[Time-Management] 100 Days Improvement Plan!

 

25th Aug 2011

Day 46

If you know that you have only thirty minutes to live, and if you have the time to do only one most important thing, what will you do?

This hypothetical moment will make you to invest your time on the most vital activity on hand to the exclusion of anything else. We should cultivate such a focus and priority. Today write down the following question on a sheet a paper, laminate and fix it at a conspicuous place:

`What is that one thing that I should do every day, which if I do well, will make a tremendous positive difference in my life? Have I done it today?'

Keep reading this question all through the day. Don't go to sleep unless you've answered this question positively.

During a busy day, we may be tempted to fill up our day doing the easiest things and say `no time' for the most important things. Everyday have one most important critical value adding item and invest your `prime time' doing this activity.

Follow this principle for one full month and notice what happens to the quality of your life!

N C Sridharan

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24th Aug 2011

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These days we hear about IQ (Intelligent Quotient), Emotional Quotient (EQ) etc. Have you thought about your `Creativity Quotient'? Lot of researchers and scholars across the world are trying to do some work on this subject. Leave out all those jargons! Are you a creative person? Do you want to be thinking differently?

A few days ago in one of my `IGNITE' seminars, a participant walked up to me and asked how to improve his creativity. Creativity is a function of the Right Side of our brain. We can trigger the Right Hemisphere through `Brain Gym' exercises. Log on to any search engines and you can get simple Brain Gym exercises. Spend 10 to 15 minutes a day doing simple Brain Gym exercises.

Become inquisitive to think creatively. Instead of following a beaten track, ask: `why should I not think this way'? Try to find an alternative solution to simple everyday problems. Read books written by Edward De Bono, who came out with the breakthrough concept called `lateral thinking'.

From today, spend at least forty five minutes per day to think differently! Let your creativity sprout!

N C Sridharan

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23rd Aug 2011

Day 44

A person's creditworthiness is evaluated by analysing his bank account. The more you credit and the less you debit your account, you will be creditworthy. If you are creditworthy, people will respect you.

Like a bank account, you are also building up your `personal integrity account'. Every time you promise something and carry out your promise, your personal integrity account is credited; every time you promise something and you don't carry out your promise, your personal integrity account is debited. Ultimately, your credit and debit will be balanced to evaluate your creditworthiness as a person in terms of integrity.

People evaluate you by what you say and what you do. Check for these following traits in you:

·         Do you over promise and under deliver?

·         Are you late to appointments?

·         Do you tell lies?

·         Do you fail in your commitments?

The list is only illustrative and not exhaustive. If the answer to such questions is `yes', you run the risk of damaging your personal integrity account and image!

Audit your personal integrity account periodically and take remedial action before it is too late!

N C Sridharan

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22nd Aug 2011

Day 43

There is a difference between an isolated behaviour and a behavioural pattern which is a style. For example, you may get angry and shout at people. You may say something harsh to people. You need to know if these are isolated behaviours or it is your nature to get angry and shout at people with harsh words.

Unconsciously you are building your personality and projecting your image. Two American psychologists by name Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham developed a tool called Johari Window. According to their theory, there are areas about ourselves which are not known to us, but known to others. For example, we may not know that we have a pattern of using harsh words and hurt others.

Self awareness is an important trait. People may not be comfortable to give you a feedback which you may not like. From today, spend ten minutes every day to understand you, before you understand others. Check if you have any negative traits spoiling your personality and image. Try to work on one negative trait every month to eliminate the same and watch your pleasant personality grow!

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Day 42

19th Aug 2011

Are you a victim of `emotional hijack'?  As human beings and we have our emotions and feelings which decide our external behaviour. We have basic emotions such as happiness, sorrow, anger, jealousy, irritation etc. Our mind triggers these emotions and activates the brain to give certain commands to our five senses and we say or do something; or we don't listen to certain things; or we ignore certain things; our emotions may make us to ignore the consequences of our actions. We may regret for our actions

We should ensure that we don't fall into the emotional traps laid by someone. Watch for the following in you when your emotions are tickled:

  • What do you do when you are praised, sometimes much more than what you deserve?
  • How do you feel and what do you do when you don't receive the praise and appreciation you deserve?
  • How to you respond when someone irritates you and makes you feel angry?
  • What words do you use and how is your facial expression when your negative emotions are tickled?

Resolve not to get emotionally hijacked!

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Day 41

18th Aug 2011

Do you have a role model? You should have one so that you can benchmark your performance with reference to your role model. Every field has its legends. Beethoven, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Walt Disney, Martin Luther King are some examples who walked this earth. There are living examples such as Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Tiger Woods, Viswanathan Anand, Sachin Tendulkar etc who are icons in their chosen fields.

You can improve your performance by modelling the mindset of your role model legend. The more you think about your role model, you will unconsciously imbibe their qualities. You don't have to lose your originality.

Try the following:

  • Decide your role model and read more and more about him/her.
  • Read their autobiography.
  • Meet them – it may be difficult, but do it.
  • Have their picture in front of your work table and in your bed room. You should look at their picture first thing in the morning and before going to bed. You should be looking at them as you work through the day.

Notice what happens to your personality! Do it from today!

N C Sridharan

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Day 40

17th Aug 2011

We all know that concentration is important. Without focus and concentration, we cannot achieve great things in life. What is even more important is the quality of our concentration. It is something like the component quality. Components, when assembled properly, will make a product. But if the product is to be a good product, then the quality of the components should be good.

Try to improve the following parameters to enrich your concentration:

  • What is the duration of your uninterrupted concentration? How long you can concentrate on the same subject?
  • What is the consistency of your concentration? Can you concentrate on the same subject the same way every day?
  • How strong is your concentration? Are you disturbed very easily?
  • Do you have a strategy to handle interruptions?
  • Can you anticipate the type of interruptions so that you can handle the same tactfully?

If there is one most critical factor which distinguishes world class performance from ordinary performance, it is the quality of concentration. Today you make it a point to improve the quality of your concentration by asking the above questions.

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