Persuasion power can help you get more of the things you want faster than anything else you do. It can mean the difference between success and failure. It can guarantee your progress and enable you to use all of your other skills and abilities at the very highest level. Your persuasion power will earn you the support of others. You Have Two Choices There are always two choices: either you can persuade others to help you or you can be persuaded to help them. It is one or the other. Most people are not aware that every human interaction involves a complex process of persuasion and influence. And being unaware, they are usually the ones being persuaded to help others… Read more
How You Can Be More Effective in Giving Feedback to Your Staff An important part of business communication is giving feedback, correction and discipline to your staff. One of the jobs of the manager is to be a teacher, and in some cases a disciplinarian. This means that, in order to do your job properly, and in order to develop your staff to make their highest potential contribution to the organization, you must give them regular feedback on what they are doing right and where they can improve. Constructive Criticism Most people are very tense about giving discipline or what is often called, “constructive criticism.” However you can make it a low stress occasion by focusing on the behavior and… Read more
“The first law of success is concentration – to bend all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right or to the left.” –William Mathews The more thought you invest in planning and setting priorities before you begin, the more important things you will do and the faster you will get them done once you get started. The more important and valuable the task is to you, the more you will be motivated to overcome procrastination and launch yourself into the job. Get my FREE eBook: 5 Reasons Why Most Don’t Become Wealthy A Simple and Powerful Technique The ABC Method is a powerful priority setting technique that you can use… Read more
The more you discipline yourself to working non-stop on a single task, the more you move down the “Efficiency Curve.” The more you discipline yourself to working non-stop on a single task, the more you move down the “Efficiency Curve.” You get more and more high-quality work done in less and less time. This is the exact opposite of Parkinsons’ Law. Each time you stop working however, you break this cycle and move back up the curve to where every part of the task is more difficult and time consuming. Self-Discipline Is the Key Elbert Hubbard defined self-discipline as, “The ability to make yourself do what you should do when you should do it, whether you feel like it or… Read more
