The Missing Ingredient:  Enthusiasm! Watch extremely successful individuals in any endeavor and look for this common denominator:  Enthusiasm! Whether it be the Little Leaguer that tears up the league or the impassioned instructor you want to go to class to see, one key difference between successful people and others is their level of enthusiasm in
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This is the final installment of the ten week blog series entitled “10 Weeks to Supreme Productivity.” To close, I want to leave you with a very simple principle you need to repeat in your daily mantra, “prefer action over inaction.” Week #10 Tip: Prefer Action Over Inaction Doing is almost always better than not
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Now that you have implemented new strategies over the past 8 weeks of this blog series, you hopefully are finding greater success with your personal productivity. Today, I will speak to a monster key to supreme productivity: delegating and empowering others. Tip #9, Delegate and Empower Others! You are only one person, and you are
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A constant source of frustration is that overwhelming loss of control when one is in a position of responsibility. Be proactive about managing your time and energy and you will be happier, more fulfilled and more productive. In week # 8 of our series, “10 Weeks to Supreme Productivity,” we will explore some additional methods
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This week, week #7 of the blog series, “10 weeks to Supreme Productivity,” I will explore a technique which will help you lessen stress and accomplish more. Simply stated, each and every day, do the tasks you dread or fear first, and get them over with. Week # 7 Tip: Do the Worst First. Do
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This is the sixth week of the ten week series entitled “10 Weeks to Supreme Productivity.” This week, I explore another way you can be smart in your work environment by having you apply another simple gem: the 80/20 Rule. Also known as “Pareto’s Principle,” the 80/20 Rule helps you manage your life for maximum
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This is the fifth weekly blog in the series, “10 Weeks to Supreme Productivity.” Today, I will discuss a little gem called “the Hawthorne effect.” This is a beautiful, yet simple ‘law” that has wide applicability. I once used the Hawthorne effect as the key component in turning around one failing company. It is one
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This week in “10 Weeks to Supreme Productivity” you will begin to take action towards your vision by creating an action plan and implementing it. In my previous blogs, covering the first three weeks in our “10 Weeks to Supreme Productivity” series, I discussed: (1) that your expectations affect outcomes and your chances at success;
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Week three of “10 Weeks to Supreme Productivity” is all about the importance of setting goals. In weeks one and two, I had you contemplate on how your own beliefs and expectations affect your chances of success, and how supreme productivity begins with a clear and compelling vision of your future. You were told to
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Vision is the focus of week two of “10 Weeks to Supreme Productivity.”  You can begin the series here.  This week, I will explore the second key in achieving phenomenal success: creating a clear vision. Most people stumble through life without having a true vision of what success will look like. You can’t move toward what
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