Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Brian Tracy - 21 Ways to Double Your Productivity

1. Make a decision today and get started -- To do something or stop doing something. Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do when you should do it whether you feel like it or not.

2. Develop CLEAR goals and objectives -- You can get everything you want but you must pay the price in full and in advance. Write down your goals and set a deadline. Make a list of everything you can think of to achieve your goals. Organize the list into a plan and take action towards your plan. Do something every single day that move you in the direction of your goals.

3. Plan everyday in advance -- 6P(Prior proper planning prevent poor performance). Make a list. From master list to monthly list to daily list. Always work from your list.

4. Use the ABCDE method to set priority -- Never do a B item when there is A item left undone. D(Delegate to others) E(Eliminate).

5. Separate the urgent from the important -- Urgent and important, important but not urgent (like seeking knowledge), urgent but not important, not urgent not important (useless activity).

6. Use The Law of Force Efficiency -- What is the most valuable use of my time right now?

7. Apply the 80/20 Rule -- Identify the top 20% of your tasks.

8. Work at your energy peak -- Proper eating, proper exercise and proper rest.

9. Practice single-handling of key task.

10. Eat live frog -- First thing to do in the morning.

11. Organize your workplace -- Keep your desk clean. T.R.A.F. (Toss/Refer/Action/File).

12. Use travel time productively -- During car journey and flight.

13. Get better at your key task -- Determine the one skill that will help you the most in your life and your income.

14. Work in real time -- Bias for action. Need for speed.

15. Re-engineer your work -- Reduce 30% of the steps needed in your work initially. Use your creativity. Streamlining.

16. Reinvent yourself each year.

17. Practice zero-base thinking continuously -- What you won't do knowing what you now know you won't get into again if you have to do it over.

18. Set clear posteriority - Discontinue something that you are now doing that are no longer as valuable as they were when you first started on them.

19. Keep your life in balance -- Happy relationship with people.

20. Plan every project carefully.

21. Be intensely action-oriented -- Constant motion.

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