Who Else Finds it Hard to Stay Focussed?

Two gems from Carol Gates, which help me to stay focussed and get the right things done..

“Decide what you want.
Decide what you are prepared to give up to get it.
Set your mind on it.
Get on with the work.”

~ H.L. Hunt

Advanced Decision Making

Ivy Lee, an efficiency expert, gave this simple yet powerful advice to Charles Schwab several decades ago. It’s one of the secrets to effective action. The idea works like this:

  1. Each evening, before your head hits the pillow, write on a paper the 6 most important things you have to do tomorrow (goal achieving activities).
  2. Prioritize them in order of importance.
  3. Tomorrow, begin with item number one. Stay with it until it’s completed - or as fully completed as possible. Then move to number 2, then 3, and so on.
  4. Update the list every evening before you retire for the night.

This one seemingly simple exercise will help you take things ONE AT A TIME, in their proper order, and stay with each item until it’s successfully completed before going on to the next.

Make this a new habit and you’ll be certain to improve your results!

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