笔记12 Success Secret 12 Determine

“A double minded manis unstable in all his ways.” Do what comes to your hand to do.

—BRIAN TRACY

WHEN YOU DEVELOP the habit of setting priorities and concentrating single-mindedly,you will be able to accomplish virtually anything you want in life.

Your ability to determine your highest priority and then to work on that high priority until it is completed is the primary test and measure of your willpower, self-discipline, and personal character. It is the hardest habit to develop but also the most important if you want to be a big success.

Here is the formula. Make a list of everything you haveto do before you begin working toward any goal.

Setpriorities on that list by asking yourself four questions, over and over.

Question number one is, What are my highest valueactivities? What do you do that is more valuable than anything else to yourwork and your business?

Question number two is, Why am I on the pay-roll?What exactly have you been hired to accomplish? Focus on results, notactivities.

Question number three is, What can I and only I dothat, if done well, will make a real difference?

This isa particular task that only you can do. If you don’t do it, it won’t get done.But if you do do it and you do it well, it can make a significant difference inyour business or your personal life. What is that task?

Question number four is, What is the most valuable

use of my time right now?There is only one answerto this question at any time. Your ability to determine the single mostvaluable use of your time and then to start on that task is the key to high productivityand financial success.

Finally,commit to working single-mindedly on one task, the most important task, andstaying at it until it is 100 percent complete. Persevere without diversion ordistraction. Push yourself to keep working at the job until it is done.

ACTION EXERCISE

Identify the most important thing that you can do right nowto achieve your most important goal and then discipline yourself to do that,and only that, until it is 100 percent complete. Your ability to do this, andthis alone, can change your whole life.