Tracy-Doubling Your Productivity - · PDF fileBy Brian TracyBrian Tracy DOUBLING YOUR PRODUCTIVITY How to Manage Your Time and Organize Your Life

By Brian TracyBrian Tracy

DOUBLING YOUR PRODUCTIVITY

How to Manage Your T ime and Organize Your Life

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B TIME MANAGEMENT FOR RESULTS

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DOUBLING YOUR PRODUCTIVITY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONETime and Personal Empowerment ..................................................................................Empowerment ..................................................................................Empowerment 1

CHAPTER TWOPersonal Strategic Planning ............................................................................................4

CHAPTER THREESetting Your Priorities .....................................................................................................7

PART FOURBalancing Work and Family .........................................................................................10


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CHAPTER ONE

TIME AND PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT

“Dost thou love life, then do not squander time,for that’s the stuff life is made of.”

Benjamin Franklin

1. Time is your most precious RESOURCE .

a. Time is perishable; it cannot be SAVED .

b. Time is indispensable; all WORK requires it.

c. Time is irreplaceable; nothing ELSE will do.

d. Time is essential for ACHIEVEMENT .

2. Time management is really PERSONAL management,

LIFE management.

3. Time management is a SKILL that can be learned.

4. Time management requires SELF-DISCIPLINE ,

self-mastery, self-control, more than anything else.

5. The most important ingredient in a Positive Mental Attitude is a

SENSE OF CONTROL .

Time is your most precious

a. Time is perishable; it cannot be

requires it.

management.

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6. Time management enables you to control the SEQUENCE

OF EVENTS .

7. Your life, your INCOME and your REWARDS

are determined by the way you USE your time.

8. The biggest problem of working people today is TIME

POVERTY .

9. The fact is that you have ALL THE TIME there is

– no more and no less.

10. Develop a PSYCHOLOGY of time management.

a. Affi rm: “ I AM EFFICIENT and

WELL ORGANIZED .”

b. Visualize: SEE YOURSELF .

c. Act the part: Assume the role, “ ACT AS IF .”

11. Take the LONG view; develop long-time

PERSPECTIVE .

12. Take the SHORT view; allocate your time in

SMALL amounts.

and your

of time management.

view; develop long-time


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13. The VALUE of anything can be determined by

how much of your TIME/LIFE you’re willing to

trade for it.

14. PRACTICE makes PERFECT

; work on time management every minute of every day.

15. Time management is your key to HAPPINESS and

SUCCESS in life.

NOTES

of anything can be determined by

you’re willing to


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CHAPTER TWO

PERSONAL STRATEGIC PLANNING

“Whenever you fi nd something getting done,you fi nd a monomaniac with a mission.”

Peter Drucker

1. The worst use of time is TO DO very well what

NEED NOT be done at all. (B. Tregoe).

2. Doing what you really ENJOY is the key to peak

PERFORMANCE .

3. Happiness comes then you BELIEVE in what you’re doing,

KNOW what you’re doing and LOVE

what you’re doing.

4. ZERO-BASED thinking is a key planning skill.

5. Begin with your VALUES ; list the fi ve things most

IMPORTANT to you:

1. ____________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________

The worst use of time is very well what

is the key to peak

in what you’re doing,

what you’re doing and

thinking is a key planning skill.


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4. ____________________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________________

6. Quick List Method:

1. ____________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________

7. What would you DO , how would you spend your

TIME , if you learned that you only had SIX

MONTHS to live?

1. ____________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________________________

8. You need three types of goals for a balanced life:

1. Family and personal GOALS : “ WHY ?”

2. Career and fi nancial GOALS : “ WHAT ?”

3. Personal improvement GOALS : “how?”

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9. CLARITY is central to personal effectiveness:

What OUTCOMES do you really want?

What is the PRICE you will have to pay to get it?

10. Time management is a VEHICLE to take you from wherever

YOU ARE to wherever you WANT

TO GO .

NOTES

do you really want?

you will have to pay to get it?

to take you from wherever

to wherever you


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CHAPTER THREE

SETTING YOUR PRIORITIES

“Before you do anything, you have to do something else fi rst.”Murphy’s Law #3

1. Every action (or inaction) involves a CHOICE between

what is MORE important and what is LESS important.

2. Law of the EXCLUDED alternative – doing one thing

means NOT doing something else.

3. Setting priorities means setting POSTERIORITIES as well.

4. Use the 80/20 RULE on everything.

5. Separate the “urgent” from the “important.”

Key determinant? Long-term potential CONSEQUENCES .

Every action (or inaction) involves a

important and what is important.

Key determinant? Long-term potential


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6. Use the ABCDE Method:

A = MUST do: SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES

B = SHOULD do: MILD CONSEQUENCES

C = NICE TO do: NO CONSEQUENCES

D = DELEGATE : EVERYTHING

E = ELIMINATE :

Use with goals, activities, daily lists.

7. Law of Forced EFFICIENCY : There is always enough time

to do the most IMPORTANT things.

a. What are your highest VALUE-ADDED activities?

b. What are your KEY RESULT AREAS ?

c. Why are you on the PAYROLL ?

d. What can you, and only you, do, which if done well, will make a

REAL DIFFERENCE ?


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8. Your REWARDS will be determined by your

RESULTS .

What RESULTS are expected of you?

9. “Action without THINKING is the cause

of every failure.” (Alex MacKenzie)

10. Key question in time management: “What is the MOST

VALUABLE USE of my time right now?”

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NOTES

will be determined by your

Key question in time management: “What is the

of my time right now?”


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CHAPTER FOUR

BALANCING WORK AND FAMILY

“No success in public life can compensate for failure in the home.”Benjamin Disraeli

1. Your HAPPINESS should be your chief aim in life.

2. Fully 85% of your happiness comes from RELATIONSHIPS

with others: POINTS OF INTENSITY .

3. MODERATION in all things – you need balance between

your WORK and FAMILY to be happy.

4. A feeling of STRESS , dissatisfaction arises when your activities

and goals are not CONGRUENT with your values.

5. Begin with your VALUES ; what is really

IMPORTANT to you?

6. Describe your ideal LIFE-STYLE ; what ingredients

would make you most happy?

7. To do MORE of one thing, you must do LESS

of others.

What should you be doing MORE OF ? LESS OF ?

Your

in all things – you need balance between

to be happy.

with your values.

of one thing, you must do


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8. Treat your time like MONEY ; how can you best

SPEND it to achieve maximum satisfaction?

9. Set PEACE OF MIND as your highest goal, and

organize your time/life around it.

10. Key to balance: Do just TWO things:

WORK and FAMILY .

11. WORK all the time you WORK ;

put more of YOURSELF into the time.

12. When you’re with your FAMILY , be there 100%

of the time.

13. Limit/restrict television, newspapers, outside activities.

Remember the Law of the EXCLUDED Alternative.

14. Spend unbroken CHUNKS OF TIME with the most

important people in your life.

15. It’s QUANTITY of time at home, QUALITY

of time at work – that counts.

as your highest goal, and

things:

with the most


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