WHAT IS THE MOST important and valuable work that you
do, in any field or profession? Its thinking ! Your ability to
think clearly about what you do and how you do it will have
a greater impact on your future results than any other single
action you take.
There are some areas of your work where slow thinking
is absolutely essential for you to perform at your best.
Take thirty minutes or more each day to review your
goals, your plans, and your progress. The best time to do this
review is first thing in the morning. Take time to think, plan,
dream, and create. All exceptional executives and highly
effective men and women set aside this time each day to
carefully consider what they are going to do before they begin. You should read, review, reflect, and think about what
you are doing before you take action.
Over the years, I have read hundreds of biographies and
autobiographies of successful men and women in every field.
One common thread in these biographies that I discovered
was that true greatness only emerges with introspection,
retrospection, solitude, and contemplation. You will only
achieve the greatness you are capable of when you begin to
take time regularly to think about who you are, what you
want, and the very best way to achieve it.
Take the time to evaluate your life and your activities in a
larger context. Think of where you are today and where you
want to be in five years. Look at the activities that you are
engaged in today and determine which of them can have the
greatest impact on your future. This way of thinking will
allow you to manage your time much better than you can
even imagine at this moment. Sometimes, just one good
idea gained in a period of solitude or contemplation can
save you months and even years of hard work
Make Better Decisions in the Present
For example, a young woman decides that she wants to be
very successful in business in her adult life. With this clear
long-term perspective in mind, the individual works many
extra hours to get excellent grades in high school so that she
will qualify for a good college. In college, the individual takes
harder courses and studies much longer than her peers to
graduate as close as possible to the top of her class.
As a result of many years of hard work and study, and
putting off the immediate gratification of parties, sports, and social life, the individual graduates at a high level from
a prestigious university and is then hired by a large company,
where she has the opportunity to get paid more and promoted faster than classmates who were not really thinking
about the future at all.
When you are clear about where you want to be sometime in the future, it is much easier for you to make better
decisions in the present. The rule is that long-term vision
improves short-term decision making. You have heard the
saying, If you dont know where youre going, any road will
get you there.
The habit of developing long time perspective is quite
powerful. By projecting into the future and looking back to
the present, you will often see steps that you could take,
and mistakes that you could avoid. This exercise will help
you to crystallize your values. It will give you the internal
tools to organize your time and activities so that what you
are doing today is moving you toward the creation of your
ideal future.
Ready for Time Management Techniques
If you are not headed toward your desired destination, you
dont want to get there any faster. If you are not moving in
your own self-determined direction, there is no point in
managing your time in a way that accelerates your speed of
accomplishment. Time management strategies and tactics
applied without a clear future vision will get you to a destination that holds no interest for you, only faster Once you are clear about your values, vision, and mission
for your life and work, and you are clear about what it is you
want to accomplish and the best way to achieve it, then, and
only then, can you begin to apply some of the powerful time
management techniques that are available to you.
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Fly with time
Non-Fictionwell effective book for those who are still finding their self...this book is about time management I wish all readers get positive thought after reading it
