J-WEALTH BOOK CLUB | Eat That Frog! Principles 19, 20 & 21

[Music] welcome to the J well book club my name is hi Maxine and we are covering this man the book eat that track with Brian Tracy 21 principles for success and we are up to number 19 create large chunks of time organize two days around large blocks of time so you can concentrate for extended periods of times on your most important tasks most of the really important tasks that you have to do it acquires large chunks of unbroken time to complete like uninterrupted your ability to carve out and use these blocks of high-value highly productive time is central to your ability to make significant contribution to your work and your life many highly productive people schedule specific activities and pre-planned time slots all day long these people build their work lives around accomplishing key tasks one at a time as a result they become more and more productive and eventually produce two times three times or five times as much as the average person a time planner broken down by day hour and minutes and organized in advance can be one of the most powerful personal productivity tools of all it enables you to see where you can consolidate and create blocks of time of concentrated work during these working times there not be cell phone eliminate all distractions and work non-stop one of the keys to high levels of performance and productivity is to make every minute count news travel and transition times that are often called gift of times extra time to complete small chunks of larger tasks if you're on a plane or even every day when you travel your car for large amount of times use those gift of times to listen to audios in regards to your work or your life this way you're getting a real gift of time and you use it properly efficiently that will help you in the long term and mentally and we are evolving by number 20 and that is develop a sense of urgency as Napoleon Hill says do not wait the time will never be just right start where you stand and work with whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along there is a route for success called momentum principle for of success this principle said that although it may take tremendous amount of energy to get started initially it then takes far less energy to keep going a sense of urgency shifts you automatically unto the fast track in your career the faster you work and the more you get done the higher will be your levels of self-esteem tough respect and personal pride you will feel in complete control of your life and your world one of the simplest and yet the most powerful ways to get yourself started is to repeat the words do it now do it now do it now over and over again to yourself if you feel yourself slowing down or becoming distracted by conversations or low-value activities repeat to yourself the word back to work back to work back to work over and over and over again this way once you start it's much much easier to keep going if you slow down just continue to repeat back to work back to work and don't stop until you are done until you get the job done and then you're gonna feel so much more in control of yourself and we are now down to the 21st principle single handle every task set clear priorities start immediately on your most important task and then work without stopping until the job is 100% complete this is the real key to high performance and maximum personal productivity every bit of planning prioritizing and organizing comes down to this simple concept by concentrating single mindedly on your most important tasks you can reduce the time required to complete it by 50% or more the truth is that once you have decided on your number one task everything else that you do other than that is a relative waste of time and the other activity is just not as valuable or as important as this job based on your own priorities in the final analysis success in any area requires tons of discipline self discipline self mastery and self control are the basic building blocks of both character and high performance by focusing clearly on your most valuable tests and concentrating single-mindedly until it's 100% complete you actually shape and mold your own character you become a superior person you feel stronger more competent more confident and happier you feel more powerful and productive you eventually feel capable of setting and achieving any goal you become the master of your own destiny you place yourself on an ascending spiral of personal effectiveness on which your future is absolutely guaranteed and the key to all of this is to determine the most valuable and important thing you could possibly be doing at every single moment of your life of every single moment of your work and this way you're gonna be able to accomplish the biggest tasks that you set yourself up to Chris thank you for being with us stay tuned for the next segment of the conclusion of the 21 principles of success with Brian Tracy you [Music]