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Tip #6 Change is Inevitable - Learn to Manage it

The adventures of Sniff, Scurry (two mice), Hem, and Haw (two little people)

provide some effective and useful insights into managing change.

Their story is told in the book, "Who Moved My Cheese"

(Cheese is whatever you value highly such as your job, social position, etc.)

Here are some of the Main Points:

Change Happens - They keep moving the cheese.

Anticipate Change - Get ready for the cheese to move.

Monitor Change - Smell the cheese often so you know
when it's getting old.

Adapt to Change Quickly - The quicker you let go of the
old cheese, the sooner you can enjoy new cheese.

Change - Move with the cheese.

Enjoy Change - Savor the adventure and the
taste of the new cheese.

Be Ready to Quickly Change and Change Again.
They keep moving the cheese.

For the complete story, read
"Who Moved My Cheese" by Spencer Johnson, M.D.
It's a quick and fun read.

Tip #5 Challenging Yourself

 Remember...

...it's not what you know that counts. It's what you do with what you know.

Ask yourself these questions: "What do I know?"

"What am I doing with what I know?"

Write these questions on a 3x5 card and post the card where

you'll read it every day.

Whether in business or in your personal life,

the  results may amaze you!

Tip #4 TIME MASTERY SKILLS

CREATING NEW HABITS

1. Identify the old habit

2. Define the new habit

3. Begin strongly

4. Never deviate

5. Ask for help

Remember...it takes from 3 to 20 days to create a new habit, depending on its complexity.

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Tip #3 Staying on Top of Your Reading

Screen your reading materials (see Tip below on Handling Your Mail).

Keep your reading materials in one place.

Commit to and make time to read (just do it).

Have a highlighter, stapler, and post-it-notes handy so you can organize

and keep track of ideas you want to return to or use.

Scan the contents of magazines and tear out* those articles you want to read.

* Make sure they're yours.

Use waiting time to read.  (Basically, anytime you are waiting -- a client's lobby,

a doctor's office waiting room, an airport -- read one of your torn-out articles or a chapter of a book.)

 

Tip #2 Selling Your Idea

If you can answer yes to the following questions, you’re ready to sell your idea.

Have you considered your idea from the user’s point of view?

Can you explain the benefits of implementing your idea?

Have you recognized and minimized the downside effects of your idea?

Can you present your idea in a simple and straightforward way?

Is your idea practical/easy to use?

 

Tip #1 Handling your snail mail*

Set aside time every day to handle your mail.

Keep a wastebasket at your feet so you can throw out what you don't want or need right away.

Try to follow the "handle it once" rule - don't just move your mail to another pile on your desk.

Attach a quick note and pass on mail that belongs to or would be of interest to others.

If something needs your immediate attention, take care of it now or delegate it.

If the item relates to a client or something you are already working on, put it in that file right away.

 

*  Can be readily adapted for e-mail (e.g., Don't keep saving it as unread).

  

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