Tracy Productivity Guide-Brian Tracy

DOUBLING YOUR PRODUCTIVITY How to Manage Your T ime and Org anize Your Life

By Brian Tracy

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TIME MANAGEMENT FOR RESULTS

DOUBLING YOUR PRODUCTIVITY TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE

Time and Personal Empowerment .................................................................................. 1 CHAPTER TWO

Personal Strategic Planning ............................................................................................4 CHAPTER THREE

Setting Your Priorities .....................................................................................................7 PART FOUR

Balancing Work and Family .........................................................................................10

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TIME AND PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT “Dost thou love life, then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.” Benjamin Franklin 1.

RESOURCE

Time is your most precious a.

Time is perishable; it cannot be

b.

Time is indispensable; all

c.

Time is irreplaceable; nothing

d.

Time is essential for

.

SAVED WORK

. requires it.

ELSE

will do.

ACHIEVEMENT

2.

PERSONAL Time management is really LIFE management.

3.

Time management is a

4.

Time management requires

SKILL

. management,

that can be learned. SELF-DISCIPLINE

,

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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Time management enables you to control the OF EVENTS .

7.

Your life, your

INCOME

SEQUENCE

REWARDS

and your

are determined by the way you USE your time. 8.

The biggest problem of working people today is POVERTY .

9.

The fact is that you have

TIME

ALL THE TIME

there is

– no more and no less. 10.

a.

11.

12.

PSYCHOLOGY

Develop a

I AM EFFICIENT

Affirm: “

WELL ORGANIZED

Visualize:

c.

Act the part: Assume the role, “

Take the

and .”

SEE YOURSELF

b.

Take the

of time management.

LONG PERSPECTIVE SHORT SMALL

. ACT AS IF

.”

view; develop long-time . view; allocate your time in amounts.

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VALUE

The how much of your

of anything can be determined by TIME/LIFE you’re willing to

trade for it. 14.

PRACTICE

PERFECT

makes

; work on time management every minute of every day. 15.

Time management is your key to SUCCESS

HAPPINESS

and

in life.

NOTES

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PERSONAL STRATEGIC PLANNING “Whenever you find something getting done, you find a monomaniac with a mission.” Peter Drucker 1.

2.

3.

The worst use of time is NEED NOT

TO DO

be done at all. (B. Tregoe).

ENJOY Doing what you really PERFORMANCE Happiness comes then you KNOW

very well what

is the key to peak .

BELIEVE what you’re doing and

in what you’re doing, LOVE

what you’re doing. ZERO-BASED

4. 5.

thinking is a key planning skill.

VALUES Begin with your IMPORTANT to you:

; list the five things most

1.

____________________________________________________________

2.

____________________________________________________________

3.

____________________________________________________________

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6.

7.

4.

____________________________________________________________

5.

____________________________________________________________

Quick List Method: 1.

____________________________________________________________

2.

____________________________________________________________

3.

____________________________________________________________

What would you TIME

DO

MONTHS

8.

, how would you spend your , if you learned that you only had

SIX

to live?

1.

____________________________________________________________

2.

____________________________________________________________

3.

____________________________________________________________

4.

____________________________________________________________

5.

____________________________________________________________

You need three types of goals for a balanced life: 1.

Family and personal

2.

Career and financial

3.

Personal improvement

GOALS GOALS GOALS

:“ :“

WHY WHAT

?” ?”

: “how?”

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9.

OUTCOMES

What What is the 10.

PRICE

do you really want? you will have to pay to get it?

VEHICLE

Time management is a YOU ARE TO GO

is central to personal effectiveness:

to take you from wherever WANT to wherever you

. NOTES

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SETTING YOUR PRIORITIES “Before you do anything, you have to do something else first.” Murphy’s Law #3 1.

2.

CHOICE Every action (or inaction) involves a MORE LESS what is important and what is Law of the means

EXCLUDED NOT

doing something else. POSTERIORITIES

Setting priorities means setting

4.

Use the

5.

Separate the “urgent” from the “important.”

Key determinant? Long-term potential

important.

alternative – doing one thing

3.

80/20 RULE

between

as well.

on everything.

CONSEQUENCES

.

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www.seminar sondvd.com Use the ABCDE Method: A=

MUST

SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES

B=

SHOULD

do:

MILD CONSEQUENCES

C=

NICE TO

do:

NO CONSEQUENCES

D=

DELEGATE

:

E=

ELIMINATE

:

do:

EVERYTHING

Use with goals, activities, daily lists. 7.

Law of Forced

EFFICIENCY

to do the most

IMPORTANT

: There is always enough time things.

VALUE-ADDED

a.

What are your highest

activities?

b.

What are your

c.

Why are you on the

d.

What can you, and only you, do, which if done well, will make a REAL DIFFERENCE ?

KEY RESULT AREAS PAYROLL

? ?

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Your

REWARDS RESULTS

What 9.

will be determined by your

“Action without

.

RESULTS

are expected of you? THINKING

is the cause

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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BALANCING WORK AND FAMILY “No success in public life can compensate for failure in the home.” Benjamin Disraeli 1.

Your

2.

Fully

HAPPINESS 85%

with others:

RELATIONSHIPS of your happiness comes from POINTS OF INTENSITY .

MODERATION

3. your 4.

WORK

6.

and

STRESS

A feeling of and goals are not

5.

should be your chief aim in life.

, dissatisfaction arises when your activities CONGRUENT with your values.

VALUES Begin with your IMPORTANT Describe your ideal

in all things – you need balance between FAMILY to be happy.

; what is really to you?

LIFE-STYLE

; what ingredients

would make you most happy? 7.

To do

MORE

of one thing, you must do

LESS

of others. What should you be doing

MORE OF

?

LESS OF

?

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9.

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Treat your time like SPEND

; how can you best

it to achieve maximum satisfaction?

PEACE OF MIND

Set

as your highest goal, and

organize your time/life around it. 10.

Key to balance: Do just WORK WORK

11.

put more of 12.

TWO and

things: FAMILY

.

WORK all the time you YOURSELF into the time.

When you’re with your

FAMILY

, be there

;

100%

of the time. 13.

Limit/restrict television, newspapers, outside activities. Remember the Law of the

14.

Spend unbroken

EXCLUDED CHUNKS OF TIME

Alternative. with the most

important people in your life. 15.

It’s

QUANTITY

of time at home,

QUALITY

of time at work – that counts.

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