No Excuses!

7. Every minute of every day, ask yourself, “What is the most valuable use of my time, right now?” and then discipline yourself to work on only that task until it is complete.

The rule is that you should never do a B task when you have an A task left undone. You should never do a lower-value task when you have a higher-value task before you.

Remember: You are working only when you are ear to ear or face to face with someone who can and will buy within a reasonable period of time. At all other times, you are “unemployed.”

According to the experts, fully 70 percent of your business decisions will turn out to be wrong in the fullness of time. This is the average.

“Is this the very best use of my time?”

1. Stand back and look at every area of your business, as if you were an outside consultant. What changes would you recommend?

Leadership and self-discipline go hand in hand. It is not possible to imagine an effective leader who lacks self-discipline, willpower, self-control, and self-mastery.

3. Define your biggest business or personal problem clearly. Write it down. What exactly is the problem? 4. Why is this a problem? Could it be an opportunity in disguise? If so, what opportunity or lesson could this problem contain? 5. What else is the problem? Perhaps the real problem is something else, something you might not want to face? 6. What a

1. Why am I on the payroll? Exactly what have I been hired to do? What results are expected of me?