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By Brian Tracy
1 CHAPTER ONE
TIME AND PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT Dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for thats the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin 1. Time is your most precious a. b. c. d. 2. Time is perishable; it cannot be Time is indispensable; all Time is irreplaceable; nothing Time is essential for RESOURCE SAVED WORK ELSE ACHIEVEMENT . . requires it. will do. . management,
PERSONAL Time management is really LIFE management. Time management is a Time management requires SKILL
3. 4.
self-mastery, self-control, more than anything else. 5. The most important ingredient in a Positive Mental Attitude is a SENSE OF CONTROL .
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2 6. Time management enables you to control the OF EVENTS . Your life, your INCOME
7.
and your
REWARDS
are determined by the way you USE your time. 8. The biggest problem of working people today is POVERTY . The fact is that you have no more and no less. 10. Develop a a. Afrm: PSYCHOLOGY I AM EFFICIENT WELL ORGANIZED SEE YOURSELF ACT AS IF . . . of time management. and ALL THE TIME TIME
9.
there is
b. c. 11.
Visualize:
Act the part: Assume the role, LONG PERSPECTIVE SHORT SMALL
Take the
12.
Take the
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3 13. The how much of your trade for it. 14. PRACTICE makes VALUE
PERFECT
; work on time management every minute of every day. 15. Time management is your key to SUCCESS HAPPINESS in life. and
NOTES
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4 CHAPTER TWO
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PERSONAL STRATEGIC PLANNING Whenever you nd something getting done, you nd a monomaniac with a mission. Peter Drucker 1. The worst use of time is NEED NOT TO DO very well what
be done at all. (B. Tregoe). is the key to peak . in what youre doing, LOVE
2.
ENJOY Doing what you really PERFORMANCE Happiness comes then you KNOW what youre doing.
3.
4. 5.
ZERO-BASED
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Quick List Method: 1. 2. 3. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ DO , how would you spend your , if you learned that you only had to live?
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SIX
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You need three types of goals for a balanced life: 1. 2. 3. Family and personal Career and nancial Personal improvement GOALS GOALS GOALS : : WHY WHAT : how? ? ?
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www.seminar sondvd.com is central to personal effectiveness: do you really want? you will have to pay to get it? VEHICLE . NOTES to take you from wherever WANT to wherever you
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SETTING YOUR PRIORITIES Before you do anything, you have to do something else rst. Murphys Law #3 1. CHOICE Every action (or inaction) involves a MORE LESS what is important and what is Law of the means 3. 4. 5. EXCLUDED NOT between important.
2.
CONSEQUENCES
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8 6. Use the ABCDE Method: A= B= C= D= E= MUST SHOULD NICE TO DELEGATE ELIMINATE do: do: do: : :
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Use with goals, activities, daily lists. 7. Law of Forced to do the most a. b. c. d. EFFICIENCY IMPORTANT : There is always enough time things. activities? ? ?
What are your highest What are your Why are you on the
What can you, and only you, do, which if done well, will make a REAL DIFFERENCE ?
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of every failure. (Alex MacKenzie) 10. MOST Key question in time management: What is the VALUABLE USE of my time right now? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ NOTES
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10 CHAPTER FOUR
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BALANCING WORK AND FAMILY No success in public life can compensate for failure in the home. Benjamin Disraeli 1. 2. Your Fully HAPPINESS 85% should be your chief aim in life.
RELATIONSHIPS of your happiness comes from POINTS OF INTENSITY . in all things you need balance between FAMILY to be happy.
STRESS
, dissatisfaction arises when your activities CONGRUENT with your values. ; what is really to you? ; what ingredients
VALUES Begin with your IMPORTANT Describe your ideal would make you most happy?
6.
LIFE-STYLE
7.
To do of others.
MORE
LESS
MORE OF
LESS OF
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9.
PEACE OF MIND
organize your time/life around it. 10. Key to balance: Do just WORK WORK put more of 12. TWO and things: FAMILY
. ;
11.
WORK all the time you YOURSELF into the time. FAMILY , be there
100%
13.
Limit/restrict television, newspapers, outside activities. Remember the Law of the EXCLUDED CHUNKS OF TIME Alternative. with the most
14.
15.
Its
QUANTITY
of time at home,
QUALITY
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12 NOTES
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