7 DISCIPLINES 4 HIGH PERFORMANCE:

7 Disciplines for High Performance

There are seven disciplines you must develop if you want to achieve all that is possible for you. You can learn these disciplines through practice and repetition until they become automatic.

Goal Setting
Every morning, take three to five minutes to write out your top goals in the present tense. Get a spiral notebook for this purpose. By writing out your ten goals at the beginning of each day, you will program them deep into your subconscious mind.

This daily goal writing will activate your mental powers. It will stimulate your mind and make you more alert. Throughout the day, you will see opportunities and possibilities to move more rapidly toward your goals.

Planning and Organizing
Take a few minutes, preferably the night before, to plan out every activity of the coming day. Always work from a list. Always think on paper. This is one of the most powerful and important disciplines of all for high performance.

Priority Setting
The essence of all time management, personal management, and life management is contained in your ability to set the proper priorities on the use of your time. This is essential for high performance.

Concentration on your Highest-Value Activities
Your ability to work single-mindedly on your most important task will contribute as much to your success as any other discipline you can develop.

Exercise and Proper Nutrition
Your health is more important than anything else. By disciplining yourself to exercise regularly and to eat carefully, you will promote the highest possible levels of health and fitness throughout your life.

Learning and Growth
Your mind is like a muscle. If you don't use it, you lose it. Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field.

Time for Important People in your Life
Relationships are everything. Be sure that in climbing the ladder of success, you do not find it leaning against the wrong building. Build time for your relationships into every day, no matter how busy you get.

Action Exercise
These seven disciplines will ensure that you perform at the highest level and get the greatest satisfaction and results from everything you do. Study these seven disciplines and then make a plan for how you can incorporate each of them into your daily life.

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Comment by AMAR AKARAM PARLE on December 30, 2011 at 12:54: Really sir this is good & i will also use in my daily life, thanks.

Comment by navin mishra on December 13, 2011 at 12:45: Thanx sir

keep it up

regards

Comment by Alok Kumar Sharma on December 9, 2011 at 8:11: very usefull 7 steps to grown up. Thanks sir.

Comment by suresh gopinath Mohod on December 8, 2011 at 13:29: very useful

Comment by Dandy Eko on December 8, 2011 at 12:00: this is a good one.

Comment by K.Gopidas on December 7, 2011 at 19:05: Thank You Sir,

Really Good Good Good one.

Comment by ashique mohammed mohiyudheen on December 7, 2011 at 17:39: that was valuabe and informative tooo.thank raj

Comment by miguel salman on December 7, 2011 at 16:02: Plan your working day

When we arrive at our work station in the morning, there are many things which distract us from performing the tasks at hand. We often start checking emails, visiting social networking site etc and end up wasting a lot of time. Distractions and lack of focus contribute towards lower performance level and the quality of work also goes down.

Many employees are not even aware of the fact that they often waste hours in chatting with coworkers, checking emails and news websites, sending messages on the phone, arranging folders in the computer etc. All these distractions reduce the efficiency of the employee as he or she ends up working to a maximum of 5 hours whereas they stay at work for at least 8 hours or more.

If you are serious about your career and wish to achieve a high level of success at each and every job you have, it is important to know how to avoid distractions to increase your output and perform at your level best. By following some of the golden rules mentioned below, you can make sure that you give your best performance at work and climb the success ladder without any distractions.

Plan Your Each Day:

In order to be successful at working continuously without any distractions, you need to have a plan in place to make sure that all the tasks within each day go smoothly. The best way to do this is to create a list of all the tasks you have to complete the next day, before you leave work. This way you will have a task list on your desk when you arrive at work and can get to the assignments at hand without any delay.

Prioritize:

When you are creating a list of tasks that need to be finished within a given time frame, make sure that you do it in the order of priority so that you can get the tasks done without having to choose the one with higher priority from a random task list.

Allocate Time Slots:

It is best to allocate time slots to given assignments so that you do not end up spending a lot of time on the same task. If you are unable to complete a task within a given time period, leave it and go to the next time which has been listed in the given time slot. You can come back to the left over assignments at the end of the day.

Put Your Phone on Silent:

One of the most distracting things can be the use of mobile phones when at work. You can often get engrossed in reading and relying to text messages and taking personal calls. It is best to put your phone on silent mode so that you do not get distracted with unnecessary messages and calls. You can always check your messages at the end of the day and call back to the people whose calls you missed.

Apply Email Filters:

It is very important to apply all the necessary filters to make sure that you get only the important email in your inbox. Employees often waste a lot of precious time sifting through the email and deleting junk messages. There are many options available which can help you in making sure that you get the email you want to see in your inbox and the rest is filtered out to different folders under specific labels.

Get Your Desk Organized:

Having a messy desk means you cannot find the important documents when you need them and have to waste a lot of time in the process. You can easily get distracted if you start studying some other document which has been on your desk for a long time and you forgot about it. This can throw you off the schedule completely and hence reduce your efficiency level to a great extent.

Take Short Breaks:

It is an acknowledged fact that no one can work for 8 hours straight and needs to take regular breaks. If you schedule 2 to 4 short breaks of 5 to 10 minutes each day and walk away from your desk, it can boost your productivity level to a great extent.

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Comment by miguel salman on December 7, 2011 at 16:00: very good

Comment by K P Rajive Menon on December 7, 2011 at 15:46: I fully endorse Mr. Khan's 7 steps. However, I would also like to add that to make all the points mentioned by Mr. Khan into a daily habit, one must also make a habit of time management. as we all know that all personnel in any sector especially the hospitality sector havea a fight against the clock. This is not just to meet deadlines within a specific time frame but also to keep the maximum number of clients appeased at all times. Most of the time every one feels the lack of time to complete specific jobs scheduled on heir working hours. In this context it is highly necessarry and important for The HR divisions in any form of enterprise, to inculcate "Time Management", into all their training and refresher programmes.