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The 8 Habits of Highly Productive People

The 8 Habits of Highly Productive People
by Celes on Dec 2, 2010 | ShareThis Email This Post What do you define as a “productive” person? Is it the ability to robotically churn out work, hour after hour? Is it the amount of discipline one has? Before we can discuss what makes a productive person, we should first define what productivity is. For example, let’s say Peter types very fast and can reply 1000 emails a day. The past few months have been my most productive months for the year. At the same time, I’ve also been managing other work, such as 1-1 coaching with clients (I’m handling about 5-6 clients on average at each time), administrative aspects of the business, writing Personal Excellence articles/guest posts, maintaining the site, etc. A few days ago I finished designing my lineup of workshops next year, and earlier this week I conceptualized the idea for a new book. I think productivity is really how you manage yourself, and the habits you practice. For everything you’re doing now, ask yourself how important this is.

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Achieve More With Less In Life Using 80/20 Principle by Celes on Jan 9, 2009 | ShareThis Email This Post This is part-1 of a 3-part series on achieving more with less in your life using the 80/20 principle. “Conventional wisdom is not to put all of your eggs in one basket. 80/20 wisdom is to choose a basket carefully, load all your eggs into it, and then watch it like a hawk.” – Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle Today, I am going to share with you the power of applying the 80/20 principle to your life. So, what is the 80/20 Principle? Imagine you are the CEO of a company and you have a sales force of 100 people. However, what if instead of a 1-1 relationship, you found out 80% of your sales is actually contributed by 20% of your staff? What the 80-20 Principle Is About This is what the 80/20 rule is about – it says that 80% of the effects in situations are from 20% of the causes. Examples of 80/20 Principle in Action Below are just a few of the tens of thousands of examples where 80/20 principle can be observed: ….And the list goes on. 1. 2.

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Why You Should Not Resist 80/20 Principle by Celes on Jan 10, 2009 | ShareThis Email This Post This is part-2 of a 3-part series on achieving more with less in your life using the 80/20 principle. Some people have written off the 80/20 rule, because of misunderstandings of the rule itself. Below are examples of what the 80/20 is NOT about: 80/20 is NOT about extremism. My initial resistance toward 80/20 I used to write off the 80/20 principle because it was at odds with my perfectionist and idealist persona. However, all those sentiments were from looking at the 80/20 rule in the wrong manner. 80/20 is not about being incomplete, being lazy or not putting in our best effort. If at any point the net outcome is worse from applying the 80/20, it is due to a wrong application of the principle (because we wrongly identified something that is important as unimportant), rather than it being a fallacy. Looking at 80/20 with an example Let’s imagine you have a coconut plantation with 100 trees. The role of judgment in 80/20

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Apply 80/20 to Your Life Now in 3 Simple Steps by Celes on Jan 11, 2009 | ShareThis Email This Post This is the last part of a 3-part series on achieving more with less in your life using the 80/20 principle. If you look closely, 80/20 can be seen in action all around your life, your career, relationships, health, habits, goal achievement, productivity, emotions, and even daily life. For example, do you try to cut away meaningless work at your workplace? 3-Steps To Applying 80/20 In Living the 80/20 Way, Koch introduced a 3-step way to applying 80/20. 1. What are all your goals and dreams in this world? Now, start assessing them. I have a lot of long-term goals (you can find a few of my short-term goals for 2009 here. But I’m very clear on my 80/20 destination – it is to be a personal development educator so I can help others achieve their highest potential and live their best possible lives. I know that as long as I’m living this, the core of my soul is filled with exuberance and joy. 2. More with Less Chart 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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Get Your Big Rocks In First by Celes on Feb 2, 2009 | ShareThis Email This Post For today’s article, I’m going to start off with a timeless story which exemplifies the big idea I’m going to share. I’ve condensed the original story into its key essence, so please read it before continuing on. One day a teacher was speaking to a group of students. He pulled out an extremely large jar and set it on a table. Big rocks – these are what’s most important and valuable to you. Big rocks are the same as your Quadrant 2 Tasks. Without getting your big rocks in place first, they will never ever get in. What are your big rocks in your life? Career: Are you pursuing your dream career? If not, are you working to get them in place? If you do not consciously get to your big rocks, you are never going to get to them. Start to consciously take action and get your big rocks in. This is part of the Maximizing Productivity series.

Block Your Time – Effective Time Blocking Techniques To Boost Your Productivity Quite recently I video blogged about time blocking and how to do it the right way. I have also blogged about this topic on Bob and Rosemary’s blog earlier this fall (that was from online business perspective). The main message on my video was that not only should you block your time, but you should block your location too. This post continues the time blocking theme and extends it a little bit. In fact, I want to bring up couple of extra points to time blocking and how to make it a more effective productivity tool for you. The what and why of time blocking First, let’s define what time blocking means. There are many benefits why you should do time blocking: Mental preparedness When you define a task to the future, you can expect it come and you are mentally prepared for it. Especially if the task you are doing is a complex one, you can be mentally prepared for it in advance. Focusing on your task Time blocking also means focusing on one task at a time. Improved productivity Less stress 1. 2. 3.

The News. | A life in 5 years January eighth. A tuesday. The day I got the results from my 150 day experiment. It started with me sleeping in a bit longer than normal, two hours of meditation and then my new weekly Qi Gong class, a class where I purposefully opted to stand rather than sit. I reasoned on my walk home the night before that for me sitting was a type of defeat, and since I knew I would hear good news later in the day, I needed to stay away from anything akin to defeat. So I stood as I moved through the positions radiating and intaking healing energies. As the day went on, that feeling never went away, in fact a nervous energy also swept over me, making me feel like I was generating and/or receiving something like stereophonic energy, pumping on multiple channels to the beat of my heart. And with that much energy surging through me, I was a bit more antsy than usual. I guess you could say I was a bit nervous. I had been so sure for 150 days. At least I was able to keep my good humor about it, right?

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