We are moving to a culture where everything moves faster, where no one has any time, where we measure our days not in coffee spoons but in emails, beeper buzzes, timed phone calls and vacations with cell phones and laptops at hand.
2. Once a classical musician commented, “If I don’t practice for a day, I know it. If I don’t
practice for two days, my wife knows it. If I don’t practice for three days, the
audience knows it.”
The presentation outlines incremental improvements so you can make tiny “baby steps” that will take little
effort, but yield big results
3. Feel the power of 10% more
• Take time for doing things that interest you like watching TV, reading things that you are
interested apart from work, having a beverage or a snack.
• You will gain relaxation without wasting much of the time.
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4. Gain 10% more energy
• Drink cold water, juice or other fluids throughout the day.
• Avoid big meals in the middle of the day and start Grazing(practice of breaking food
ingredients into small increments rather than traditional two big meals)
• Don't drink alcohol during the workday.
• Take a multivitamin if you don’t have the time to investigate the nutrient in your diet.
• Take a cat-nap (15 to 20 min) during work time if you didn’t get enough sleep at night.
• Start moderate exercise right away to experience more energy throughout the day
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5. Get out of bed 10% earlier
• Don’t Oversleep as it wastes time and can make you groggy. If your biorhythm is such that
morning is your high-energy period, sleeping late wastes the majority of the most productive
time of the day.
Want a simple ,proven way to boost your personal productivity?
• Get up and go to work an hour earlier every day. You can get coffee, check your e-mail,
catch up on correspondence, or review yesterday’s work during this time.
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6. Waste 10% less time
Eliminate time wasters like
• Shopping- Try e-commerce to conveniently order products at home.
• Community-Don’t join simply because you feel obligated to do so or don’t join if you are a
proactive participant.
• Home repair -You can spend endless time tracking down problems, instead hire an
professional who could fix things for you, thus saving time
• Cooking-Shop at todays fantastic value added supermarkets where you can a wide variety of
prepared meals and other value added foods.
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Time is a limited resource, once an hour is gone its gone forever
7. Think 10% faster
• Identify the problem- Don’t apply a solution before you have taken the time to accurately define the problem.
• Assemble pertinent facts- Gathering of facts is mandatory before you solve a problem or make an informed
decision.
• Gather general knowledge- most of the successful professionals are compulsive information collectors
• Look for combinations- Nothing is new in this world. Many ideas are a combination of an old idea and fresh
approach.
• Sleep on it- Putting the problem aside for a time can help you renew your idea producing powers just when you
think your creative well has run dry.
• Use checklists- used to stimulate creative thinking and as a starting point for new ideas.
• Get feedback
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Thought impulses in the brain are transmitted as electrical signals between neurons.
Electricity travels near the speed of light. So thought is nearly instantaneous
8. An organization isn’t about perfection its about efficiency, reducing stress and clutter,
saving time ,money and improving your overall quality of life.
- Christina Scalice
Efficiency is doing things right, effectiveness is doing right things.
- Peter Drucker
Creativity is to think more efficiently.
- Pierre Reverdy
