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Creating a productive schedule
Avoiding procrastination
Prioritizing tasks effectively
How To Manage Yourself
- Say no to opportunities and things that don't speak to your values, or further your personal or organizational mission
- Say no to superficial networking. Really successful people don't network. They build relationships.
- Say no to overworking by doing all the work yourself. Delegate instead and trust in others' abilities and skills to get the job done.
- Say no to neglecting your deepest wishes and desires for what your want to accomplish in life. Stop accommodating and yielding to others' wishes and desires. It's your life, take control of it, and live your calling.
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The “Buffett-ism”
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.”
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No To Almost Everything?
That's a tall order. Most ambitious people are driven for results and doing more, not less. If you're an entrepreneur, for example, you are relentless in your pursuit of capitalizing on every opportunity presented to you if it means growing your business and income.
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Focus In What You Can Control
But here's what we can do, and is very much within our control: choose how to use that time by managing ourselves wisely.
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Manage Yourself, Not Time
Why manage ourselves and not time?
Because we can't manage time. There's no such thing. We all wake up in the morning with the same exact number of hours, minutes, and seconds in a day. We can't control time. As it ticks away, it's gone -- in the past, never to be reclaime...
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Learn To Manage Yourself
As we near the end of the year, this is typically the time people start thinking about what goals to set for the new year. Here’s one suggestion to add to your list based on Buffett's advice:
Learn to manage yourself .
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- Distract yourself at varying intervals. Find something attractive and pleasurable to distract you from your obsession. Do something that takes you out of your own head like reading a book or starting a new habit.
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The Not-to-do List
A list of tasks you simply don't do: You delete them, delegate them, outsource them or simply say no when they try to find their way on your to-do list:
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- Distractions from being productive
- Regular tasks you can delete, de...
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