Michelangelo and hard work …

My thanks to Brian Tracy for reminding me of this quote from Michelangelo “If people knew how hard I worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful.”

Do What You Do Best; Delegate the Rest

By Brian Tracy There is a strong likelihood that the things you do best are those for which you would pay another person your hourly rate. Another way of stating this is, “delegate any tasks that can be performed by a person earning less than your hourly rate—or your desired hourly rate.” Delegate to a [...]

Five Qualities of Top Teams

By Brian Tracy Over the years, exhaustive research has been done on top teams. There seem to be given characteristics or qualities of peak-performance teams that you can incorporate into your own business. Here they are: Shared Goals and Objectives In a smoothly functioning team, everyone is clear about what the team is expected to [...]

5 Ways to develop a sense of urgency

    5 Ways to Develop A Sense of Urgency By: Brian Tracy “Perhaps the most outwardly identifiable quality of  a high performing man or woman is “action orientation.” 1. Take Time to Think and Plan Highly productive people take the time to think, plan  and set priorities. They then launch quickly and strongly toward [...]

Eat that Frog!

Another article by: Brian Tracy  “Single Handle Each Task” Eat that frog! Every bit of planning, prioritizing and organizing comes down to this simple concept.  Your ability to select your most important task, to begin it and then to concentrate on it single mindedly until it is complete is the key to high levels of [...]

Create Large Chunks of Time

Here’s an extract from an article by Brian Tracy in which he discusses creating large blocks of time in your diary to enable you to focus on something important and thereby achieve something useful.  I use this technique myself when I am planning my week ahead.  If you don’t do this you run the risk [...]

Practice Creative Procrastination

Another article by Brian Tracy       Creative procrastination Creative procrastination is one of the most effective of all personal performance techniques. It can change your life. The fact is that you can’t do everything that you have to do. You have to procrastinate on something. Therefore, procrastinate on small tasks. Everyone procrastinates. The [...]

Motivation – Managers who listen…

Here’s another Article from Brian Tracy    One of the most important traits of all motivators at work is consideration. Employees report that the best managers they ever had were people who cared about them as people and as friends. These managers took the time to ask them questions about their lives, and to listen patiently [...]

Admit It When You Are Wrong

Another thought by: Brian Tracy  Highly creative people tend to have fluid, flexible, adaptive minds. Here are three statements that creative people can make easily and which you learn by regular practice.  Admit It When You Are Wrong  The first is simply, “I was wrong.” Many people are so concerned with being right that all [...]

The Law of Clarity

Another article from Brian Tracy “Clarity accounts for probably 80% of success and happiness Lack of clarity is probably more responsible for frustration and underachievement than any other single factor. That’s why we say that “Success is goals, and all else is commentary.” People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period [...]