April 30, 2008, 11:04 am
To-do lists are effective time-management tools — but only if they’re easy to use. Here are 6 strategies for making your to-do lists work hard for you.
1. Keep it simple – Whether you use a computer-based to-do list or a paper tablet, it must be simple. If it’s too complex, you won’t use it … guaranteed. That’s why I keep my to-do lists on paper.
I use a 5″ x 7″ tablet. I list “major” tasks to be accomplished, with big sub-steps underneath each one. For example, “Edit Golden Thread” is a major task. “Main article,” Quick Tip,” and “Introduction” are big sub-steps.
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April 24, 2008, 9:30 am
Create a Big Vision …
To become a motivational leader, you start with motivating yourself. You motivate yourself with a big vision, and as you move progressively toward its realization, you motivate and enthuse others to work with you to fulfill that vision.
Set High Standards …
You exhibit absolute honesty and integrity with everyone in everything you do. You are the kind of person others admire and respect and want to be like. You set a standard that others aspire to. You live in truth with yourself and others so that they feel confident giving you their support and their commitment.
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April 22, 2008, 1:42 pm
Just a quick note to mention that we’ve updated our collection of Jim Rohn articles and essays. If you’re unfamiliar with the work of Mr. Rohn, you are in for a treat — he is definitely one of the premier business thinkers of our time.
You can also learn more about him in our Motivational Speakers Hall Of Fame.
That’s all for now… and remember…
–It’s your life, LIVE BIG! Josh Hinds
April 17, 2008, 10:32 pm
• People who know the most, know they know so little, while people who know nothing want to take all day to tell you.
• Self-improvement can be harmful if you are doing it to look better. If you live your life in helping others look better, you’ll be better without trying.
• If you give to get something, you’re not really giving you are trading. Giving is never to get, because you have it and are not aware of how much you have until you give.
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April 13, 2008, 8:36 am
You generally wear your positivity on the “inside.” But your enthusiasm is how you show it to the world by your face, your voice, and your gestures.
Sometimes we feel enthusiastic about our ideas but we’re afraid to show it. But I think the people who influence us the most are those who are able to express on the outside what they’re feeling on the inside.
A friend of mine remembers touring a client’s office and seeing “cute” signs with negative messages plastered everywhere: “It’s hard to soar like an eagle when you’re surrounded by turkeys,” “Even a bad day on vacation is better than a good day at work,” and the like.
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April 11, 2008, 11:25 pm
Complaints have become an epidemic in our world today. Complaining is the latest and most popular full-contact sport in our society. Unfortunately, when you constantly and aggressively complain about poor performance and bad service, your verbal assaults and admonishments often fall on deaf ears.
This is a result of the scales being out of balance. Your complaints are piled on top of everyone else’s complaints, creating a constant stream of complaint-filled conversation.
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April 9, 2008, 5:45 pm
I’ve done a lot of research on the topic of conflict resolution in recent months, and here are a few tips I’ve come up with for resolving conflict in your workplace and professional life:
Don’t be afraid of conflict. Too many of us become agitated when we encounter conflict or disagreement out of concern and fear. It’s odd when you think about it, because conflict is a part of nature, a part of life.
Unless you are a hermit, odds are that conflict is inescapable. And so, you need to approach conflict calmly, as an expected part of dealing with others. Consider conflict a way of learning to see things more clearly.
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April 7, 2008, 10:57 pm
Dr. John Maxwell of San Diego, California, says that the average person influences 10,000 people – either for good or bad – in the course of a lifetime. That means all of us are difference-makers.
Miss Amy Whittington would certainly qualify as one who directly and indirectly influenced thousands of people. At age 83 she was still teaching a Sunday school class in Sault St. Marie, Michigan. She learned that the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago was offering a seminar to teach people how to be more effective teachers. She literally saved her pennies until she had the necessary money to buy a bus ticket. She rode the bus all night to attend the seminar to learn new methods and procedures so she could do a better job.
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