You might have heard this phrase before: “Nothing gets done without a deadline”. You see, it’s been proven that we work much more efficiently when we’re under time constraints. Why? Because when we’re under pressure, it forces us to focus on execution and eliminate tasks that don’t move the needle. It requires us to be productive. To get things done no matter what. And it removes our ability to overthink and make the task more complicated than it really is. Parkinson’s Law states that the more time we give something, the more important and complex it is. So if you give yourself a month to complete a project… You’re probably going to end up thinking about ways to make it more complicated by constantly adding more and more things to it. Even if you don’t have to do those things to launch it. But if you only give yourself one week to finish it… You’re going to figure out exactly what needs to get done and ONLY do those things that are necessary. That’s why it’s crucial to set time-limits on everything. Because the faster you can get things done, the faster you’ll be able to achieve your goals. And then look to the next....
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Why in the world, when success is available to everyone, do so few succeed? To the vast majority of managers, teachers and parents, this is one of the most perplexing questions with which they can be confronted.
Many will tell you it is a rhetorical question – there is no answer. However, that is just not so. There is an answer and I want to share it with you. Perhaps you have already heard the answer. Albert E. N. Gray delivered it in a speech years ago in Philadelphia. The speech was titled, The Common Denominator of Success. Mr. Gray explained that success is something achieved by the minority of men and women, it is therefore unusual, and not to be achieved by following our usual likes and dislikes, nor by being guided by our natural preferences and prejudices. In other words, success cannot be achieved by doing what comes naturally. Gray said the common denominator of success is in forming the habit of doing things that failures don’t like to do. Let me repeat, successful people form the habit of doing things failures don’t like to do. Mr. Gray was asked why the successful people like doing the things that make them successful. He replied that the beautiful truth is, successful people don’t like doing these things, which is precisely why they have formed the habit of doing them. A habit is something you do without any conscious thought given… you automatically do it. Successful people are influenced by the desire for pleasing results. Failures are influenced by the desire for pleasing activities. They are inclined to be satisfied with such results as can be obtained by doing things they like to do. Make a list of six activities you know will give you the success you seek. Commit to do these things religiously for thirty days and they will become habitual. Then, as William James put it, you will wake up one fine day to find you are one of the competent ones of your generation. Many people fail to realize that big success is the result of little successes achieved, often over a very long period of time. Truly successful people are long-term thinkers. They know that they must build upon each achievement and constantly learn new and better ways of doing things. A regular review of your progress is an essential part of goal-setting. A goal is little more than a wish unless it has a timetable for completion. Make sure your plan for your life includes short-, medium-, and long-term goals. Revise your goals as circumstances dictate, check them off when they are completed, and set new and bigger goals for yourself as you grow. And take time to reflect often to make sure you are on the right course — for you. |
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