21. WHAT MAKES A GOOD GOAL?
1. Makes you happy
2. Brings you peace
3. Be measurable
4. Include “other-focused”
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24. PAIN TASKS
If I don’t do this, I may feel pain.
Examples:
Answer email
Meetings
Take out the garbage
Pay taxes
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28. GAIN TASKS
1. Focused on something you want, not on losing something
2. They aren’t urgent
3. You don’t have to do them
4. Nobody else can do them
At work, PAIN tasks stop you from getting fired,
but GAIN tasks get you promoted!
29. GAIN TASKS
Examples:
Host a great event
Land a new partnership
Create an editorial calendar
Run a marathon
Take a vacation
Planning a date night
30. Tasks that you are driven toward by
produce more significant positive results in
your life and your business than tasks
that you are driven toward by
47. PERSONAL ROCKS
1. Don’t worry about finishing; worry about starting!
• Break them into action items.
2. Don’t put them on your to do list.
• Prevent Pain tasks are on your to do list.
• Put them on your calendar!
3. If you miss an “appointment,” Reschedule!
48. WORK ROCKS
1. Every 90 days, set Organizational Rocks.
2. Brainstorm ideas to move the needle and bring happiness.
3. Keep, kill and combineto get to 3-7 Organization Rocks.
4. Assign Rocks, then Leaders comeup with rocks so each has 3-7.
5. Share Rocks with stakeholders.
6. Report weekly on Rocks.
7. Only Off Track Rocks get discussed.