Time Management

Time Management

* Keep a time log of daily activities, identify the time wasters and eliminate the time-wasters.

* Don't waste your productive part of your day. Say your productive part of the day maybe morning or evening, don't waste it.

* Identify the time wasters and avoid them, don't waste time during the morning, read something inspirational every day for 30 mins.

* Create a to-do, a checklist for activities, organize your desktop and mails, plan tomorrow's tasks today, gather and prepare for tasks, allocate time slots.

* Keep away from distractions, if there is no value for work then say no, identify activities that I don't need to do, and delegate or remove.

* Plan your day well in advance, break large tasks into small ones, break the tasks as small as 15 mins and execute, measure the progress of the previous day and how to improve.

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Leadership qualities

Qualities a leader should have
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* Leader should have strong communication skills. He should be able to speak and write persuasively. A leader should be a good listener and listen completely when people talk.

* Leader should motivate team members to achieve goals.

* Leader should have a positive attitude toward team-based work, the leader should create a solution for the problem, get regular training and attend conferences.

* Leader should treat the team fairly and should handle the conflicts.

* Be transparent with your team and keep track of all the activities your team members are doing.

* Leaders always tell truth always and take responsibility for the outcome, ask for feedback for improvement.

* To be a great leader follow a great leader.

* Some of the poor leadership skills are not planning, dictating instead of being part of team, ineffective communication, ineffective time management, focus on administrative instead of results.

* Some of the leader mistakes are: giving self-interest than organization interest, want more money, not living to their values, no vision, acting fast without thinking.

* Leader should have a big picture(vision), have confidence, have good communication skills, ability to inspire and motivate people, take more responsibilities, integrity (doing right things, honesty).

* Set achievable leadership goals, try different leadership opportunities, follow a role model leader.

* Train the team, have a vision and strategic plan, understand the organisation goals and then plan,  talk with the team.

* Leader should take more initiative, prevent problems from happening, motivate others, constant learning, delegate work to others, handle difficult people and manage conflict, be a follower.

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How to generate ideas

* The best way to generate new ideas is to combine two existing ideas. Borrow something from an unrelated field, and see if it can be integrated into your field.

* Examine the user's needs that are not being met by current competitive products.

* Choose the preferred environment and time where your mind prefers to think about an idea. For most people, most of the ideas come in the morning and for others at night.

* Daily generate at least one idea every day and write it down. Keep a pen and paper handy, so that at any time you get an idea write it down.

* Always be up to date with the latest technology. Read about the next new technology of the coming years. Read lots of inventions and new creations

* Have diverse interests in all the fields.

* Think from the other person's point of view.

* Explain the problem to someone different person to get his thoughts.

* The more you expose yourself to different situations, people, and places, the more fuel you will give to your mind to make connections. Just don’t be afraid of doing things differently.

* Visualize the idea of how to implement it.

* Ask questions to yourself and find answers to them. Write all the "how-to" questions and answer them.

* Volunteer yourself and help others

* Play lots of mind games

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How to achieve success in life

How to achieve success

* First define what success means to you and write it down. Based on that set long and short-term goals and achieve them.

* Every difficulty has an opportunity, so work hard and push yourself.

* If you want to achieve success have the desire to achieve, have faith in yourself, and take appropriate actions.

* Identify successful people and follow their principles.

* Get better day by day, anything worth doing has to be done several times. Don't impose self restrictions on yourself.

* Read something inspirational every morning.

* Success isn't having fear of doing anything. Have a growth mindset to achieve success.

* Hard work is the only way to success, don't depend on luck.

* To achieve success have a happy relationship, have peace of mind and enjoy your work, have financial success by financial planning, be healthy and have good health of your family, become better day by day, don't impose limits on anything by yourself.

* Have a growth mindset to achieve success and continuously improve on yourself.

* All successful people think, act, and communicate the same way and rest do it in the opposite way.

* Always do more than what you have paid for. This will make an investment for the future. Review your performance daily. Face all your fears to conquer. Refine your goals constantly. Success is not having fear of doing anything.

* Control your mind and body by practice. The journey of thousand miles begins with small steps

* Problem will come and go to make us better, we need to overcome that.

* Try over 50 times and work hard until you succeeded, if you fail it will be a very good lesson. A winner never quits, a quitter never wins.

* Don't repent for the past, don't worry about the future, concentrate on the present.

* Risk is directly proportional to success, "what if this happens" is the language of the poor. Rich thinking habits make people rich.

* Set goals, try everything, take great risks, move out of comfort zone, failure is must for success, double failure rate, identify fears

* Create a small list of action items, as small as 15 mins tasks.

* Get out of your comfort zone by thinking big, dream big, fully engage in goals, face discomfort, fail many times, double your failure rate, make mistakes.

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