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Sleep less. This is one of the best investments you can make to make your life more productive and
rewarding. Most people do not need more than 6 hours to maintain an excellent state of health. Try getting
up one hour earlier for 3-4 weeks and it will develop into a powerful habit. Remember, it is the quality not
the quantity of sleep that is important. And just imagine having an extra 30 hours a month to spend on the
things that are important to you.
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Set aside one hour every morning for personal development matters. Meditate, visualize your day, read
inspirational texts to set the tone of your day, listen to motivational tapes or read great literature. Take this
quiet period to vitalize and energize your spirit for the productive day ahead. Watch the sun rise once a
week or be with nature. Starting the day off well is a powerful strategy for self-renewal and personal
effectiveness.
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Do not allow those things that matter the most in your life be at the mercy of activities that matter the
least. Every day, take the time to ask yourself the question "is this the best use of my time and energy?"
Time management is life management so guard your time with great care.
4
Remember that your expectations create your reality and life pretty much sends you what you think and
expect.
5
Always answer the phone with enthusiasm in your voice and show your appreciation for the caller. Good
phone manners are essential. To convey aut hority on the line, stand up. This will instill further confidence in
your voice.
6
Throughout the day we all get inspiration and excellent ideas. Capture them. Keep a set of cards (the size of
business cards; available at most stationary stores) in your wallet along with a pencil to jot down these
insights. When you get home, put the ideas in a central place such as a coil notepad and review them from
time to time. As noted by Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains
its original dimensions."
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Set aside every Sunday evening for yourself and be strongly disciplined with this habit. Use this period to
plan your week, visualize your encounters and what you want to achieve, to read new materials and
inspirational books, to listen to soft soothing music and to simply relax. This habit will serve as your anchor
to keep you focused, motivated and effective throughout the coming week.
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Always remember the key principle that the quality of your life is the quality of your communication. This
means the way you communicate with others and, more importantly, the way you communicate with
yourself. What you focus on is what you get. If you look for the positive this is what you get. This is a
fundamental law of Nature.
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Stay on purpose, not on outcome. In other words, do the task because it is what you love to do or because
it will help someone or is a valuable exercise. Don't do it for the money or the recognition. Those will come
naturally. This is the way of the world.
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Laugh for five minutes in the mirror each morning. Steve Martin does. Laughter activates many beneficial
chemicals within the body that place us into a very joyous state. Laughter also returns the body to a state of
balance. Laughter therapy has been regularly used to heal persons with varied ailments and is a wonderful
tonic for life's ills. While the average 4 year old laughs 500 times a day, the average adult is lucky to laugh
15 times a day. Revitalize the habit of laughter, it will put far more living into your life.
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