December 8, 2004
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In This Issue.....
1. Weekly Jumpstart
2. Champion Within Weekly Article
3. Weekly Seeds of Greatness
4. Winner's Edge Coaching Tips
5. Featured Product of the Week
6. More Information
1. Weekly
Jumpstart
A great
stage director once said, "Acting is reacting. It's done
with the ears, not the mouth." Contrary to popular belief,
listening is not passive, it's active. How do you get
someone's attention? It's not by talking or by making clever
remarks or by trying to impress others with yourself. If you
want to get people interested in you, talk about what's
important to them. The biggest mistake most people make in
communicating is talking about Me, Myself and I: "What I
want to sell"... "These are my needs"... "I would like this
to happen because I"...
Instead, turn your attention to the other person: "What are
your needs?" "How can I help you?" Then listen. Always pivot
the conversation around the other person. Talk about people,
places and things that are important to him or her.
It's been said that by showing interest in people you can
make more friends in twenty minutes than you can in twenty
weeks by showing how interesting you think you are.
So Be an Active Listener This Week!
-- Denis Waitley
2. The Champion Within Weekly Article
Balance Your Workload with a Generous Number of Mini-Vacations for Maximum Productivity by Dr. Denis Waitley
By re-energizing and renewing yourself frequently, you will
avoid burnout and become much more motivated and productive.
Don't keep your nose to the grindstone for years and wait
for retirement to travel. Balance and consistency are the
keys. Enjoy the process, not just the result. Don't fight
the passing of time. Don't fear it, squander it, or try to
hide from it under a superficial cosmetic veil of fads and
indulgences. Life and time go together. Do enjoy each phase
of life. Do make the most of each day, and draw maximum joy
from each moment.
Many people today are concerned with quality time – time
generally defined in part as that spent on recreation,
personal pursuits, time with children, spouses and friends.
While I certainly believe quality time is important, I
believe two other aspects of time are equally important.
First, one must also spend quantity time. The average father
spends less than 30 minutes each week in direct one-on-one
communication with each of his children. How can we possibly
expect good family relationships with so little
communication?
Second, one must spend regular time. Many supervisors and
company presidents go for weeks, even months, without seeing
many of their employees. There's no substitute for regular
meetings and open forums in which managers and team members
can share ideas.
Time has a dual structure. On one hand, we live our daily
routines meeting present contingencies as they arise. On the
other hand, our most ambitious goals and desires need time
so that they can be assembled and cemented. A long-term goal
connects pieces of time into one block. These blocks can be
imagined and projected into the future as we do when we set
goals for ourselves. Or, these blocks of time can be created
in retrospect as we do when we look back at what we’ve
accomplished.
It's not in the image of our big dreams that we run the risk
of losing our focus and motivation. It's the drudgery and
routine of our daily lives that present the greatest danger
to our hopes for achievement. Good time management means
that you maximize the daily return on the energy and mental
effort you expend.
Ways to maximize your time productivity:
- Write down in one place all the important contacts you
have and all of your goals and priorities. Make a back up
copy, preferably on CD, DVD or Zip disc. Write down every
commitment you make at the time you make it.
- Stop wasting the first hour of your workday. Having the
chat and first cup of coffee, reading the paper, and
socializing are the three costliest opening exercises that
lower productivity.
- Do one thing well at a time. It takes time to start and
stop work on each activity. Stay with a task until it is
completed.
- Don't open unimportant mail. More than a fourth of the
mail you receive can be tossed before you open or read it,
and that includes e-mail.
- Handle each piece of paper only once and never more than
twice. Don't set aside anything without taking action. Carry
work, reading material, audiotapes and your laptop computer
with you everywhere you go. Convert down time into uplink
time.
- Spend twenty minutes at the beginning of each week and ten
minutes at the beginning of each day planning your to do
list.
- Set aside personal relaxation time during the day. Don't
work during lunch. It's neither noble nor nutritional to
skip important energy input and stress-relieving time.
Throughout the day, ask yourself, "What's the best use of my
time right now?" As the day grows short, focus on projects
you can least afford to leave undone.
- And as we said at the beginning of this message, take
vacations often, mini-vacations of two or three days, and
leave your work at home. The harder you work, the more you
need to balance your exercise and leisure time.
Action Idea: Plan a relaxing 3-day vacation within the next
three months without taking any business work with you.
Reserve it on your calendar this week.
To Finding Life Balance For You!
Denis Waitley
3. Seeds of Greatness by Denis Waitley
(These quotes were taken from Denis Waitley's Excerpts
from The Seeds of Greatness Treasury booklet)
Seeds of Discipline: Excellence is a Habit
We learn by observation, imitation and repetition.
Habits begin as offhanded remarks, ideas and images. And
then, layer upon layer, through practice, they grow from
cobwebs into cables that shackle or strengthen our lives.
Habits are like submarines. They run silent and deep.
First we make our habits, then our habits make us.
Habits are like comfortable beds. They are easy to get into,
but difficult to get out of.
Winning and Losing are both learned habits.
4. The Winner's Edge Coaching Tips
Welcome to this week's Winner's Edge Coaching Tip. We are in
the process of covering seven techniques for overcoming the
tendency to procrastinate. So let's keep moving!
Here is step five of our seven techniques to overcome
procrastination:
If what you are putting off involves other people, consult
with them. Your reasons for delaying action may be
imaginary. Lack of communication often turns molehills into
mountains.
We'll cover step six next week. Until then use this week's
Winning Edge tip to move you from procrastination to
proactive motion!
DW
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