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Five Essential Habits for Managing One’s Time and One's Life Habit 1: Prioritization All tasks are not created equal; effective people work on high-priority tasks first. Life holds enough high-priority items in life so as to leave precious little time for anything else. Wasting time is essentially nothing more than investing one’s life in low-priority activities. And since time is a non-renewable resource, to waste it is profoundly unfortunate and unnecessary. Prioritization requires clarity. To have a clear vision of ones goal is imperative. Fuzzy goals and vague hopes seldom lead to success. Prioritization also requires focus. To rush after several major goals at once is counterproductive. Instead, one should have a primary, overriding objective and pursue it with vigor. Thoughts on the Habit of Prioritization "No business can do everything. Even if is
has the money, it will never have enough good people. It has to set
priorities." Habit 2: Get Started Most great accomplishments are left undone because well-meaning people never "get around" to them. Getting started is the only way to break the chains of procrastination. Unless the chains of procrastination are broken, life loses much of its pleasure, and success remains elusive. Getting started is a daily activity. Success requires that we "start again" every morning, working with perseverance and confidence. Great accomplishments are seldom the result of a single day’s work. Instead, they result from an accumulation of well-spent days. Thoughts on Getting Started and "Keeping Started" ""Now" is the operative word.
Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you
could actually be doing your dream. You don't need endless time and perfect
conditions. Do it now." Habit 3: Learn to Say No Members of the highly-attended People-pleasers Club find their time, their lives, and their to-do lists filled with low-priority activities assigned by other people. The word "no" is perhaps the single greatest time-saver in the toolkit of those who wish to manage their lives wisely. With the ability to use the word "no" (politely, but firmly) comes the freedom to plan one’s own affairs and accomplish one’s own goals. is the wisdom and the courage Thoughts on the Habit of Saying "No" to Low-priority Activities "Time is the coin of your life. It is the
only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful
lest you let other people spend it for you." "Besides the noble art of getting things
done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life
consists in the elimination of nonessentials." Habit 4: Ignore the Fear of Rejection In many cases, the great stumbling block that stands in the way of success is often nothing more than the simple fear of rejection. The profound irony of this fear, of course, is that it is only when we summon the courage to try, and to fail, that we have the possibility of succeeding. The fear of rejection is, in almost every case, an irrational fear. It is based upon our need to please others at all times. A better and more mature strategy is to do our work with less psychological energy wasted on the fear of rejection and more energy invested in the completion of high-priority tasks. Thoughts on Rejection Hardiness "You can’t have any successes unless you
can accept failure." "Confronting the fear of rejection is hard
work."
"85% of our customers say "no" at least once before buying." "All that is necessary to break the spell
of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That
is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us
from failure towards success." Habit 5: Work Smart, Not Hard Work alone is not the key to success nor is it the solution to our problems. Intelligent work, on the other hand, is the key that unlocks the door to success, accomplishment, achievement, and wealth. The question that faces everyone who seeks to live and work effectively is simple this: "Am I working intelligently, or am I am I simply working hard." The answer to this question will determine, in large part, whether one achieves his or her primary goal . . . or not. An important element of "working smart" is the habit of organization. Disorganized salespeople put themselves at a tremendous disadvantage, and they do so needlessly. A better strategy, of course, is to invest a few precious minutes every day organizing ones life, one’s desk, one’s computer, and one’s to-do list. Thoughts on the Habit of Working Smarter, Not Harder "One good head is better than a hundred
strong hands." For
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