
4. In the business meeting, contribute, tell it straight and record your actions.
5. And do the actions you said you would do.
6. Be loyal to those not present.
7. Alternate coffee/tea/soda with a glass of water.
8. Don't neglect a quality issue be it a mistake on a PPT slide nor a client who seems to be waiting too long for attention.
9. Focus. A 'brand re-fresh' is not needed. What is needed is some focus on the tasks in hand.
10. Consider a digital distraction as poison injected into your brain. It is.
11. Don't cherry-pick: do the tough, high value stuff. And do it early in the day. Then coffee, cup 3.
12. Do go fruit-picking though. Fresh air. Conversation through the mask. And the best of fresh fruit.
13. Greet people. Be interested in them. It’s harder in an increasingly exclusively digital world. And so it is even more valuable.
14. And not just for your network.
15. Recognise your organisation is not perfect. But it's better when you are better.
16. Now you are working at home, work out how you are going to do basic body maintenance.
17. The gym is optional, but movement is essential.
18. Now you are working at home, decide what is the mechanism for going home at a reasonable time and switching off from work. 
19. Floss. Not so much for the health benefits (which-of course-plenty debate). But to prove you can set up a daily habit.
20. Practise observing your moods, rather than being them.
21. Regularly review what is important to you.
22. Start stuff. Finish stuff. Feel good.