meteor
16-05-2005, 01:30 PM
Dây là một đoạn trong cuốn Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals
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Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel. —ORISON SWETT MARDEN
You can dramatically improve the overall quality of your life far faster than you might think possible. All you need is the desire to change, the decision to take action, the discipline to practice the new behaviors you have chosen, and the determination to persist until you get the results you want.
Here is a story that illustrates this point. An insurance executive enrolled in my Advanced Coaching and Mentoring Program had been working six to seven days per week, ten to twelve hours per day, and had not taken a vacation in more than four years when he began the program. He was earning more than $100,000 per year, but he was unfit, overweight, highly stressed, and not at all satisfied with his life. He felt overwhelmed, with too much to do and too little time. He was hoping that, at a minimum, this program would give him some new time management techniques that he could use to increase his productivity and get his life under control.
From the first day, he learned and applied the Focal Point Process. Step by step, he analyzed each part of his work and personal life. He identified the areas where he was getting the best results and earning the most money. At the same time, he identified the areas that consumed an enormous amount of time but contributed very little to his real goals. He made a list of everything he was doing, and then he applied the zero-based thinking question to each activity: "Knowing what I know now, if I were not doing this now, would I start it up again today?"
He realized almost immediately that there were an enormous number of activities he was caught up in and responsibilities that he had taken on over the years that were contributing very little to his life and his real goals. He then set new goals for his work, his family, his health, his financial situation, and his life in general. He compared everything he was doing with his goals. He decided to do more of some things and less of other things and to start doing certain things and stop other activities altogether.
This executive had a wonderful quality possessed by all truly effective men and women I know. He was able to stand back, analyze his life, make specific decisions, and then follow through on those decisions. The result was that within three months, he had cut his work week from seven days to five days. He had refocused his efforts on the top 20 percent of his clients and organized his activities to acquire more clients in that same category. At the same time, he began reducing and cutting back on the amount of time he was spending with the 80 percent of his clients who contributed only 20 percent of his revenues. This enabled him to spend more of his time with the clients who provided most of his income.
With his work life simplified and streamlined, he refocused on his family. He began spending more time with his wife and children. First, they arranged to go away for a weekend vacation, something they had not done for years. A few weeks later, they took an entire week away from work and school. Within six months, he was taking one week off per month with his family.
Meanwhile, because of his increased focus on his most valuable clients, within a year his income increased by more than 300 percent. He was exercising regularly and had lost 22 pounds. By doing fewer things of higher value and discontinuing activities of lower value, he dramatically improved the quality of his life in every area in just a few months.
This story is not unique. I have heard it thousands of times, all over the country and all over the world. As soon as people begin to apply these principles in their daily lives, the results they get are often miraculous. Even they are amazed at the incredible differences that take place and how quickly their lives change for the better. And what they have done, you can do as well.
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Nhó là phải cài trước Adobe mới đọc được đấy nhé.
Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel. —ORISON SWETT MARDEN
You can dramatically improve the overall quality of your life far faster than you might think possible. All you need is the desire to change, the decision to take action, the discipline to practice the new behaviors you have chosen, and the determination to persist until you get the results you want.
Here is a story that illustrates this point. An insurance executive enrolled in my Advanced Coaching and Mentoring Program had been working six to seven days per week, ten to twelve hours per day, and had not taken a vacation in more than four years when he began the program. He was earning more than $100,000 per year, but he was unfit, overweight, highly stressed, and not at all satisfied with his life. He felt overwhelmed, with too much to do and too little time. He was hoping that, at a minimum, this program would give him some new time management techniques that he could use to increase his productivity and get his life under control.
From the first day, he learned and applied the Focal Point Process. Step by step, he analyzed each part of his work and personal life. He identified the areas where he was getting the best results and earning the most money. At the same time, he identified the areas that consumed an enormous amount of time but contributed very little to his real goals. He made a list of everything he was doing, and then he applied the zero-based thinking question to each activity: "Knowing what I know now, if I were not doing this now, would I start it up again today?"
He realized almost immediately that there were an enormous number of activities he was caught up in and responsibilities that he had taken on over the years that were contributing very little to his life and his real goals. He then set new goals for his work, his family, his health, his financial situation, and his life in general. He compared everything he was doing with his goals. He decided to do more of some things and less of other things and to start doing certain things and stop other activities altogether.
This executive had a wonderful quality possessed by all truly effective men and women I know. He was able to stand back, analyze his life, make specific decisions, and then follow through on those decisions. The result was that within three months, he had cut his work week from seven days to five days. He had refocused his efforts on the top 20 percent of his clients and organized his activities to acquire more clients in that same category. At the same time, he began reducing and cutting back on the amount of time he was spending with the 80 percent of his clients who contributed only 20 percent of his revenues. This enabled him to spend more of his time with the clients who provided most of his income.
With his work life simplified and streamlined, he refocused on his family. He began spending more time with his wife and children. First, they arranged to go away for a weekend vacation, something they had not done for years. A few weeks later, they took an entire week away from work and school. Within six months, he was taking one week off per month with his family.
Meanwhile, because of his increased focus on his most valuable clients, within a year his income increased by more than 300 percent. He was exercising regularly and had lost 22 pounds. By doing fewer things of higher value and discontinuing activities of lower value, he dramatically improved the quality of his life in every area in just a few months.
This story is not unique. I have heard it thousands of times, all over the country and all over the world. As soon as people begin to apply these principles in their daily lives, the results they get are often miraculous. Even they are amazed at the incredible differences that take place and how quickly their lives change for the better. And what they have done, you can do as well.