by Steven Covey
Most people involved on personal service whether in sales or delivering the service have a major struggle with priorities.
They spend day after day after day (getting a pattern here??) rushing from one crisis to another when there really aren't any. We just want there to be so we can feel important and/or needed.
An important distinction is between urgent and important. An excellent book on the subject is Steven Covey's book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I have often said to clients and friends that we should spend our time on fire prevention as compared to fire fighting. We should spend time working on our business rather than in our business.
Most of us are not emergency room physicians. We are involved in personal service. We can move smoothly from task to task without all the adrenalin. If you want adrenalin in your life consider jumping out of airplanes. It is less stressful on your body.
Give me your stories on how you spend time working on rather than in your business. And how you learned to make this important distinction.
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, by Steven Covey.Reg Gupton
1 comment:
gosh..little to my awareness that im that plane jumping fella. I always wait till the red link to flash around in my life then do my best to stop it. Imagine having only left with money to spend for the day and rushing to make sales to cover for the week...insane....
It just happens..i guess its a programming. Coz when i get the money..id just relax without aware of the passing days and the depleting of the cash...gosh..i think i need help email: whitewizard888@yahoo.com
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