Did
you know that the key to long term success is for you to dedicate yourself to
continuous improvement?
There
are many things you can do to put your career onto the fast track. You can set
clear, specific goals for each area of your life and then make plans to
accomplish them. You can plan your work and work your plan.
Ask For Greater Responsibility
You
can accept 100% responsibility for everything you are and everything you
become. You can refuse to make excuses or to blame others. You can tell your
boss that you want greater responsibilities and then when you get them, put
your whole heart into doing an excellent job.
Utilize Your Inborn Talents
In
the parable of the talents in the New Testament, Jesus says, "Oh good and
faithful servant, you have been faithful over small things. I will make you
master over large things."
If
you too will carry out every assignment to the very best of your ability, you
will be given larger and more important things to do and you'll be paid more as
a result.
Dedicate Yourself to Continuous Improvement
The
key to long term success is for you to dedicate yourself to continuous
improvement. If you become one tenth of one percent more productive each day,
that amounts to 1/1000th improvement per working day. Is that possible? Of
course it is!
Improve A Little At a Time
If
you become one tenth of one percent more productive each day, that amounts to
one half of one percent more productive each week. One half of one percent more
productive each week amounts to two percent more productive each month and 26%
more productive each year.
The
cumulative effect if becoming a tiny bit better at your field and more
productive amounts to a tremendous increase in your value and your output over
time.
How to Double Your Productivity
Twenty-six
percent more productive each year, with compounding, amounts to doubling your
overall productivity and performance every 2.7 years. If you become 26% more
productive each year, with compounding, times 10 years, you will be 1004% more
productive over the next decade. That is an increase of ten times over ten
years.
The Reason for All Great Successes
This is called the Law of Accumulation, or the
Principle of Incremental Improvement. It is the primary reason for all great
success stories. By the yard, its hard. But inch by inch, anything is a
cinch!
Become A 1000% Person
Make
a decision, right now, to be a 1000% person. Commit yourself to continuous
personal and professional development. Read, listen to audio programs and take
additional courses. This process will completely transform your life.
Action Exercises
Here
are two things you can do to put these ideas into action immediately.
First,
make a plan to become a little bit better every single day. Learn and apply one
new idea each day to help you to become more productive and effective at your
work. The incremental effect will amaze you.
Second,
be patient. Dont expect overnight changes or instant results. Remember the
story of the tortoise and the hare. Become a little bit better each day and
your future will take care of itself.
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