Cut to the Chase
Do you ever end your day wondering, “Did I really get the important stuff done today?”
READ MOREDear ETR: "How does someone like me fit anything else into a day?"
“I have many goals and lots of things I want to do to further my life financially and otherwise – but how does someone like me fit anything else into a day?
READ MOREReader Appalled by My Self-Absorption
In a recent article, I revealed the early-morning routine I’ve used to accomplish my goals. Sonja Mahs from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia wrote in, wondering where family responsibility fits into the mix:
READ MOREDear ETR: “This might be a personal question…”
What were your daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly goals for becoming a writer? How did you accomplish those goals?
READ MOREThe Power of Detachment
There are many things from which you can detach yourself, and one of the most important is the habit of judging people, actions, and circumstances as being right or wrong, good or bad.
READ MOREHow Long Should a Sales Letter Be?
Sales letters – how long should they be? In this age of multitasking and the Internet, isn’t it more sensible for marketers to send short ones to prospective customers? That’s the question posed by Connie Prin, an ETR reader in Grand Rapids, MI who is working on completing the AWAI…
READ MOREThe Hero Within You
To the extent you work at spreading the gospel of liberty to others – explaining to as many people as possible why liberty must be given a higher priority than all other objectives – you are a hero.
READ MOREManaging Your Time
“They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol Perhaps the greatest problem that people have today is “time poverty.” Working people have too much to do and too little time for their personal lives. Most people feel overwhelmed by responsibilities and…
READ MOREDeciding What to Do Each Day
Strategic entrepreneurs don’t start out their days by asking, “What do I want to do today?” They ask themselves, “What are the most important, highest-leverage activities that need to get done today?” Take, for instance, Jack Welch. When he took over as CEO of General Electric, points out the Harvard…
READ MORE5 Ways to Get More Done in Less Time
1. Master your PC. Using a modern PC with the latest software can double, triple, or even quadruple your output. 2. Don’t be a perfectionist. That doesn’t mean you deliberately make errors or give less than your best. It means you stop polishing and fiddling with the job when it…
READ MORERise Early and Catch the Golden Worm
I zonked out at 10:00 last night and woke up seven hours later. I got up and stepped into the shower. Forty-five minutes later, I was in the office. It’s 7 o’clock now, and I’ve already done 16 things. For me, going to bed before midnight had always been unthinkable.…
READ MOREScheduling for Your Success with Gene Schwartz’s Help
“Anger is the only thing to put off till tomorrow.” – Slovakian proverb Michael Masterson is without a doubt the goal-setting master. And he has covered this very important aspect of business success many times in ETR. But I recently had two experiences that made me want to write about…
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