Friday 18 September 2009

Focus the power of targeted thinking

A way of improving time management / goal setting that is based on what seemed to me to be a novel approach that might just work - You set a goal e.g. to reach a target weight, you do whatever you think will get you there, you monitor your progress, if it's working just carry on, if not, try something different. Overall your goal is to keep trying something different until you find something that works.

As long as you are trying something different you are making progress - think back to Edison and the discovery of 10,00 ways not to make a lightbulb.

p57 much of the time doing what we should be doing is a lot less enjoyable than doing something else.
p65 Creating flow in a group (diverse group, no tables so stand and move, lots of ways to record ideas, playful atmosphere)
p105 A saying "we train other people how to treat us" in other words we get the support we deserve form others.
p107 the all purpose reply "you may be right"
p120 learn to listen (paraphrased what the other person is saying, assess how the other person feels about what they are saying) set yourself a target to listen attentively for say 5 minutes.
p159 check emails at start, lunch and end of day
p165 make email subject lines so that the recipient can decide whether to read it or not. If possible put teh whole message in the subject line!
p189 don't expect, inspect
p192 hold a Massive Action Day MAD