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This is by Brian Tracy, I thought it was great, wanted to share.

There are seven methods that you can use to help develop the habits of time management. The more you think about and practice these methods, the more rapidly you will program yourself to be efficient and highly productive.

First
Remember that your self-image determines your performance. You always perform on the outside in a matter consistent with the picture you have of yourself on the inside. Practice visualizing and imagining yourself as you want to be, not as you may have been in the past. You can actually change your self-image permanently by repeatedly visualizing yourself as someone who is highly efficient and effective.

Second
Remember that it takes about twenty-one days of practice and repetition to form a new habit pattern. It has taken you your entire lifetime to become the person you are today, with the time management habits you have at this moment. It takes time and commitment to change, and for your subconscious mind to accept the new habits.

Third
Promise yourself that you are going to become excellent at time management. Promise yourself that you are going to be punctual, and that you are going to concentrate on your most important tasks. Then, promise others that you are going to be more effective and efficient in the future.

Fourth
In developing the habits of time management, start in just one area where poor time management is holding you back. Don’t try to change everything at once. Change just one habit or activity where you know that improvement could be very helpful to you.

Fifth
Launch your new time management habit strongly. Never allow an exception once you have decided that you are going to become excellent in a particular behavior. Never let yourself off the hook.

Sixth
Use the “trial and success” method rather than the “trial and error” method. The trial and success method requires that you learn how to succeed by failing, and then by learning from your mistakes. Analyze your reasons for poor time management. Ask yourself, “What are the obstacles to my operating more efficiently in this area?” Take some time to reflect on recent behaviors.

Seventh
You must absolutely believe that you can and will become excellent at time management. The Law of Belief says that “Your beliefs become your realities.” The more intensely you believe that you can and will become excellent at time management, the more rapidly this belief becomes your reality. If you hold to your belief long enough and hard enough, it will eventually materialize as new behaviors with regard to time.

Action Exercise
Select one area where better time management skills can help you to be more efficient and get more done. Resolve to go to work on yourself in that area immediately.

Focus Factor for sale!

If only we could really guarantee that buying a product would help our focus, or better yet our focus on the right things.  It is said that we get what we focus on!  What really does that mean?  Focus deals with what our attention is on.  Many of us keep our attention on our problems, therefore we have our focus on our problems.  So by all technical means our focus directs our future, and if our focus in on our problems.  Then our future is full of… yikes.. that is right problems.   Wait, that is not what I signed up for, but it is exactly what I got, is what you might be thinking!!

So the key is that your focus must get past your problems and go immediately to your solutions, so that your focus can be on the solution.  Therefore, our live can be full of solutions.  The reality, our life will always have problems and challenges, therefore you will always have to choose what you will focus on.. Choose today to focus on your solutions.  Ask better questions about the challenge and create a solution that you don’t see right in front of you.  Choose solutions from this point forward.  It is never easy, but always worth it.

Enjoy solutions!

Dr. W