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WEEK TWENTY-FOUR

Welcome to Week Twenty-Four of the Jim Rohn One-Year Success Plan. We hope you

are having a great week and are ready for this week's journey.

This week Jim and Chris talk about overcoming procrastination and eliminating time-

wasters. I'm reminded of Jim's "half-dozen things" philosophy. That is, about a half-

dozen things make the greatest difference in any area of our life, whether it's health,

money, relationships, etc. If you focus on about 5-6 things, over a long period of time,

you will be in the top 20% of successful people in that particular area. Next question is,

how do you get in the top 10%, or 5% or 1%? Well, this is where refinement comes in.

My guess is that if you have mastered staying on task and limiting interruptions on a

consistent, daily basis in your work life, then you have positioned yourself in the top 20%

of the marketplace. But what are the refinements that the ultra successful do? Obviously

they have a handle on time management, both in how to maximize their work time to get

the most benefit, as well as how to have more personal and family time, to enjoy their

results.

What are these refinements? That is what Jim and Chris will be touching on below.

Additionally I'd like to add that for the top 10%, 5% and 1%, it requires a clear mission

and purpose in advance--a clarity about what they want to achieve and the cost it will

require. Once procrastination is conquered, and good time management habits are

established, then often the biggest obstacles are prioritizing your projects/goals and

nipping interruptions in the bud. The more success you have the more people and

opportunities will present themselves at your doorstep. No one likes to say "no" and be

less than positive in how we relate to others and the opportunities we have to be of

service, yet the old adage that the "good" is the enemy of the "best" begins to come into

play the more you create success in your life, such as in giving. Are there plenty of

opportunities to give to worthy causes? Yes! Are there plenty of needs out there that are

deserving of our attention, time and resources? Yes! Are there plenty of inquiries and

solicitations for us to contribute our resources to these needs? Yes! Are we able to meet

all the demands? Probably not. Are you made to feel guilty (by others or self-imposed)?

Maybe. Well the same is true with your time. There is only so much to go around. You

must make good choices. Just as we are a steward of our money, and I personally believe

it has an opportunity to multiply when we make good decisions with it. Likewise, I feel

the same responsibility and opportunity with my time. Identify your priorities, set your

goals, value and maximize your time and enjoy the fruits of your labor!

Make it a powerful and meaningful week!

Kyle

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TIME MANAGEMENT

Jim Rohn's Sixth Pillar of Success: Time Management, Part

Three – Breaking Through Barriers

Hello, this is Jim Rohn. This month we have focused on the topic of Time Management:

1. Developing a Philosophy of Time Management - Establishing your priorities and

values. As important as the "how's" are, the "why's" are first and foremost. Because here's

what's interesting, the "why's" are the force that pull us towards our dreams and that in

turn determines the "how's". So first we will take a look at the philosophy of time

management, and then how to determine our priorities based on the values that we

believe in and hold in the highest place. We discussed these things two weeks ago.

2. Creating a Proactive Schedule - Allocating time based on your unique priorities and

values. Once you know why you are managing your time and know the priorities and

values you strive for, then it is important to understand where you currently spend your

time and how to strategically budget for maximum performance. You see, something will

always master and something will always serve. Either you run the day or it runs you. We

took a deeper look into this aspect of time management in last week's edition.

3. Breaking Through Barriers - Eliminating time wasters and overcoming

procrastination. Many folks know what to do, but it is often the things we shouldn't spend

our time on that get us off track. And here's what we need to be watchful of: don't

mistake movement for achievement. It's easy to get faked out by being busy, but the key

question is: Busy doing what? This week we will look at how to overcome

procrastination and eliminate time wasters.

4. How to Gain More Time - We'll talk about time management pointers on how to add

1-2 hours a day through delegating, skill improvement, multi-tasking and improved

focus. These are things that anyone can do to add more time to their day. Yes, there are

only 24 hours in each day, but we can maximize those hours by working "smarter" rather

than longer, and employing other skills along with our time management. We will look at

these ideas next week.

This week our focus is on eliminating time wasters and overcoming procrastination.

Before we get started I just want to say that I hope you are making strides in developing

and implementing your philosophy of time management as well as setting your priorities.

You have also had a week to take an inventory of your time usage and begin working on

budgeting your time. This should be proceeding nicely for you. Keep working on your

time budgeting skills; it may not come overnight, but if you work on it--and yourself--

you will get your life under control and see a whole new world open up.

