Plug In
One quick way to cultivate access to you (Effectiveness Habit #7) is to read brief quotes, sayings, or thoughts that you agree with and that …
Steer
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Reflection
The brilliant and practical management consultant, Peter Drucker once said “Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective …
Productivity Tax or Tools?
Your success with your Effectiveness Habits and the supporting set of lists depend to a great extent on how you see them. If you see …
Before You Can Select a System for Your Lists
Readers have asked for specific suggestions for tools–electronic and paper–for tracking and managing their Effectiveness Habits lists. An we will be looking at several very …
Paper or Electronic?
Reader Debbie Fletcher asked, “Do you have a mechanism or system that you use (or can suggest) to support the approach that you are recommending? …
Beware Artificial Urgency
Artificial Urgency is what you do to make some tasks stand out in your lists because you fear you won’t get them done otherwise. Artificial Urgency …
Trouble Getting Started with Your Effectiveness Habits?
Many of you have told me, “I want to start using these effectiveness tools but I haven’t gotten around to it just yet.” If you …
Your Lists
When you adopt the Effectiveness Habits, you end up with a set of interrelated lists that forms your task system. Here are the most important …
The Four Lenses of Success
Success for you or your organization is simple. You need only look through four lenses described below to see where you have trouble and where …
The Effectiveness Habits: an Overview
For quick reference and review, here is a list of the seven Effectiveness Habits with brief descriptions and links to detailed descriptions of each. 1 …