Package : POWERED for SUCCESS 1 Module 1: System for SUCCESS
SYSTEM FOR SUCCESS
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Package : POWERED for SUCCESS 1 Module 1: System for SUCCESS Note: PRACTICE 1 to PRACTICE x of this MODULE have to be established up to LOCA 2, before starting to establish all other PRACTICES of POWERED FOR SUCCESS 1 and 2 PRACTICE 1 – FOCUS on THE MOST IMPORTANT Very successful people know what they really want and direct all their capabilities, efforts, resources & time on opportunities which progress them towards achievement of what they want. Your capabilities, time and resources are the only opportunities that you have to achieve what you desired. Thus you have to focus on the most important goals and associated matters / tasks / activities that are of the most significant value and / or will significantly move you towards achievement of what they want. The 20 / 80 Rule - the top 20% most important achievable opportunities and associated matters / tasks / activities contribute to achievement of 80% of the desired results. Very few matters / tasks / activities matter at all for achievement of the opportunity that you are working on. The few that do, MATTER GREATLY. Thus it is most important to determine and focus on the top 20% of most important goals and associated matters / tasks / activities. As an example, a few of a company’s products / services and customers account for most (about 80%) of its profits. By focusing on these vital few and other similar products, services and customers, it is most likely to increase the profits of the company. When you choose and start to focus on the most important, you will have no time to spend on the less important, thus your work and lives will be less chaotic, stressed and less wasting of your time, effort and resources. Sub-Practice 1.1 - MINIMIZE URGENT UNIMPORTANT ACTIVITIES When you are so caught up working on the urgent, you don’t even consider whether what you are doing is the most important or not. As a result you will be wasting a lot of your efforts, resources & time, thus you are very un likely to achieve your desired results / targets. Urgency Most of us are not aware of how urgency affects our decisions and actions. The phone rings, someone ask us to do something, someone come to see us without an appointment, etc. We tended to divert our attentions and efforts from what we are doing to the unplanned trivial matters of-the-moments. Importance The important are those matters and activities that are of significant value and / or will significantly move you towards your desired results / targets. Per the 20 / 80 Rule, success is not dependent on the amount of works that you do, it is dependent on the importance of what you do. The table below provides guidance on how to maximize your efforts, resources & time on the important activities.
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