Keeping score and inspecting your progress is important, not only in determining the ultimate winner of a contest, but also as a measuring device by which a person, team or company can gauge itself against the competition.   …continues

Low achievers have a kind of blasé, laissez-faire attitude, when it comes to preparation. While high achievers prepare well and practice in advance to perform at their very best.   …continues

The world is filled with non-achievers who believe that intentions are more important than results.

For knuckleheads, effort is the same as accomplishment.   …continues

When professional athletes perform well, they are not surprised at all. In fact, they expected to do well because they preformed flawlessly in their mind first – they visualized success in advance.   …continues

The tragedy of the average knucklehead is that they have become dependent on the deception, false belief, and unfortunately ease of use associated with making excuses.   …continues

Because establishing goals is so important, you should put a great deal of time and mental effort into the process. The more specific your vision, the more likely you are to organize yourself around it.   …continues

Manage your outgoing and incoming calls with the same level of professionalism and discipline that you would with any business meeting.   …continues

ALL interruptions are self-inflicted. You either let the interruptions happen or you don’t.

If everyone believes that you are available at all times, you are.   …continues

One of the most important parts of being organized is figuring out what to do with all that paper.

The sheer volume can be overwhelming therefore you must have a system in place that manages the way you handle paper and you must be diligent in sticking to that system.   …continues

There is a tremendous opportunity cost associated with remaining disorganized as every misplaced message or task left unaccomplished has a cost.

Some times the cost can be diminished reputation, lose of opportunity, and even financial pain. A lot of unfortunate, negative perceptions are created by the appearance of disorganization.   …continues