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Make a list of your accomplishments as you go through the
day-they are greater than you think.
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Keep a time log at least once every six months to determine
exactly where your time is going.
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Do it right the first time and you will not have to take time
later to fix it.
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Practice concentrating on your work, doing only one thing at a
time.
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Accept responsibility for your job successes and failures. Do
not look for a scapegoat.
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Do not view things you do as a "job." View all
activities as a challenge.
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Use your subconscious mind by telling it to do what you do
want. Instead of telling yourself, "I can't do that very well," say, "I can
do this very well."
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Schedule several short vacations or long weekends-this creates
positive deadlines by when you must have projects done.
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Develop a faster operating tempo or pace. Do things with a
sense of urgency. Get over thinking you must do everything yourself.
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Take time to be quiet and reflective for a few minutes each
day.
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Live effectiveness in everything you do rather then just
sporadically applying time management techniques.
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Live in the Now. The current instant is the only time in which
you have control-not the past, not the future, just now, in this instant.
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Recognize you control only 50% of a relationship and that is
your half. If you are dissatisfied with what is going on, change what you are doing and
saying.
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Give yourself points for completing tasks on your
"to-do" list in priority order. When you reach 10 points, reward yourself.
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Carry a card with your goals written on it and review your
goals at least three times a day.
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Act with enthusiasm in all that you do.
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Take time out to thank yourself for a good
job.
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Practice your personal beliefs. It may be helpful each morning
to take 15 minutes to gather your thoughts and say a prayer.
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Operate knowing that there is good in everything. Every cloud
has a silver lining-look for it.
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Whenever you have an important thought that is not directly
related to what you are working on, write it down. Then you will not forget it and you
also will no longer be distracted by it.
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Make a commitment to show someone a specific accomplishment on
a certain date. The added urgency will help you feel motivated to have it done.
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Reward yourself when you have successfully completed a high
priority project.
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Instead of thinking about what you didn't get done, recognize
all you did get accomplished and reward yourself for having done the most important
things.
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Keep a list of accomplishments as well as a list of
"things to-do. You will learn just how much you do get done.
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Practice self determination, wanting to do it for yourself.
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Nothing takes the place of persistence. Practice
"stick-to-it-iveness."
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Get into the habit of writing down a person's name-it will
help you to remember it.
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Believe that you can be what you want to he.
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Operate on the philosophy that what we give out is what comes
back to us.
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Occasionally, sit quietly and do a self-assessment of your
skills and strengths.
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Praise yourself for your progress.
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Recognize not all days will go as you desire. Be kind to
yourself on days when your self esteem is wavering. Remind yourself that you are good and
can stand up to any obstacle.
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Never criticize yourself as having a weakness. There is no
such thing. You are only talking about a present undeveloped skill or part of yourself
that if you so chose, you can change. You do not have any weakness, only untapped
potential.
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Check to be sure you do not fall into the activity trap of
simply doing tasks without knowing to what greater good the task is designed to
contribute.
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Be pleasant all the time-no matter what the situation.
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Life is what you perceive it to be. Do you see it as a bore or
as an adventure?
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Recall what you were hired to do and make sure it happens.
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To get ahead in anything, operate in the "and then
some" manner. Always do what is expected "and then some," so what you give
is always more than is expected by the other person.
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When working on a project that you can't stand, do it for a
few minutes at a time until you can't stand it anymore. Then do something else and come
back later for a few more minutes. Keep taking these bite size pieces until it is
completely done.
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Look at what you do as an adventure. You can discover new
things from this new perspective.
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Challenge yourself to do things differently than you have in
the past. It provides new ideas and keeps you interested.
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Finish that last task you are working on before you go home;
do not just leave it.
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Plan your day as you shower and dress in the morning. Keep a
pad and pencil nearby to jot down ideas.
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Talk to yourself. Self talk using positive affirmations is
something that is common among all great achievers. They convince themselves that they can
accomplish their goals.
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Practice being punctual. Others will sense your
professionalism.
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Plan, at least to a minimum, everything you undertake.
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Think it through, then do it.
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Think of your time as money. Are you getting a good return on
the way you invest/spend it?
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Take some time, no matter how short, every day to do something
you enjoy.
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Remember, if you think you can or you think you cannot, you
are right.
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Use the self-fulfilling prophesy on yourself. Expect yourself
to succeed.
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Doing gives you the power to do.
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Whenever you agree to get back to someone or complete a
project, commit to a specific date by when you will have it done. and write this in your
calendar immediately.
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Think in terms of long-term results.
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Create your own "motivation board" by putting up
notes of things you need to do on a bulletin board or special wall space. It is an easily
visible way to see what you need to work on. When an item is done, remove the note. Also
keep your goals listed and pictured on your board.
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"Ninety percent of success in showing up."
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Be open and ready to make adjustments as things change.
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Focus 100% of your attention on a project.
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Since your boss will be asking you for progress reports, from
time to time, stay informed by asking your people for progress reports each day while you
meet them in their office or work area.
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Hire an assistant to run small errands and cleanup paperwork,
etc. Even if you pay them from your own pocket, it is a good investment because it
increases your productivity.
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Enjoy your life and blessings. You could be worse off.
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Recognize that even though you say you are doing something for
someone else, in reality you are doing it for yourself. Since you are doing it for
yourself, you can also enjoy it more.
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Start each day with a smile.
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Your job reflects you. Can you take pride in it being well
done, error free and on time?
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Do it right or do it wrong just do it!
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Compete with yourself to become a little better each time you
do something. Achieve your potential.
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Streamline your daily routine to do the same thing at the same
time in the same order. Periodically review for continued effectiveness and efficiently.
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When responsible for a project, become intensively involved
with it.
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Tell someone else what you are doing to keep on schedule. It
keeps you committed.
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Make each day the best day of the week.
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Network with others in the organization to stay informed of
who is doing what, when, where, and for whom.
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Use even small "pockets of time" to make lists,
write notes and consider ideas.
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Consciously decide what are some things you are NOT going to
do.
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Be willing to ask that a staff meeting be called to clarify a
specific issue.
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Purposely schedule something you enjoy between routine
projects. It will help rejuvenate you.
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Schedule a block of time periodically to take a big bite out
of a major project.
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Realize "energy begets energy." Act and energy will
flow.
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Time your routine activities such as telephone calls.
Determine how you can "capture" some of the time and use it on other top
priority activities.
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Be a "doer" not a "sitter."
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Sense the pride you will feel when you have completed a
project.
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"He who kills time buries opportunities."
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Meditate according to your personal beliefs at the beginning
of each day.
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Create the right "mind set" for success by adjusting
your attitude for the upcoming project.
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Stay interested in what you are doing. Keep looking for what
is interesting in your work. Change your perspective and look at it as someone outside
your job would,
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Do not get hung-up on trivial details or tangents. Stay
focused and moving.
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Always carry a pen or pencil and paper on which you can make
notes.
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Do not accept calls for the first 15 minutes of the day while
you prepare your daily strategy.
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Contemplating, meditating on, thinking about, or praying about
the activities and success of the workday focuses energy toward that end result.
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Nest activities to available waiting time. Take a bite out of
your elephant-sized project.
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Establish personal incentives and rewards to help maintain
your own high enthusiasm and performance level.
