Reflect
Reflect on your success. Reflect on your strengths. Find areas in which you wish to improve. Then make those improvements swiftly and consistently.
Assess Quickly
When faced with a problem or opportunity, assess it quickly. Most things are simple. They take longer because we complicate matters. We are especially good at this when we don’t want to do the obvious and efficient thing.
Do Great Work
If you’re not delighted by the work you do, figure out why. You should be delighted.
Request What You Desire
Be clear. Be firm. Be happy.
Ask. It’s the best chance for success that you have.
Are You Productive?
Do you waste a lot of time on ‘nothing’ activities? Getting coffee, having a cigarette, calling people to chat and eating or drinking are some of the larger time black holes.
You think you’re working a 16 hour day, but what you actually get done could be done in 3 hours of work. The rest of the time is busy but doesn’t progress anything
Audit your day. Be honest. What could be eliminated, delegated or done more efficiently? Write it down and start doing it today!
Set Alarms
And then don’t hit snooze when they go off!
Do The Right Thing
When in doubt, do the right thing. You may take some flak from embedded interests, but you’ll sleep better.
Stretch Yourself
Find your limit and then go beyond that.
You’ll be so glad you did.
Get Help
Get people to help you sooner than you think you need it.
Many people will help if you ask. Most people are kind and help people in need.
Get help early when it’s not a looming disaster. Just like a bank is more likely to lend money to someone or a business that doesn’t need it yet, people are more willing to help if the need is lite, not a full blown catastrophe to solve.
We’re All Related
Whether we are all descendants of Adam and Eve or the first few Neanderthals, we’re all related.
