Get Smart!: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field
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| Work All the Time You Work Here, then, is the rule Work all the time you work. When you go to work, work. Do not play with your friends, check your email every five minutes, read the newspaper, or take care of personal business. Work all the time you work. If you are really serious about getting results, start a little earlier. Work a little harder during the day. Stay a little later. Pickup the pace. Move faster. Keep focused on your most important tasks. Don’t waste time. If someone wants to talk with you, you say, Id love to talk to you, but right now I have to get back to work.” This shuts most people down immediately. How can they stop you from getting back to work Tell them that you would be delighted to talk to them after work or on the weekend. Meanwhile, your personal mantra is “Back to work Back to work Back to work!” Your goal, known only to you, is to develop the reputation for being the hardest-working person in your company. Work all the time you work. When Are You Working? Many people think that because they are at work, they are actually working. But you are only working when you are starting and completing important tasks. You are only working when you are getting results that your company wants and needs to generate revenues and create value. Top people spend more and more time doing things of higher value. Average people spend much or most of their time on activities of lower value or no value at all. All teaching, books, and courses on time management comedown to helping you ask and answer the question, What is the most valuable use of my time right now Your ability to ask and answer this question accurately, and then to do exactly what is the most valuable use of your time, determines your success in your career as much as or more than any other single factor. Get Started and Keep Going You can use a series of strategies, tactics, methods, and techniques to get started and then to keep going until you complete the most important task before you. To manage your time effectively and get maximum results, you begin with clear goals to which you are committed. Some of the most important questions that you can ask and answer on a regular basis are the following. What am I trying to do. How am I trying to do it. How is this working for me Am I getting the kinds of results I want. What are my assumptions. What if my assumptions in this area are wrong. Could there be abetter way to achieve the results that I want. If I was starting this work over again, what would I do differently? Once you are clear about your most important goal or objective, your top priority, you can use a series of proven methods and techniques each day to get your most important task completed on time. Download 0.86 Mb. Share with your friends:
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