Sometimes people tend to think that they need to perform many actions to succeed. It's preferable to focus your energy on a limited number of activities because you can't do everything due to constraints of time, money and other resources. I poured water from a giant pitcher into seven glasses until it emptied. I showed different pouring possibilities, pouring equally and pouring unequally where one glass received more water than the others. I also demonstrated a situation where not enough water remained for one of the drinks.This demonstration helped me emphasize the important message of prioritization — how every executive should choose how much energy to dedicate to each critical assignment.Pour water into the glasses that matter most to you. Focusing on the most crucial tasks is one of the core habits of highly effective people. Cheers to a new, better year.

Simple Secret for High Performance

Simple demonstrations can lead employees to better time-management and feelings of self-worth.

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Personal Development

1 Simple Secret for High Performance in 2021

Bite-size practice of core skills is something we do all our lives. We may master a foundation skill, then return to re-learn it when our work evolves to a different place. Core skills never change, but our application of them may shift as our skill level progresses. We commit to improving those core skills by intentional practice. The good news is that it’s fully possible to improve our abilities in rapid strides. The bad news, though, is that mastery – in design or any other skill – is linked to deliberate practice. No one (yet) has come up with a method to instantly transform someone into a great designer. Mastery is a structure built brick by brick. Fortunately, we are not talking about practicing and mastering a long list of core skills – five or six are usually sufficient.

Practice

Maynard lived next door. When he wasn’t spinning wrenches at the local Ford garage, he was out in his driveway, hunched over a neighbor’s car. As a kid I spent…

Mastery Through Repetition

For many people, the most harshly judgemental responses are the most natural. Indeed, we may even take pride in being hard on ourselves as a sign of our ambition and resolution to be our best possible self. But <a href="https://self-compassion.org/the-research/">a wealth of research shows that self-criticism often backfires – badly </a>.Instead of chastising ourselves, we should practice self-compassion: greater forgiveness of our mistakes, and a deliberate effort to take care of ourselves throughout times of disappointment or embarrassment.

Self- Compassion

Talking about being kind to yourself may sound like something from a nursery classroom. But even cynics should care about self-compassion – especially if they want to be resilient.

1 Simple Secret for High Performance in 2021

Mastery Through Repetition

Why self-compassion – not self-esteem – leads to success

Carolyn Choo