The life of a winner is the result of an unswerving commitment to a never-ending process of self-completion . Terry Bradshaw One way to take care of to-do items is something we’ve all seen in time management courses: Do it, delegate it, delay it, or dump it. When you pick up a piece of paper, …
“Good , better , best . Never let it rest . ‘ Til your good is better and your better is best.” St . Jerome When you start a project or make an agreement or identify a change you need to make, it goes into your present memory bank and takes up what I call …
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If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? LAURENCE J. PETER Take a look at the diagram above. It’s called the Cycle of Completion. Each of these steps—Decide, Plan, Start, Continue, Finish, and Complete—is required to succeed at anything, to get a desired result, …
“Plan your work and work your plan.” Napoleon Hill Another powerful tool to keep you focused on creating your life exactly as you want it to be is to take a few minutes after you have planned your next day’s schedule and visualize the entire day going exactly as you want it. Visualize everyone being …
“Without proper self-evaluation, failure is inevitable.” John Wooden Sit with your eyes closed, breathe deeply, and give yourself one of the following directions: • Show me where I could have been more effective today. • Show me where I could have been more conscious today. • Show me where I could have been a better …
An important part of any focusing regimen is to set aside time at the end of the day—just before going to sleep—to acknowledge your successes, review your goals, focus on your successful future, and make specific plans for what you want to accomplish the next day. Why do I suggest the end of the day? …
It’s easy to be negative and unmotivated, but it takes some work to be positive and motivated. While there’s no of button for those relentless “tapes,” there are things that you can do to turn down the volume and shift your focus from the negative to the positive. DONNA CARDILLO, R.N. Successful people maintain a …
For every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour. MARY KAY ASH Whenever you confront an obstacle or run into a roadblock, you need to stop and brainstorm three ways to get around, over, or through the block. For every …
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. B.C. FORBES Sometimes you are going to have to persist in the face of obstacles—unseen obstacles—that no amount of planning or forethought could have predicted. Sometimes, you’ll encounter what …
Most people give up just when they’re about to achieve success. They quit on the one-yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown. H. ROSS PEROT Persistence is probably the single most common quality of high achievers. They simply refuse to give up. The longer …