Two Key Questions for Maximum Effectiveness
There are two questions that you can ask on a regular basis to keep yourself focused on getting your most important tasks completed on schedule. The first question is “What are my highest value activities?” Put another way, what are the most important tasks you have to complete to make the greatest contribution to your [...]
3 Dead Easy And Hi-Tech Ways To Avoid Boredom
There’s always a point in our lives that we say, “My gosh, I am bored.” Do you know why I wrote this article? Yes, you guessed it wrong. I am not bored. I am fired up in writing this article. Again, I am not bored. Anyway, the world is evolving and so as technology. Is [...]
Appoint and Support Effective Executives
Leadership makes the critical difference in every organization. Dozens of chief executive officers are fired from top companies every year. In every case, the ultimate reason given for the firing was “failure to perform.” And the major reason these senior executives have failed to perform is because they appointed weak managers and executives under them [...]
Relax and Recharge Completely
Regular relaxation is essential for a long life and personal effectiveness. Here are some techniques for relaxing physically that are used by the most successful and highest paid people in America. Take Time Off Every Week First of all, work only five or six days per week, and rest completely on the seventh day. Every [...]
I Experienced Death Last Night
Last night was one of my most unforgettable experiences. I had flashbacks of the day when I had my surgical operation. It felt like I was experiencing death last night. Death is where we will all end up in this planet whether we like it or not. We cannot escape death. True that there are [...]
Closing Techniques: The “I Want to Think it Over” Close
Saving the Lost Sale There is a powerful technique you can learn called the “I Want To Think It Over Close.” This is the only way I know to save this kind of lost sale. You know by now that when the customer says, “I want to think it over,” he is really saying “good [...]
The Law of Integrity
Great business leadership is characterized by honesty, truthfulness, and straight dealing with every person, under all circumstances. This law requires that you be impeccably honest with yourself and others. As Emerson said, “Guard your integrity as a sacred thing. Nothing is at last sacred by the integrity of your own mind.” Integrity lies at the [...]