With that being said, let's move on to this week's topic of eliminating time wasters and

overcoming procrastination.

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The key to all time management is to stay focused, have a plan based on priorities and

actively follow that plan. If you do these three things, you will have your time--and your

life--under control and moving along the way you would like it to.

But...just like every now and then when you are driving along and various things can

slow you down, sidetrack, or distract you, there are many things that can do the same

thing in regard to your time management. Have you ever been driving down the road

when you come across a detour because of road work? Or maybe you see a store you

would like to stop at... even though you have somewhere to go?

Managing our time is much like that. There we are, managing our time, knowing where

we are going because we have our priorities set, and then a "time waster" presents itself.

Or we waste time because we simply procrastinate. Either way, the same result happens--

we don't get where we want to go.

So let's take a look at the issue of time wasters first, and then at the idea of

procrastination.

What are time wasters? You may think they are obvious, but this isn't necessarily true.

Time wasters are anything that keep you from accomplishing the proper use of your time

based on your priorities and values.

Believe it or not, time wasters can be "good things". Now I don't mean they are good for

you, but that they may masquerade as something "good". You may be able to look at

them in a vacuum and say that the things you are spending your time on are inherently

good... that is until you weigh them against your priority list. Then it becomes clear that

these "good" things are actually "time wasters".

Time wasters fall into two primary categories: The urgent and the pleasurable.

The urgent: If we do not have a firm grasp on our priorities, and work hard to develop a

schedule that keeps us working on the important things we want to achieve, eventually

the "urgent" will be upon us. The urgent things cry out to us, telling us they are

important, when in actuality they are not. The power of the urgent time waster is in the

dramatic demand it makes on us. When it calls our name and appears to show us just how

urgent it is that we spend time on it, it takes away from the very important things we

should be working on. And I have found that urgent things can rarely be done in short

order. They usually drag

themselves out, keeping us even

further from our true goals.

Perhaps the best way I have

seen this demonstrated is in

Stephen Covey's idea of the

four parts of the time

management quadrant. You

have:

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1. The important and the urgent

2. The important

3. The urgent but non-important

4. The non-important

The idea is to stay in what Covey calls "Quadrant Two". At first you may be in quadrant

one (hopefully you don't spend much time in 3 or 4) but as you manage your time, you

will see fewer and fewer urgent matters vying for your attention.

Always be aware of so-called "urgent" matters, because most of the time they are just

time wasters. Have the courage to let them go. At the very least, take a serious look at

your life and make sure you aren't constantly living in crisis mode. Crisis mode is a very

dangerous thing when it comes to making good decisions and managing your time.

The Pleasurable: Pleasurable time wasters are extremely insidious. Sometimes when we

waste time with urgent matters, we know we are wasting time and we wish we could get

out of them. Not so with pleasurable time wasters. These are the things that we willingly

and openly pursue. We know they are time wasters and yet we still pursue them. Why?

Because they are Fun! They are pleasurable. We enjoy them, and that keeps us from

disciplining ourselves to work on our priorities. It is much like the person who wants to

lose weight yet keeps eating dessert night after night - they do it because it tastes so good.

As you think about time wasters, think about which are urgent and which are pleasurable

for you. Work to get so far ahead in your priorities that you virtually eliminate urgent

matters that call your name. In regard to the pleasurable, this takes brutal honesty with

yourself. It takes a real ability to admit to yourself that you are choosing what is fun

rather than what is important.

Remember, you don't have much time to waste in the first place. I realize now in the

latter years of my life that time moves by quickly. It doesn't seem very long ago that I

was only 30 years old! Time is a very precious gift, one that we can and should take

seriously because once that moment in time is spent, it can never be retrieved. Stay

focused on those very important things you desire for your life. Stay focused on those

things that will build your business and fulfill your life's purpose. Stay focused on those

things that will bring you a happy and joy-filled family life. Do not waste your time on

those things that will quickly pass away and have relative unimportance.

Now, for procrastination. Paul of Tarsus said in his writing that, "the things I want to do,

I do not do." This is a problem that is as old as humanity itself. I am sure that the wheel

would have been invented and fire discovered much earlier if it weren't for

procrastination!

Humans have two incredible abilities: First, they are able to become crystal clear about

what it is they want. Secondly, they are able to completely put off pursuing it!

So what drives procrastination? I believe there are a few primary things that cause people

to procrastinate.

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