CHAPTERS 9 - 14.
Chapter 9 - PREPARE THOROUGHLY BEFORE YOU BEGIN
One of the best ways for you to overcome Procrastination and get things more things done faster is for you to have everything set before you begin.
This is the exact way you cook a special meal just like your Christmas jollof rice, you have everything set on the kitchen table from the Maggi cubes to the last ingredients.
The first step to having a set table is clearing off that table first. You do not just want to stare into a table stacked with unfinished and unorganized schedules.
Your table should be as organised as you want your result to be.
Create a comfortable Workspace
Your work place should be able a work area where you enjoy spending time.
You should have a comfortable chair that supports your back and allows your feet to rest flat on the floor that helps you to work comfortably for long periods.
GET ON WITH THE JOB
Having it all planned out does not really make a difference until you take the first step.
LAUNCH TOWARDS YOUR DREAMS.
Do that first thing whatever it is
You don't have to be bothered about it being perfect " Get it 80% right and then correct it later"
In most cases, the enemy we have to overcome of is not lack of ability or lack of opportunity but fears of failure and rejection and the doubts they trigger, so instead of checking over and over again why not just launch into it.
The way to develop courage you need is to act as if you already had the courage and behave accordingly.
CHAPTER 10 - TAKE IT ONE OIL BARREL AT A TIME.
I know that it seems like you are in the middle of a fix and the task ahead of you looks to you like Mount Everest and you are about to switch to your Panicking mood, just remember that worrying or panicking does nothing other than to prevent you from starting
Instead of worrying just break it down and start with the first step
Take it one item or task at a time.
When you are done with one item, make sure to move immediately onto the next.
CHAPTER 11 - UPGRADE YOUR KEY SKILLS
You not only have to master your skills, you have to upgrade your skills
Finding out the skills that increases your proficiency in your key result area is a great idea
Because those skills boosts your capacity and you are easily motivated to do your job because you don't have to bother about not doing it well.
NEVER STOP LEARNING
continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field
Read article, books, magazines or whatsoever that enlightens you in your key result area.
Take every course and seminar available on the key skills that can help you.
Listen to educating audio programs even while in your car.
These exercises and enlightens your brain and also helps your system to get familiar with your key result area.
CHAPTER 12 - LEVERAGE YOUR SPECIAL TALENTS.
You are unique and special, you might want to disagree with me or better said Brian Tracy because you just met your doppelganger yesterday and before then you have seen people who behave just exactly like you but your claim will not be valid to me until the day you show me someone that's has your exact Fingerprint. You are unique, you have solutions to problems that no one has ever thought of but it is your job to identify your special areas of uniqueness and then commit yourself to becoming very, very good in those areas.
INCREASE YOUR EARNING ABILITY
It is not the money in your account that determines your net worth, I know you know that by now. Your most valuable asset in terms of cash flow is your earning ability. Your ability to work is what keeps the money coming into your account.
It is no one's prayer that things get bad but even after losing everything that costs you money
You don't lose your ability to earn.
DO WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO.
We mostly enjoy doing what we are best at. So, what is that thing that you enjoy the most about your work?
One of your greatest responsibilities in life is for you to decide for yourself what you really love to do and throw your heart into doing that special things very well. Now you are thinking that there's nothing really special about what I enjoy but it might look normal to you but when your efforts are concentrated on that aspect, your results becomes special.
You definitely cannot do everything but you can do few of those things in which you excel, the few things that makes the difference.
CHAPTER 13 - IDENTIFY YOUR KEY CONSTRAINTS.
Take a reflective look at where you are today and any goal you want to accomplish, there is one major constraint that must be overcome before you can achieve that major goal. Your job is to identify it clearly.
What is holding you back? What sets the speed at which you achieve your goals? What determines how fast you move from where you are to where you want to go? These are some very important questions that helps you achieve high levels of personal productivity and effectiveness. No matter how anyone's success story is very interesting there's always a limiting factor that determines how quickly and well you get it done.
IDENTIFY THE LIMITING FACTOR
Identifying the Limiting factor makes it very easy for you to concentrate your mental energies on that one key area.
This constraint may be a person whose help you need or a resource that you require. Whatever it is, the limiting factor is always there and it is your job to find it
LOOK INTO YOURSELF
Even in your own life, you must have the honesty to look deeply into yourself for the limiting factor or skills that sets the speed at which you achieve your own personal goals
STRIVE FOR ACCURACY
The definition of the constrain determines the strategy that you use to alleviate it. The failure to identify the correct constraint, or the identification of the wrong constraint can lead you off in the wrong direction. You can end up solving the wrong problem.
CHAPTER 14 - PUT THE PRESSURE ON YOURSELF
The world is full of people who are waiting for someone to come along and motivate them to be the kind of people they wish they could be but unfortunately No one has that Job description. They are waiting for bus on a street that no buses pass.
To reach your full potential you need to put pressure on yourself, you don't just wait for someone else to come along and do it for you.
LEAD THE FIELD.
See yourself as a role model for others. Raise the bar on Yourself. The standards you set for your own work and behaviour should be higher than anyone else could set for you.
Be Your MOTIVATION.
Make a game with yourself to start a little earlier, work a little harder and stay a little later.
Don't Frustrate your efforts with anyone's comment.
Set a standard for yourself.
I don't know if you have noticed it but you feel better when you push yourself to do your best and you increase your self esteem whenever you go beyond the point where the average person would normally quit.
CREATE IMAGINARY DEADLINES.
Successful people continually put the pressure on themselves to perform at high levels while unsuccessful people are used to being instructed, supervised and pressured by others.
Bit by bit you will become a high performance, high achieving personality.
This is the end for this night 🌹
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The remaining chapters will be posted tomorrow.
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