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This is based on a strategy formulated by the world-renowned motivational speaker Brian Tracy to improve your productivity 1,000 percent.
Brian Tracy started out his career with just $14,400 in income. Twelve years later, this income had increased 100 times to $1,440,000. He realized he had achieved this amazing increase using a formula which he later articulated as the “1000 percent formula”. The formula is based on getting a little bit better each day…
Based on a blog article by Robin Sharma.
In a blog article, author and leadership guru Robin Sharma shares 17 tips for enhancing productivity. In a typical day, there are so many distractions at home and at work that some kind of deliberate strategy is needed to maintain and improve productivity. This extract summarizes what we believe are the 7 most effective of these…
It is a fact that very few people are fully present and engaged with the individuals they interact with. Have you not encountered situations where you have been conversing with someone and you notice that you do not really have their complete attention? Doesn’t that irk you? You may even remember situations where it was you who was guilty of not being fully engaged and present while someone else was talking to you…
One of the mood states that Dale Carnegie thought was particularly important in a presentation was enthusiasm. In one class he held in Philadelphia, a young insurance salesman named Frank Bettger was mumbling his way through an impromptu talk. Carnegie interrupted him and said “Mr. Bettger, are you interested in what you are saying?”. Mr. Bettger replied “Yes, of course I am.” Carnegie then responded by saying “Well then, why don’t you talk with a little enthusiasm? How do you expect your audience to be interested if you don’t put some life into what you are saying?”
People buy from you means they will only buy from you if they like you. This assessment of you comes before they buy what you have to offer: ideas, recommendations, products, services etc. Irrespective of the situation you are in – professional, business, social – you have to sell yourself to get to first base with anyone…
Every one encounters difficult people. In fact, if you think objectively and hard enough, you were probably a difficult person yourself not too long ago! What happened? Were you really angry and hurt? Was it embarrassment or frustration? So when other people go through this difficult series of emotions and seem difficult, here are 7 things for you to remember:
Have you noticed how some days you feel disoriented and confused about how to get through the day with umpteen tasks to do in different categories? Just thinking about the all these things to do overwhelms you and your stress level shoots up. The funny thing is you haven’t done any work yet so why the stress and the confusion? Here are 6 strategies for a better day at work – without the confusion and the inner turmoil…
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