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FRIDAY BOOK REVIEW WITH CHUKS | MANAGE YOUR DAY TO DAY: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus and Sharpen Your Creative Mind by Jocelyn K. Glei

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Going through this book gives a broader perspective of the time management framework.

I’m in Enugu (Coal City, Nigeria) but I also understand that the vibe in Lagos is on a higher level. Several times, I ask myself,“Do you want to be a local player or a global player? “

This alone gets me thinking and more importantly for 2020, I’m having a whole new structure for my time. Why? I want to be a global player and this book has helped shown me how.

Can we ride and see it?

The POINTS?!

  • Do your most productive work early in the day and reactive works later in the day.
  • Learn to organize your workspace to inspire work. Like set a particular music or set the tables in a manner that tells your mind it’s time to work.
  • Learn to block out time daily when no one will disturb you no matter what. (I’m personally learning this… So, from 8am till 11am, it’s hard to catch me free.)
  • Schedule time for creative thinking. This can be different from work. It can be early in the morning before dashing out for work.
  • Don’t allow perfectionism eat you up. This has nothing to do not going for the best. However, use all you’ve got to deliver the best you can while knowing when to submit a work and move on to the next.

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  • Much of what we are taught about multitasking is scam. Studies have shown that the tasks that we can multitask effectively are those that are highly automatic like walking and talking… dancing and singing… While in the activities that require our conscious mind, what we do is task switching. And task switching is highly unproductive. The alternative? Finish a task and move or break a task into bits of finishes so you can take breaks at those times.
  • Learn to build renewal into your work day. As you do your work, find time to rest. (This disturbs me the most. The average African employee and employer sees rest as waste of time. We are the least present at vacations. We don’t rest yet the economic systems speak of who is ahead.)
  • One of the authors, Lori Deschene says this about the social media thing:

  • Keep your long term vision or goals in front of you so that it helps when you prioritize your day.
  • Place huge value on your imaginations than on technology.
  • What if you do things everyday at certain times just to play, for fun?

QUOTES!

“I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.” Earl S. Buck

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle

“It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.” Lena Horne

(I melted when I saw this quote directly above. If you did physics in school, you’ll grab it faster.)

“Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.” Jose Ortega

“The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything.” Warren Buffet

“You can do anything but not everything.” David Allen

(Wow! My head is telling that the reason for this is that our time and energy is limited.)

“Look at the word responsibility – RESPONSE-ABILITY – the ability to choose your response.” Stephen Covey

“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.” William S. Burroughs

“Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.” John Cleese

(While I agree with the last line of this quote, I disagree with the first line. What do you think?)

“Inspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us just show up and get to work.” Chuck Close

“The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.” Eugene Delacroix

(Hmmm… I think this doesn’t mean don’t strive for excellence.)

“Creation is in part merely the business of foregoing the great and small distractions.” E. B. White

The Questions?!

The primary question this book poses for me is this: Do I have control over my time? Have I scheduled my most important tasks for the day on the most important times of the day?

Check the 12 points I mentioned above and gauge it with your life.

2020 is coming soon…! The website of the editor of this book jkglei.com/

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FRIDAY BOOK REVIEW WITH CHUKS | THE ONE THING BY GARY KELLER.

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Book review of The ONE Thing by Gary Keller.
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In 12 points, 12 quotes and 12 questions, you’ll learn a whole lot from the book.

12 POINTS

  1. Extraordinary success is sequential not simultaneous. There’s a challenge: life doesn’t line up everything for us accordingly. And that’s why successful people line up what their life is about around their priorities.
  2. The maxim that everything matters equally is a big lie and a thief to being effective in life.
  3. Multitasking is also a stain. It’s not as effective as we think. Do one thing at a time.
  4. Focus on selective discipline instead of self discipline. Give one habit time before going in for another.
  5. Your will power can be weak. So, learning to use it yo your advantage can make a whole difference.
  6. Living a balanced life is a myth too. The idea is this, at each points of our lives, we must decide what is important and give it full attention.
  7. Stop the small thinking. Open your mind and think big. Act big and get the big results over time.
  8. The questions you ask in life determines the direction you move.
  9. “Our purpose sets our priority and our priority determines the productivity our actions produce.”
  10. Learn to live by priority. Everything does not deserve equal attention. Learn to live for productivity.
  11. Learn to follow the path of mastery and live a purposeful life that makes you stick to what you see until you achieve it. Also learn to be accountable for your life.
  12. Success is an inside job, not an external show.

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12 QUOTES

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now – Alan Lakein

Be like a postage stamp – stick to one thing until you get there – Josh Billings

It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world – Og Mandino

There can only be one most important thing. Many things may be important, but only one can be most important – Ross Garner

No one succeeds alone. No one – Authors

The ONE Thing becomes difficult because we’ve unfortunately bought into too many others – Authors

It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about? – Henry David Thoreau

The majority of what you want will come from the minority of what you do – Authors

It’s not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do, it’s that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have – Authors

You can become successful with less discipline than you think, for one simple reason: success is about doing the right thing, not about doing everything right… When you do the right thing, it can liberate you from having to monitor everything – Authors

… it would be accurate to say that we fail our way to success. Don’t let small thinking cut your life down to size. Think big, aim high, act bold. And see just how big you can blow up your life – Authors

Anyone who dreams of an uncommon life eventually discovers there is no choice but to seek an uncommon approach to living it – Authors

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12 QUESTIONS

  • “What’s the one thing you can do this week such that by doing it everything else would be easier or unnecessary?”
  • Are the things you’re doing today a priority for you or a priority for others?
  • What’s your one thing? (Use this to develop a vision for your life, career and everything).
  • What’s your “the one thing” now? (Use this to follow through with your daily priorities.)
  • What are you currently giving time to that’s not relevant to your “one thing”?
  • Who are the persons that increase you when you spend time with them?
  • Are you spending more time with them?
  • What do you want to master?
  • What are you doing everyday to be a master at it?
  • When you fail in the line of your personal vision, do you blame it on others or you accept responsibility and keep moving?
  • Do you think it’s possible to have a balanced life? Or what does having a balanced life mean to you?
  • Between your personal development and the economy, which do you think affects your success the most?

Get on these questions and see where you need make any adjustments. Next week Friday, we’ll have another book that’ll help you focus and build your personal brand.

You can buy The ONE Thing by Gary Keller now.