- BE PROACTIVE
It's better than reactive and far more effective than inactive. It's about taking the initiative and being responsible.
- If you schedule the time to clean up your contact management files - especially if you're planning a mail out or are forever wondering how you filed that person in your database - then your proactive behaviour will benefit you, free up your time and allow you to access your clients' information within seconds.
- BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND
If you want to have a successful business clearly define what you want to accomplish, think through the product or service you want to provide and then organize the elements needed to achieve your objectives.
- Create a mission statement and determine what your vision is. This thoughtful process empowers us to mentally create what we desire.
- PUT FIRST THINGS FIRST
This is about developing your own proactive nature and practicing self management.
- Look at your week ahead with your list of goals and your to-do list. Schedule time to achieve each one. Be realistic, and then put it in your day scheduler.
- THINK WIN/WIN
This is where you acknowledge what the up side is to you creating new habits. You will feel good about the decisions you make because they will impact all areas of your life positively.
- Honour your personality type and make the systems work for you. You will feel happier and more energized.
- SEEK FIRST TO UNDERSTAND … THEN TO BE UNDERSTOOD
The ultimate key to effective interpersonal communication is listening - no pretending here, no selective listening, just plain listening with the intent to understand.
- You can't produce results from an inaccurate understanding of where other people are coming from. Listen without judgment. Listen truthfully and honestly to their point of view.
- SYNERGIZE
A total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements. Each and every effort is important and it's necessary to continue with the efforts until they become habit. Through the entire process you are creating your own synergy.
- When synergy is created we are more efficient because we are more centered. We think more clearly, can accommodate others more easily. Our lives are calmer and we achieve more.
- SHARPEN THE SAW
Take the time for self renewal - physical, spiritual, mental and social/emotional. No one else can do this for us and we must do it for ourselves.
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