This equation was given in my Business Management class. I am not sure what I think of it...and I have been thinking on it for a week now (sad uhh...I can't seem to figure out my thoughts.) Anyway, people and businesses pay up to $700 dollars to get this information and it is the most sought after time management help given by the Franklin Company...so maybe I don't understand it completely...Here goes...
Self-Esteem = Productivity = Event Control
One needs to take control of the events in their life (it is not taking control of ones self-esteem or productivity, but events)--to become proactive instead of reactive. To do this one must 1.) PLAN 2.) PRIORITIZE 3.) STRETCH your COMFORT ZONE
The ONLY way out of a comfort zone is a GOAL...One has to have a reason to leave--something that has higher value then the current comfort zone. Comfort zones are the destroyers of most plans
So, How do you make a plan?
* Write down all the things you would like to do if life where perfect..."the unconditional list"
*Now break items down into A (Due today, absolutely needs done), B (ought to do), C (Wish list) --> Then break the A, B, C 's into 1, 2, 3, 4 's
* This focuses the energy..."The magnifying glass"
* When finished with an item put a check mark. Why? it releases endorphines knowing you've done something that you were going to do...in other words, by taking control of the events in ones life your self-esteem and productivity will increase keeping the equation equal and progressing to becoming better.
* Life has many interruptions, but if one has a plan one will treat these interruptions with a much different persona then without one.
There are 1, 020 minutes in a day (60 * 17) that we can be doing something...If we have a plan then those minutes will not go to waste and the items we have listed down as A, B, and C will get done increasing our self-esteem and productivity....
There is also a Franklin Pyramid that I will add later when I understand it better then these notes above....
Any thoughts that come to mind after reading this gibberish called my class notes...:)
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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Don't pay 700$ for the ideas, it's all in his book, used for a 1$. Reading is more adaptable any way than hearing it from a know-it-all seminaire host. Done both and can't remember exactly what the speaker said--too busy doodling on my note pad. Read the book and still apply some useful tidbits gleaned. As with all advice--useful if applied pragmatically (obama like this word) to your individual circumstance.
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